Barcelona: Where to Stay: Grand: Hotel Casa Fuster

Hotel Casa Fuster

Many sophisticated insiders stay at this five-star in a stunning landmark building, designed by modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Well situated on the chic Passeig de Gràcia, the hotel has twenty suites and seventy-six rooms decorated with Art Nouveau–inspired lamps and fixtures. Common spaces include a Mediterranean restaurant and a velvet-and-silk-lined café. If money is no object, book one of the five tower suites; each is luxuriously outfitted with Fortuny lamps, a king-size bed, a sauna and DVD players. Rooms from $560.