Located in the heart of barcelona, the cristal palace is the ideal staring point to discover the city. The majestic paseo de gracia, main exclusive shopping thoroughfare, houses as well two of the main buildings of the catalan modernism by antoni gaudi: la pedrera and casa batlló.Plaza catalunya, las ramblas and the romantic barrio gótico, with its cathedral, are only 5 minutes away from the hotel. Excellent public transport connections with other places of interest (sagrada familia, park güell, museo picasso, puerto olímpico, montjuich or tibidabo)close to paseo de gracia and plaza catalunya & las ramblasthe hotel is 200mt from paseo de gracia rail and metro station and 2 KM from monjuic park, olimpic stadium "palau ST. Jordi".Some places to visit near the hotel:parque güell (gaudí) 4,5kmsagrada familia (gaudí) 3kmpicasso museum 1,5kmcamp nou -Fc barcelona football team 3,0kmgran casino de barcelona 4,0kmolimpic harbour, pubs and discos / barcelona beaches 3,0 KMgran teatre del liceu (opera house) 1000 MTBCN cathedral - gotic quarter 1000 MTferia de montjuic (olimpic stadium and palau ST. Jordi) 2,0km