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”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Desigual and Aquarium Barcelona.
Desigual
Office building
Photo: DesigualCorp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Desigual; Catalan: ); meaning "unequal, uneven") is a Spanish fashion label. The company was founded by Thomas Meyer in 1984, and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia. Desigual is situated 130 metres northwest of W Barcelona.
Aquarium Barcelona
Public aquarium
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aquarium Barcelona is an aquarium located in Port Vell, a harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 35 aquariums at the facility are home to 11,000 animals representing 451 species. Aquarium Barcelona is situated 1 km northwest of W Barcelona.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Barceloneta and Barri de la Mercè.
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.
Barri de la Mercè
Neighborhood
Photo: Puigalder, Public domain.
Barri de la Mercè is a neighborhood.
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.
W Barcelona
- Categories: skyscraper, hotel building, accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“W Barcelona” goes by many names.
- Basque: “W Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Hotel Vela”
- 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: “W Barcelona”
- “Hotel Vela”
- “W Barcelona”
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