Claris GL Hotel & Spa, Barcelona
Expert reviews
“This landmark seven-story, 19th-century building is a genuine luxurious treat. Furnishings and decor throughout are a lavish amalgam of teak, marble, steel, and glass while the opulent gold-leaf ceilinged guest rooms feature wood marquetry and paneling, custom leather furnishings, safes, and some of the city’s most sumptuous beds.”
Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Barcelona.
“Acclaimed as one of Barcelona’s best hotels, the Claris is an icon of design and tradition and connoisseurship. The lobby tells the tale: long curved sectional sofas and ottomans in rich brown leather, set here and there by a Japanese water garden.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Barcelona.
“The Derby Hotels chain is ever-increasing, but the Claris is the mothership – a huge, smart hotel with an old-school feel but modern trappings, including a rooftop pool. Its unique selling point, however, is the small museum of antiquities on the first floor, which is complemented by ancient artefacts in the rooms.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Lovely hotel
- Boutique style
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
This fine establishment is situated on 150 Pau Claris in the popular Eixample district of Barcelona where it offers the best in hospitality services and facilities. The hotel is stylishly designed and elegantly adorned with modern décor that makes it a sight to behold. For its high-quality hospitality services, the Claris Hotel & Spa is rated five-star. The hotel features a rooftop pool where guests cannot just only enjoy several laps of swimming but also enjoy a spectacular view of the city.
The five-star hotel is also famous for its unique art collection and courtesy Smart cars. Chic and stylish room options such as Superior Double or Twin Room with Parking, The King Suite, Grand Suite, Grand Suite Duplex, Suite Duplex, Superior Double or Twin Room, Duplex Room, Junior Suite (1-2 Adults), Junior Suite (3 Adults) and Executive Double or Twin Room.
The hotel offers a short distance to several places of interest within the city; the Silom Spa is about 50 m away, the Casa Batllo is just 300 m away from the hotel premises, Casa Amatller is also 300 m away from the hotel, and the famous La Pedrera is about 300 m away.
Rooms in the hotel are fitted with standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi for high-speed internet access, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning and a comfy sofa. The rooms also come with a private bathroom with thoughtful touches such as free toiletries and bathroom slippers.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
19 September 2023
Fabulous
Staff was very nice, location and room was great
The gym was extra small, the price is too high
2 September 2023
Ok - but guest services need some work.
Perfect location to explore Barcelona, very warm welcome from all staff at reception and concierge. Lovely room with a window that opened to let in fresh air, clean rooms and splendid linen. Lovely terrace on the roof and a small but serviceable gym.
Sadly our room didn’t receive the turn down service. I had booked a double room and I was checked into a room with two singles, the lovely lady on reception indicated that they would change to the double during turn down to avoid any wait immediately. However as turn down didn’t happen, I was left with two singles, and also was disappointed with no turn down. Booking a 5 star, the turn down is something that makes a stay a little extra special. This was very disappointing as I love the idea of the art hotels and had considered staying in another of the chain elsewhere, but I won’t given this omission. No reply to my email to indicate this error, and then when attempting to discuss on reception in the morning they seemed a little helpless and just gave me a card of someone to contact. A few hours after check out I received a mail to say that turn down was refused, which is simply not true. This guest service is not what’s expected in a 5 star place - super disappointing!
18 August 2023
Very good
Comfortable beds
Internet was bad and limited
14 August 2023
Fabulous
Spacious rooms / duplex. Modern fittings.
Open plan bathroom means sleep is disturbed whenever anyone goes to use it. Stairs were also not safe for a toddler. Walls are quite thin and we could hear quite a bit of noise
1 August 2023
Pleasant
Food was excellent
Front of house staff and also had to pay upfront for 3 night stay which I never expirenced before at a hotel
21 July 2023
Barcelona fun
Very good location
Cleaning staff kept trolleys infront of my room. Very noisy at times
17 July 2023
Great location, helpful staff and clean
Great location! The Japanese restaurant is amazing! Our room was good but smelt of fried food, not dirty but perhaps a vent making the smell.
The hotel was really lovely less the smell that I noticed house keeping opened windows
30 June 2023
great for a weekend. any longer and you will need more useable space
an interesting hotel with individually styled rooms and a lovely roof terrace.
beds were rather hard and the rooms, while quirky, were not as user friendly as they could be. another bin would be helpful! some useful flat surfaces are needed…the upstairs was pretty but we didn’t use it at all. There are minimal English tv channels, so we weren’t using it as a living room. we used the stairs for storage as a birdcage took up a large proportion of our downstairs space.
23 June 2023
Excellent
Slick design, great rooftop pool, superb service
Nothing
13 June 2023
Lovely place
Was standard
NA
2 June 2023
Fabulous
The location was great! The staff was very helpful especially the bellman. More table for rooftop bar.
26 May 2023
Fine place but too many facilities that were “so what” and short on things that matter like space and natural loght.
Cool Barca hotel.
It was tired.
26 May 2023
Pleasant
Clean rooms, comfy beds, central location.
7 May 2023
Very central location, luxurious hotel
Nice rooftop terrace with bar / restaurant, comfortable and quite luxurious overall
Quite old-fashioned and dark decoration with antiques everywhere (inc. in the bedrooms), very slow staff at the front desk for our check-in. Breakfast was very expensive and served in the basement, with no daylight, and a very sad atmosphere.
6 May 2023
Very good
location is excellent. clean modern facility
Rooms are small and not well lit
5 May 2023
Eclectic hotel in a vibrant city.
The hotel had great staff.. nothing was too much trouble for them.We enjoyed the smaller size of the hotel..no waiting.
nothing
29 April 2023
Very good
Great looking hotel with really nice features.
Took a long time to checking. The bed was moving around. And the heat was heating the ceiling and not the bed. I suggest to improve the informatic system, to fix th3 bed and to have a fan in the room to move the air around.
24 April 2023
Nice hotel in good location
Perfect location for Passeig de Gracia boutiques
My room overlooked the street and was very noisy They could provide earplugs for those rooms
17 April 2023
Pleasant
beautiful art & museum pieces
restaurant never asked about allergies and when they brought our lobster ravioli, the sauce had mussels in it - my wife is allergic to mussels! when asked, the response from the waiter was just don’t have the sauce! disappointed
11 April 2023
First Class
Excellent location near sites and shopping. Large rooms with great art, decor, and amenities - very clean and always smelled wonderful! The staff were outstanding and helped us with directions, suggestions, and booking a train. The service was truly amazing!
2 April 2023
perfect stay for a vacation
clean and spacious room, beautiful location very close to the center but on a quiet street, perfect breakfast and very friendly staff.
27 March 2023
Overall good.
The location was great, and quite central to everything. The staff were also super friendly and helpful with everything
Maybe a bit picky but the main shower had a problem with the temperature and upon arrival, the sinks didn't drain properly ( but that was later resolved). Also, our room didnt have the greatest view, which meant we always felt like we were in a cave.
20 March 2023
Exceptional
The hotel is stunning. The rooms are unique and beautifully decorated. The grand suite duplex is one of the nicest hotel rooms i have stayed in. With a stunning bathroom. The in shower steam room was an excellent bonus along with the stand alone bathtub. The rooftop bar was by the far the best one we visited while in barcelona with beautiful views and fabulous atmosphere. The staff in the spa/ bar/ housekeeping/ reception were all so pleasent and helpful. I would highly recommend the Maysan secret Massage, it is one of the only massages i have ever received which left me completely tension free. The beds are also incredibly comfortable.
The only issue i had was there was maintenance work occurring which meant there was no hot water one morning with little pressure. My partner unfortunately had a shower where brown rusty water came down on top of him. However, it was only for a second and was due to maintenance work.
20 March 2023
Beautiful clean hotel in great location. AC works well, huge plus!!
I loved the air conditioning which worked really well and the mattress was perfect especially because I was pregnant. The water pressure was very good and the cleaning staff were very attentive. I also enjoyed the complimentary water
The rooftop was full and we were disappointed that as hotel guests we weren’t able to find a seat on the Saturday afternoon. The staff on the rooftop restaurant were not very attentive and should have maybe tried to accommodate us.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Solarium
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Body treatments
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Couples massage
- - Fitness
- - Temporary art galleries
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
Pool and wellness
- - Pool with view
- - Plunge pool
- - Pool bar
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
26 September 2023
Overall great hotel
Great hotel & staff and in a fairly good location. The roof top restaurant was really nice and the food great too and I think it was very reasonable. The rooms were very clean. Lots of nice places to eat nearby. Didn't have breakfast included. The hotel smelled wonderful, I guess it came from the spa.
Room was quite dark, although your not in your room all day it became a little frustrating Room 301. Also, if you need a rest during the day ( my husband recently had a new hip and needs to elevate his leg for a few hours a day) forget it. The house keeping staff made lots of noise, scrapping chairs, loud banging sounds, trolleys rolling up and down. This went on from 9am to 6pm. Other than that we loved the place.