The Balmes is a modern four star hotel, located a few metres from Paseo de Gracia, in the Eixample district. It combines a central location near Avenue Diagonal with the tranquillity of its large interior garden with swimming pool.
It has 111 comfortable rooms and apartments, an ideal hotel for both business travellers and holidaymakers.
In addition to the garden and the swimming pool, the hotel has an outstanding African art collection, such as in the rooms for groups and events.
JORDI CLOS
President of Derby Hotels Collection
In addition to being a hotelier, Jordi Clos is an Egyptologist, collector and art patron. He chairs the Clos Archaeological Foundation and the Egyptian Museum in Barcelona, the largest private collection of Egyptian art in Europe on public display, and has been financing archaeological excavations in Egypt for over twenty years.
The Balmes Hotel exhibits a collection of art pieces from Africa, mainly from the Sudanese sub-Saharan region, the vast area of central Africa stretching from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. Three-dimensional masks and sculptures carved in wood and used by the majority of the ethnic groups in the area, representing their mythological and ancestral beings, spirits or supernatural forces that exercise power over the community.
This fascinating collection includes masks of the Soninke and Baoulé ethnic groups, as well as ibeji statuettes from the Yoruba groups, anthropomorphic pieces that usually go in pairs of different sexes and that represent revered spirits with prayers and offerings. There is also a kota shrine, stylised wooden figure covered in copper or brass used as a spiritual protector for the dead.
When booking on our official webpage, you will enjoy these exclusive benefits:
- Welcome set in your room with mineral water and chocolate truffles.
- Free entry to the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona.
- Garden with swimming pool
- Pet friendly
- MEETING ROOMS
- Apartments with kitchen
- 24h service
- Fitness room
- Free Wifi
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Parking
Natural light and access to the hotel garden
Gallery
The Hotel Balmes 4* has been designed by Derby Hotels Collection, taking care of every little detail, to ensure maximum comfort in an unparalleled setting in the centre of Barcelona.
The Hotel Balmes is located in the central Eixample district of Barcelona, just a few steps from Paseo de Gracia, the emblematic Ramblas, Avenue Diagonal and Plaza Catalunya, the centre of the city.
