On a recent trip to Barcelona for a sporting event my family and I decided to stay outside the busy city of Barcelona in a small village Sant Andreu de Llavaneres. We were fortunate to discover a gem of a hotel called the Vilaclara Art Hotel.
One thing that travellers should note is that you need to hire a car if you want to stay here as it is about 35km north of the airport but easy to find if you have a GPS System.

The Hotel is situated in an old house that was originally a family estate and up to a few years ago home to a group of monks...evidence of their mark is visable in the beautiful gardens in the form of various religious statues and altars.
This is a very peaceful hotel, don't expect sing songs at night time but just peacefullness.

The staff mostly all speak really good English and could not have helped us more. In particular a girl called Anna was a great help - she booked us taxi s and rang around to restaurants to check availability. She could... more