Best for culture vultures

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There can’t be many hotels that have a museum of Pre-Columbian antiquities on the first floor, but that’s precisely what’s on offer just a short walk from the city’s main shopping street of Passeig de Gràcia. No two rooms are the same and in among contemporary four poster beds and stripped wooden floors, you’re just as likely to find other eclectic pieces from the hotel owner’s personal collection including Indian sculptures, Turkish kilims and 18thcentury English antiques. Guests also get free access to the Egyptology museum over the road — the Museu Egipci de Barcelona — and afterwards you can book a treatment at the Asian-inspired spa or unwind over sundowners on the rooftop terrace.

ROOMS: From €240 (£199), room only. hotelclaris.com