Barcelona one of the touristic destinations for luxury market

Ryan Smith
Catalonia Travel Guide
2 min readApr 6, 2017

Barcelona, ​​the urban, cosmopolitan and sophisticated city that everybody speaks about, where the multiculturalism and diversity are the order of the day, is also becoming a place for the luxury market.

The city has a lot of luxurious accommodations. In Barcelona, you can find a lot of commercial centres with a lot of stores with the major brands. In the city centre, close to the bigger commercial centres where you can find major brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors… You can find also the bests 5 star hotels in Barcelona, with all the commodities and facilities that you deserve after a shopping day.

The urbanism of Barcelona it’s known and recognized everywhere, it is a city that knows how to combine the new trends with the old traditions, preserve its identity and always be updated. This makes luxury tourism continuously on the rise in Barcelona. This makes Barcelona be on the rise in luxury tourism.

Why the tourist and the luxury traveller choose Barcelona as a new luxury city?

The Catalan capital hosts more and more events aimed at the traveller and the local luxury. For example, The Barcelona Watch Experience, luxury watch industry event that is going to be held in Barcelona on 7,8,9 April. This will be the first edition, which will be attended by more than 45 international brands and expects to receive more than 4,000 visitors.

Gourmet and beauty items are the most sought after along with fashion and jewellery. Barcelona is full of charming and pleasant restaurants, that invite you to enjoy its exquisite cuisine in a sophisticated and quality environment. For Michelin stars searchers, the renowned Roca Brothers are currently the consultants of the Roca Moo restaurant at Hotel Omm, where you can taste its essence: luxurious tasting menu in a sophisticated environment according to its fine cuisine.

In 2016 the Catalan capital was consolidated as the main luxury market in Spain, ahead of Marbella, Madrid, Ibiza and Mallorca. Barcelona, ​​concentrates more than 30% of luxury sales, within a sector that moves large amounts of money, 6000 million euros.

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Ryan Smith
Catalonia Travel Guide

British guy that wants to travel all the world. Now: Barcelona