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Review of Hotel Omm Barcelona
This page will give you an outline of the designer hotel Omm Barcelona. The page includes a full description of the hotel facilities and the area in which the hotel is based. Hotel Omm Barcelona is the name in design hotels at the moment. The hotel is under the local empire Grupo Tragaluz, famous for designer hotels and eateries all over Barcelona. Architect Juli Capela and interior designers Sandra Tarrulla and Isabel Lopez are responsible for the sleek and modern design, and they were rewarded when Hotel Omm won the Best Hotel 2005 in the Travel and Leisure Design Awards in New York. You can’t fault the location of the Hotel Omm. Just off the most up market shopping street in Barcelona, the wide and stylish Passeig de Gracia, Hotel Omm is in easy walking distance to some of Barcelona’s most famous attractions. Gaudi's masterpieces La Pedrera and Casa Batlló are just a 5 minute walk away, in fact they are visible from the Hotel’s roof terrace. Placa Catalunya and La Rambla are a further 15 minute walk away. Alternatively you can get the metro to Placa Catalunya which is 2 stops, from here you can enjoy the Gothic Cathedral for culture, La Rambla for the street performers and Corte Ingles if you have left anything at home or want to have a coffee on the top floor to enjoy views over the Placa.
Hotel Omm itself has 59 rooms which are all square, sparsely modernist and have been designed to let in as much light as possible. The rooms are all equipped with high quality sound systems, internet access and phone lines. As you walk into the hotel Omm Barcelona main you will find reception is on your right and on the left are lots of comfy large sofas where you can have coffee and muse over the days papers which are all available in English, French and German. At the back of the hall there is a café set against an abstract outdoor installation which lets light come into the room. The roof terrace is impressive and reminiscent of Ibiza with all the wooden decking and pure white sofa deckchairs. There is a small pool, just big enough to dip yourself into when the sun gets a bit too much, but not too big as to actually have to swim and ruin a designer bikini! There are 2 fully equipped conference rooms which can hold 10 and 20 people. The Hotel Omm restaurant is called the Moo Restaurant, and is directed by the Roca brothers whose other restaurant in Girona has 2 Michelin stars. The menu consists of half portions which you can design to suit your diet, or tasting menus, achingly hip, just like the Hotel. Attached to the Hotel Omm is also their lounge club Omsession which is small and very much in keeping with the design ethos of the hotel. You can pick up the program for the club in the lobby. Omsession is open wed-sat and sometimes plays host to live music, but mostly the Dj plays chill out and electro funk. Hotel Omm Barcelona is not for everyone. I definitely didn’t feel comfortable there at all, but it’s not designed for homely comfort. The people there will look you up and down and they themselves will be dressed up and looking over each others shoulders in case there is anyone cooler in the vicinity. This is the place to see and be seen for young, modern city folk. Discount Reservations at the Hotel Omm Barcelona
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The
area in which Hotel Omm is situated is very classy and there is
a plethora of restaurants and bars from which to choose. However
there are also good deals to be found if you wander round. I found
the most amazing café/restaurant the Mauri, Rambla Catalunya,
102. The restaurant is a 5 minute walk from the hotel and has an
incredibly tasty sounding menu del dia for 11 euros. Otherwise everything
you need can be found on Passeig de Gracia. There are numerous cash
points lining both sides of the street, but if you´re staying
at Hotel Omm you´ll probably be using your limited edition
credit card. With which you can enjoy the fruits of some very sophisticated
shops and tapas bars which are also to be found along the street.
Metro and travel to Diagonal stop in 10 minutes. The
hotel is only a 2 mins walk from there. 
