From a swanky retreat in Ibiza to a dazzling resort on a pristine stretch of the Costa del Sol: Spain’s best new hotels for 2022 revealed
- If you’re in the market for a trip to Spain in 2022, forget checking into the Costa Crummy…
- Our recommendations here include a 13th-century finca that makes its own honey and swanky city hotels
- The new Six Senses retreat in Ibiza has a stunning main swimming pool and seriously swanky suites
If you’re in the market for a trip to Spain in 2022, forget checking into the Costa Crummy and try one of these stunning hotels instead.
Here we’ve rounded up the best new hotels in Spain for 2022, with the line up including a sensational Six Senses retreat in Ibiza, a magnificent new Club Med in Marbella, luxurious lodgings in Barcelona and Spain and a 13th-century finca in Mallorca with infinity pools and beehives for fresh honey.
The sweet-life awaits…
Club Med Magna Marbella
Club Med Magna Marbella will be nestled at the foot of the Sierra Blanca Mountains
The resort will boast 14 hectares of ‘lush garden’, five swimming pools including a family waterpark and adult-only Zen Zone, two restaurants, Suenos, and the Tierra Gourmet Lounge, and three bars
Magna Marbella will offer Club Med’s ‘world-class’ children’s clubs for all ages (from four months to 17 years of age), ‘where kids will be able to enjoy Andalusian-inspired art and culture activities’
Club Med Magna Marbella will be nestled at the foot of the Sierra Blanca Mountains – and is set to open on May 14, 2022.
The resort will boast 14 hectares of ‘lush garden’, five swimming pools including a family waterpark and adult-only Zen Zone, two restaurants, Suenos, and the Tierra Gourmet Lounge, and three bars where guests can try local food and drinks.
Magna Marbella will also offer Club Med’s ‘world-class’ children’s clubs for all ages (from four months to 17 years of age), ‘where kids will be able to enjoy Andalusian-inspired art and culture activities’. The Family Fun Zone, meanwhile, ‘will feature water games, a playground, mini-golf, and a zipline and offer a wide array of activities, including golf, archery, tennis, flying trapeze, and more’.
Prices start from £858pp on an all-inclusive basis.
InterContinental Barcelona
The InterContinental Barcelona is in the heart of the Montjuic district, a scenic hill southwest of the city
Rooms at the ‘sophisticated’ InterContinental Barcelona start from €315 (£269)
InterContinental Barcelona’s ‘elegant’ 273 rooms, we’re told, ‘take inspiration from the Mediterranean Sea’
The InterContinental Barcelona is in the heart of the Montjuic district, a scenic hill southwest of the city overlooking the harbour offering stunning views of Barcelona.
InterContinental Barcelona’s ‘elegant’ 273 rooms, we’re told, ‘take inspiration from the Mediterranean Sea and the striking architecture that the city is famous for’, offering ‘an unparalleled level of sophistication’.
The top room is the 180 sq m (1,937 sq ft) Presidential Suite, while 17 junior suites ‘offer stunning views of Barcelona, embodying the brand’s modern luxury philosophy’.
Rooms at start from €315 (£269).
Mett Hotel & Beach Resort, Marbella
Mett Hotel & Beach Resort is launching in Spain in early summer 2022 and will be ‘located in one of Costa del Sol’s most pristine stretches of beach’
The Resort will feature 250 ‘elegant and beautifully designed guest rooms and suites’
Never heard of the Mett brand? It’s ‘positioned as chic luxury with a discreet service style without frills’
Mett Hotel & Beach Resort is launching in Spain in early summer 2022 and will be ‘located in one of Costa del Sol’s most pristine stretches of beach, on the border of Marbella and Estepona’.
The Resort will feature 250 ‘elegant and beautifully designed guest rooms and suites, one main outdoor swimming pool… as well as a rich and varied dining scene including Folie Restaurant & Sea, suited to the traveller of today looking for his or her place to unwind and have fun’.
Never heard of the Mett brand? It’s ‘positioned as chic luxury with a discreet service style without frills’.
Six Senses Ibiza
This newly opened resort positions itself as ‘one of the world’s most discerning destinations for today’s generation of creatives and culture seekers’
Six Senses Ibiza is located on Xarraca Bay, ‘a long-hidden secret on Ibiza’s northern tip’
The resort has 116 guest rooms and suites and ‘one of the best wellness offerings that the Balearic island has to offer’
This newly opened resort is located on Xarraca Bay, ‘a long-hidden secret on Ibiza’s northern tip’. It has 116 guest rooms and suites and positions itself as ‘one of the world’s most discerning destinations for today’s generation of creatives and culture seekers’.
It continues: ‘Six Senses Ibiza offers an authentic laid-back cool, harking back to the island’s 70’s roots. The resort has one of the best wellness offerings that the Balearic island has to offer, enabling guests to retreat into a secluded paradise and truly switch off from the outside world.’
Us? We’d book it for the main pool alone.
Ocean Drive Madrid
Ocean Drive Madrid (rooftop rendering above) is ‘a new design-led, boutique hotel’ opening in Madrid on February 25, 2022
There are 72 rooms and according to a statement: ‘Guests will love retreating from the city to the contemporary bedrooms, which feature full-height windows, Bower & Wilkins speakers [and] design classics like the Eames LCW chair’
Ocean Drive Madrid is ‘a new design-led, boutique hotel’ opening in Madrid on February 25, 2022, ‘that strives to truly connect its guests to the location they are staying in’.
And where’s that? Plaza de Isabel II, in front of the Opera Palace, a few steps from the Royal Palace, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol and Gran Via.
And the rooms? There are 72 and they sound swanky. According to a statement: ‘Guests will love retreating from the city to the contemporary bedrooms, which feature full-height windows, Bower & Wilkins speakers [and] design classics like the Eames LCW chair. A selection of rooms also have unqiue features like a record player with vinyl records, a photo printer, and a beer tap. Those choosing a corner Deluxe room will also delight in the in-suite Taschen library for design and culture-inspired reading.’
Rooms start from from €180 (£153) to €650 (£554) per night depending on room type and season, including taxes and breakfast. Visit www.oceandrivemadrid.com.
ME Barcelona
ME Barcelona, pictured, boasts that it’s ‘the perfect location for those looking to discover the city whilst enjoying a relaxing getaway or for those on business trips’
ME Barcelona features two Mediterranean restaurants, a huge urban garden, a rooftop bar – and rates start from £202 per night
Situated in the vibrant Passeig de Gracia, next to Casa Rocamora, ME Barcelona is ‘a new social and cultural centre revolving around design’.
It features two Mediterranean restaurants serving ‘healthy, unique and sustainable dishes created with local products’; a rooftop bar with views of Placa Catalunya and Sagrada Familia, as well as 1,200 m sq (12,916 sq ft) of urban garden.
In summary? The hotel boasts that it’s ‘the perfect location for those looking to discover the city whilst enjoying a relaxing getaway or for those on business trips’.
Rates at ME Barcelona start from £202 per night. For further information, please click here.
Es Raco d’Arta, Mallorca
Es Raco d’Arta is ‘not a hotel’, but ‘a destination for transformation… a place to be inspired by genuine Mallorquin life’
The 13th-century finca, which is nestled next to the Llevant Natural Park in a ‘serene valley’ and ‘only a stone’s throw from the Mediterranean Sea’, has an ecological vineyard, 1,200 olive trees and beehives for fresh breakfast honey
There are 34 rooms including eight suites and 21 ‘cottages’, five of which have a private swimming pool
A press release from Es Raco d’Arta stresses that it is absolutely ‘not’ a hotel. With the word ‘not’ underlined.
But it’s too enticing not to include it in this hotel round-up.
So what exactly is it? Apparently ‘a destination for transformation’. To be explain further: ‘A place to be inspired by genuine Mallorquin life. A place to allow for the real and authentic to shine through. Visiting Es Raco is not a tale about “checking out”. It is about “checking in”, with self and with others.’
Not sure what that means? Some nuts and bolts. It has 34 rooms including eight suites and 21 ‘cottages’, five of which have a private swimming pool. There is also a two-bedroom house and a three-bedroom house.
The 13th-century finca, (or country estate), which is nestled next to the Llevant Natural Park in a ‘serene valley’ and ‘only a stone’s throw from the Mediterranean Sea’, has an ‘ecological vineyard, some 1,200 olive trees, 200 different fruit trees, a field of indigenous xeixa [wheat], [an] organic vegetable garden and an aromatic herbal garden’.
The statement adds: ‘We produce our own olive oil and organic xeixa flour. Adding to that we also engage in beekeeping, which means you will have fresh honey for breakfast.’
Visit en.esracodarta.com to learn more.
The Hoxton, Barcelona
The Hoxton Barcelona, pictured, will be in the exciting Poblenou area, just a 15-minute stroll from the Sagrada Familia. All the bedrooms have been created by Ennismore Design Studio
An outpost of The Hoxton brand is coming to Barcelona in spring 2022.
It’ll be located in the exciting Poblenou area and will have 240 ‘light and airy bedrooms, a stunning ground floor restaurant, bar and terrace; a shaded rooftop taqueria [Mexican restaurant] and pool; a basement events space that will host local cultural programming; and The Apartment, [a] unique and multi-functional meeting and events space, with light-flooded rooms that have views over Diagonal Avenue’.
The bedrooms, all designed by Ennismore Design Studio, will include a ‘Homey’ category – larger rooms with their own lounge spaces and kitchenettes.
The famous Sagrada Familia is just a 15-minute stroll from the hotel, and in the other direction, you’ll hit the beach, the hotel points out.
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