Spa and Wellness Hotels in Central Barcelona

Seventy Barcelona is the most complete wellness address on this list. Its description names a spa and wellness centre, an indoor pool, a rooftop pool, a sauna and a fitness centre, which covers almost every way of recovering after a day on foot between the Sagrada Família and Park Güell. With a 9.1 score from 2,783 reviews, it is also one of the most reviewed spa hotels in the city. I would choose it when the weather is uncertain, since the indoor pool keeps working when the rooftop is too cool in winter or early spring.

Alma Barcelona GL sits just off Passeig de Gràcia, a few minutes from Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. Its spa combines an indoor pool, a hammam and a sauna, and massage services are offered alongside a gym. The hotel scores 8.9 from 308 reviews, a smaller sample than the big chains, but the facilities list is unusually complete for a central property. My advice is to plan a morning of shopping and modernist facades on the boulevard, then book a massage for the late afternoon before dinner in the Eixample, where restaurants rarely fill up before nine.

For a spa with views of the old town, Catalonia Magdalenes pairs a rooftop terrace and outdoor pool facing Barcelona Cathedral with a spa that includes a hot tub, plus a gym. It scores 9.3 from 1,963 reviews and sits a short walk from both the Cathedral and Plaça de Catalunya. Serras Barcelona, in a historic building, offers a spa and wellness centre and rooms with private balconies looking over Port Vell or Mercè Street. Of the hotels here, Serras is the one closest to the waterfront, and from Port Vell the promenade leads on towards Barceloneta beach.

If you would rather sleep away from the crowds of the Ramblas, Sansi Pedralbes holds the highest score of the group, 9.7 from 565 reviews. It is set within gardens near Pedralbes Monastery, in the residential upper part of the city, with a spa and wellness area and bus connections to the centre. Hotel El Palace Barcelona takes the opposite approach: a historic hotel opened in 1919 in the Eixample, with a Mayan-style spa and a 9.4 score. Yurbban Passage Hotel & Spa, 400 metres from Portal de l'Angel, combines an outdoor pool with a spa centre.