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Hotel Granados 83 meets Hendrick’s Gin

Derby Hotels Collection — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:30:18 +0000

The perfect gin and tonic exists. It depends on how, when and with whom you enjoy it. On the terrace of the Granados 83 Hotel we could verify it the evening of the 11th of July in a meeting. From the hand of Hedrick’s, the best gin to combine with rose petals and cucumber, and our friends from Fazzari who organized the event we enjoyed a cold drink and a good atmosphere. In addition, we displayed the Cruciani bracelets, romantic macramé creations worn by celebrities and which have become the it accessory this summer.

Thank you very much to all the Fazzari team for an exceptional party and to our Cruciani friends!

Peter Greenaway exposition

Derby Hotels Collection — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:46:32 +0000

In Barcelona, with the arrival of summer, the streets of the Eixample neighborhood are covered in terraces with an extraordinary atmosphere.

For many people, Enrique Granados street is one of the most beautiful streets in the city.

When a little bit over 6 years ago we opened the GRANADOS 83 Hotel, we aware that this street would arouse unique feelings amog passers-by.

The street is full of small art galleries organizing every Tuesday and Thursday very appetizing vernissages. Suddenly the scene turns a bit New York’s SOHO, but with all the charisma of the Mediterranean.

This time we travel just a couple blocks to the left where Ignacio de Lasaletta wonders us with a new and unexpected exhibition. It’s about the audiovisual work of renowned filmmaker Peter Greenaway.

Provocative as always, the director of films like ‘The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover’ confessed that from this announced death of cinema was born his interest in video art in order to “deconstruct the idea of the single screen and to break with traditional narrative cinema”. Since his last film, the documentary ‘Rembrandt’s J’Accuse ‘(2008) Greenaway‘s mind has not stopped creating new projects.

Greenaway has pointed out that he intends to continue with his project ‘Nine Essentials Paintings’, filming Jackson Pollock in New York, a Monet painting in Paris, ‘Las Meninas’ by Velázquez in Madrid and “The Last Judgment’ of Michelangelo in the Vatican.

The Welsh filmmaker participates in the LOOP Fair inside the N2 gallery ‘Heavy Waters, 40,000 years in four minutes, “a video artwork integrated by five screens which reflect on climate change and its effects on the planet.

‘I try to explain 40,000 years of life on the planet in 4 minutes, and its cyclical nature: global warming and subsequent thaw is followed by a new ice age and then another climate change, “he points out.

The director has decided to present the world premiere of his creation ‘also because of a conceptual matter, as video art has always been considered erroneously as the little brother of cinema’.

For this reason, ‘Heavy Waters, 40,000 years in four minutes’ has been directly designed by a computer to be viewed on screen, there is no conventional camera here, the camera has become obsolete”.

Greenaway declares’ the new trinity: camera, mobile and laptop”, he listed.

This exhibition is tailor-made for fans of this amazing and spectacular film director.

Artist and filmmaker Peter Greenaway Exhibition at Ignacio de Lassaletta Gallery in Barcelona. Until the end of July 2012.

Ignacio de Lassaleta Gallery • Rambla de Catalunya, 47 • 08007 Barcelona.

Pepe García Communications Manager Derby Hotels Collection

Welcome to our new magazine

Derby Hotels Collection — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:41:42 +0000

Today we introduce two brand new features, our new online magazine as well as our new Facebook page. In this magazine you will find the latest trends in cuisine, fashion, travel, plans and activities in major European cities. We invite you to follow us and to discover the surprise we have prepared for you for Sant Jordi’s, this special day celebrated in Catalonia.

Barcelona Restaurant Week

Derby Hotels Collection — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:58:09 +0000

Next week, Barcelona will offer great deals to the most exclusive restaurants in the city at an affordable price. Restaurant Week comes to Barcelona after passing through Madrid and other European cities.

DHC’s restaurants are participating in the third annual Restaurant Week by offering sophisticated menus at 25€ per guest. One euro from each menu will be donated to a Guide Dog foundation, ONCE (Fundación ONCE del Perro Guía) and the Spanish Heart Foundation (Fundación Española del Corazón).

From April 13^th to 22^nd, discover the romantic bistro, El Regulador, at the Hotel Bagués located next to the Boquería Market, the fantastic views from the beautiful terrace at Claris, and the Asian Mediterranean cuisine at Restaurant 3 at Hotel Granados 83.

See the menus at derbyhotels.com and make your reservations through atrapalo.com

This week, we’re also preparing for the most romantic day of the year. Discover the benefits of being a member of Club DHC, and be sure to visit to try our special rose cocktail.

Derby Hotels Collection – Video -

Derby Hotels Collection — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Derby Hotels Collection nace en Barcelona en 1968 con la puesta en marcha del hotel Derby, todo un icono en la ciudad de Barcelona.

Desde entonces, y bajo la dirección de Jordi Clos, empresario catalán profundamente vinculado al sector turístico de Barcelona, la colección se ha ido ampliando con establecimientos en Barcelona, Madrid, Londres y París. ¿Que por qué hablamos de colección? Porqué cada uno de nuestros hoteles es único, diferente a cualquier otro, una pequeña pieza de arte dentro de nuestra colección

Apostando por la calidad, el servicio y la diferenciación se han ido incorporando el resto de hoteles: Gran Derby en 1983, Astoria en 1987, Balmes en 1989, Claris en 1992, Villa Real en 1996, Urban y Caesar en 2004, Granados 83 en 2006, Banke y Balmes Residence en 2009, República y Bagués en 2010 y Arai, previsto para el 2012.

Un proyecto que sigue adelante con las nuevas generaciones de la familia Clos, en las que continúa la pasión por el arte, el diseño y la buena hostelería.

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Hotel Granados 83 Barcelona – Video -

Derby Hotels Collection — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:51:00 +0000

A superior four-star hotel located in the very heart of Barcelona, just a few minutes away on foot from Avinguda Diagonal and Passeig de Gràcia and surrounded by the city’s best shopping area.

Located in a former hospital from the last century, Carrer Granados number 83 was reconverted into an Art-Deco hotel establishment. Its rusted iron structure, reminiscent of the old lofts of New York’s Soho, contrasts with the stone and glass facade and with interior decoration of maximum minimalist elegance and more than a hint of Zen.

Bright, elegant spaces are connected around a central patio with a skylight and a spectacular crystal covering, bringing together iron, brick, zebrawood and tamarind wood, natural leather and Thassos white marble.

If you would like to stay in the centre of Barcelona and enjoy the city’s most avant-garde architecture, don’t hesitate to come to Hotel Granados 83.

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