El Palauet

El Palauet Living Barcelona is the name of the hotel that now uses this former family residence. Its interior’s original Modernista features, such as the stained glass windows and decoration of the ceilings, live side by side with the latest-generation design of its six luxury apartments.

Besides the stone-sculpted base of the bay window, another notable feature on its main facade is the wrought ironwork and the upper, Baroque-inspired crown. The rear facade’s semicircular tower of bay windows with stained glass is another example of the elegance of Barcelona’s Modernisme.

The high-society avenue

Barcelona’s bourgeoisie began to set up residence on Passeig de Gràcia during the last third of the 19th century. Exuberant buildings were raised on either side of the city’s most exclusive street, vying with one another in opulence, and the Casa Bonaventura Ferrer proved no exception here.