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 Port Vell.
Desigual
Office building
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.
Port Vell
Harbor
Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Port Vell is situated 560 metres west of W Barcelona.
Aquarium Barcelona
Public aquarium
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.
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
La Ribera
Neighborhood
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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Latitude
41.3687° or 41° 22′ 7″ north
Longitude
2.19007° or 2° 11′ 24″ east
Open location code
8FH4959R+F2
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Wikidata ID
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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: “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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