Nearby
What is round the corner
The concierge’s picks around the hotel, each with the minutes on foot from our door and a tip from the desk.
Around Casa Safrà, on the map of old Barcelona
Markets
Mercat de Santa Caterina
The market round the corner, under a roof of coloured tiles that ripples like a field of fruit.
5 min on foot from the hotel
Music
Palau de la Música Catalana
The concert hall of Catalan modernisme: mosaic columns, roses in the ceiling and a skylight of stained glass.
9 min on foot from the hotel
Churches
Barcelona Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral of the old town, with a cloister of palms, a fountain and thirteen white geese.
8 min on foot from the hotel
Gothic quarter
Pont del Bisbe
The carved stone bridge over the Carrer del Bisbe, the most photographed corner of the Gothic quarter.
8 min on foot from the hotel
Gothic quarter
Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
A small, quiet square behind the cathedral, with a fountain and a church front that still carries its scars.
10 min on foot from the hotel
Gothic quarter
Plaça Reial
A palm-lined square of arcades just off the Rambla, with lamps designed by the young Gaudí.
12 min on foot from the hotel
Getting around
Metro Jaume I
The nearest metro: the yellow line 4, towards the seafront one way and the Passeig de Gràcia the other.
6 min on foot from the hotel
Churches
Santa Maria del Mar
The great Gothic church of El Born, built by the people of the port in only fifty-four years.
5 min on foot from the hotel
Museums
Museu Picasso
Picasso's early years in five medieval palaces on the Carrer de Montcada, two minutes from the hotel.
3 min on foot from the hotel
Museums
El Born Centre de Cultura
The old iron market hall of El Born, where the streets of 1714 lie open under your feet.
4 min on foot from the hotel
Parks
Parc de la Ciutadella
The city's big park at the end of El Born, with the golden Cascada fountain and a lake of rowing boats.
10 min on foot from the hotel
The sea
Platja de la Barceloneta
The city beach at the end of the Barceloneta, a walk from the hotel through the old fishermen's quarter.
21 min on foot from the hotel