Sonar is Barcelona's internationally influential festival of advanced music and creative technology, held each June with over 120,000 attendees across its daytime and nighttime programmes in venues across the city. Since 1994, Sonar has been the world's leading platform for electronic music, digital arts, and music technology innovation, attracting artists and industry professionals from around the globe. Barcelona hotels are in significant demand during Sonar, and booking centrally allows easy access to all the festival's scattered venues.
Our Picks — Barcelona
Eixample — Gran Via
A 1919 grande dame that blends original Belle Époque bones — sweeping marble staircase, stained glass, frescoed ceilings — with a contemporary rooftop pool and terrace. The Caelis restaurant holds a Michelin star, and the spa rivals any in the city.
Eixample — Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes
A 19th-century apartment building reimagined as Barcelona's coolest lifestyle hotel. The lobby doubles as a co-working space, the rooftop is the neighbourhood's social hub, and the rooms balance industrial brick with warm textiles.
Gothic Quarter — Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
An 18th-century palace on Barcelona's most serene square, where bullet holes from the Civil War share walls with contemporary design. Rooftop restaurant, hushed courtyard, and a location in the dead centre of the Barri Gòtic.
Gothic Quarter — Via Laietana
A slim, smart hotel with one of the best rooftop pools in the Gothic Quarter. Rooms are compact but impeccably designed — walnut panels, terrazzo floors, Catalan ceramics. The spa and pool justify the price on their own.
Barceloneta — Port Olímpic
A Ritz-Carlton-managed tower on the waterfront with floor-to-ceiling Mediterranean views, a Frank Gehry fish sculpture at its feet, and one of Spain's best hotel spas. The beach is literally your front yard.
Eixample — Carrer Gran de Gràcia
Private en-suite rooms at hostel prices, with a communal kitchen, rooftop terrace, and a location steps from Passeig de Gràcia. Barcelona's best budget option for travelers who want their own space.
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