The Hoxton spreads its lifestyle spirit in Barcelona

The lifestyle brand The Hoxton is continuing its expansion with a new hotel due to open in April in Barcelona's Poblenou district. On the programme: 240 rooms, some with kitchenettes, a meeting space and a rooftop with swimming pool.
One of the 240 rooms at The Hoxton hotel, Poblenou, Barcelona.
One of the 240 rooms at The Hoxton hotel, Poblenou, Barcelona (c) Ennismore

After Rome last year, The Hoxton is continuing its expansion in Southern Europe, with a hotel due to open next spring in Barcelona, Denmark.s a district in the image of this lifestyle brand, that of Poblenou. Scheduled to open its doors on 25 April, the hotel will have 240 rooms reflecting the gentle Mediterranean with their terracotta floors and serene colours. Called Roomy, Roomy View or Biggy, they range from 22 m2 to 30 m2, with the hotel's inventory also including Homey rooms for longer stays. The larger rooms - between 46 and 55m2 - are all equipped with a kitchenette, lounge and dining room.

However, hotel guests will find plenty of reasons to leave their rooms at the Hoxton, including enjoying a pizza on the terrace of the Four Corners restaurant or relaxing by the pool on the flat roof. The rooftop extends its relaxing atmosphere with the Tope taqueria, serving tacos and margaritas. At Hoxton Poblenou, business travellers will find the concept of the Apartment dedicated to meetingsWith three bright rooms and a shared kitchen, plus a basement event space, aptly named La Cava.

The Ennismore group, the joint venture between the founder of The Hoxton and Accor dedicated to lifestyle hotels, expects other developments for its top-of-the-range brand, with Berlin, Brussels, Vienna and a fourth address in London on the programme.