W Barcelona
The W Barcelona Hotel, popularly known as the Hotel Vela due to its shape, is a building designed by the Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura located in La Barceloneta district of Barcelona, in the expansion of the Port of Barcelona.- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “Hotel Vela” and “W”
- Address: Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents 1
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Columbus Monument and La Rambla.
Columbus Monument
Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Columbus Monument is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Columbus Monument is situated 1¼ km northwest of W Barcelona.
La Rambla
La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla is situated 2 km northwest of W Barcelona.
Palau Güell
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palau Güell is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighborhood of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Palau Güell is situated 1½ km northwest of W Barcelona.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Barceloneta and La Ribera.
La Barceloneta
Quarter
La Barceloneta is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The neighborhood was built in the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the Ciutadella of Barcelona.
La Ribera
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Ribera is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella of Barcelona.
Gothic Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY 3.0.
The Gothic Quarter is the historic centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.
W Barcelona
- Categories: skyscraper, hotel building, building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.36872° or 41° 22′ 7″ northLongitude
2.19005° or 2° 11′ 24″ eastBrand
W HotelsOpen location code
8FH4959R+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 908035012OpenStreetMap feature
building=hotelOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelGeoNames ID
9171471Wikidata ID
Q2648632
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“W Barcelona” goes by many names.
- Basque: “W Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Hotel Vela”
- Catalan: “Hotel W”
- Catalan: “W Barcelona”
- Chinese: “W酒店”
- Dutch: “W Barcelona”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فى برشلونه”
- French: “Hotel Vela”
- French: “W Barcelona”
- Galician: “W Barcelona”
- Italian: “W Barcelona”
- Japanese: “Wバルセロナ・ホテル”
- Persian: “W بارسلون”
- Polish: “W Barcelona”
- Spanish: “Hotel Vela”
- Spanish: “Hotel W”
- Spanish: “W Barcelona”
- “Hotel Vela”
- “W Barcelona”
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