Staying in style in Barcelona

With an art gallery, coffee bar, yoga and south-east Asian food, you might find it hard to leave Barcelona’s Casa Bonay hotel – unless you get a craving for tapas

Barcelona: city of Gaudí, beaches and tapas. Charming but perhaps a little predictable. So Casa Bonay – a hotel, opened in Dreta de l’Eixample last March, that is also a restaurant, coffee shop, art gallery and social hub – is a breath of fresh air. A collaboration between 15 like-minded creative types in this neighbourhood just outside the old town, it will “fill some of the city’s gaps”, according to co-founder Inés Miro-Sans.

An archway leads from the street into Casa Bonay’s living room-esque lobby and bar, called the Libertine. An Instagrammer’s dream, it has original tiled floors, lighting by Santa & Cole (whose co-founder, Nina Masó, met Miro-Sans at an astrology class) and fabrics by Chinese/Catalan designers baTabasTa. It’s a place you could spend a whole day hanging out or working in, with a great menu and selection of Catalan natural wines.