From Place To Space: Praktik Bakery Hotel In Barcelona

What happens when you combine the city's best bakery and a stylish hotel? A city traveler's dream comes true! Ok, at least in my case. A few weeks ago I spent five days in Barcelona, Spain, and booked a room in the pretty new Praktik Bakery Hotel in the Eixample area of the Catalan metropolis. If I had to sum up my three strongest impressions of the hotel, it would be: the best chocolate croissant, fabulous indoor plants, cool room design. 

In Barcelona you will find a total of four Praktik hotels: the Praktik Bakery, the Praktik Garden, the Praktik Rambla and the Praktik Vinoteca (opening this Wednesday). Each hotel has a special theme but one fact is mutual to all of them: a strong sense for design.

My room in the Praktik Bakery Hotel was pretty small but abound with cool and urban design. I loved the all white setting with stark black industrial wall lightings and the blue tiles as a contrast in the entrance and bath area. But the real highlight was downstairs in the entrance area: Barcelona's best bakery: Baluard.

Waking up in the morning and stepping out of the room was a treat already - I could smell the fresh bread and croissants even on the sixth floor! And every day started with a scrumptious breakfast in the wonderful bakery - warm croissants, fresh bread, fruits, coffee, juice - it couldn't get any better! And you could watch the baker working on the fresh supply directly through a glass wall. 

Apart from the design and the great bakery, I was totally smitten by the abundance of indoor plants. The entire back wall of the bakery was covered in various indoor plants giving the space a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The Praktik Bakery Hotel is located in downtown Barcelona and I could see the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral right out of my room window. If you are planning a city trip to Barcelona any time soon, I recommend you have a close look at the Praktik Hotels - you won't regret it!

Happy new week!

Photography by Igor Josifovic

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From Place To Space: Blogger In Barcelona

Happy new week, my friends! Some of you have noticed that I spent a few days in Barcelona recently. I actually attended a blogger brunch and a trend seminar by my friend and fellow blogger Gudy in Barcelona and used the opportunity to prolong my stay for a few days and enjoy the Catalan metropolis and its surroundings to the max. Today I want to share just a few glimpses of my trip and the trend seminar - I will share a more detailed recap on Barcelona, the hotel I stayed at, the trend seminar and a lovely interiors shop soon!

Luckily it was not my first visit to Barcelona so I just invested one sunny morning to revisit the obvious attractions of the city: the Sagrada Familia cathedral designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. This time I did not go inside as the queue was mind-blowing (my tip: get online tickets in advance to avoid queuing) so I decided to carry on to the second landmark of Barcelona designed by Gaudí as well: the Park Güell. Located on a hill it is a wonderful spot to enjoy a great view of Barcelona and deep dive into a sort of 'Alice in Wonderland' feeling due to Gaudí's eccentric style. But beware: Since this year the entrance to the monumental part of the park (with the landmark architecture) is charged and admissions are organized in time slots. A bummer in my opinion as this used to be an open and public space to be enjoyed by everyone without paying entrance fees and waiting for admission. Anyways!

I've discovered more corners of this beautiful city but will share those with you over the coming weeks. Let me now turn to the initial reason why I headed to Barcelona - the trend seminar given by Gudy of Eclectic Trends for Meet the Blogger. It was the first Barcelona based workshop and well worth the trip. The group of international bloggers was intimate (25 participants) and we gathered one Sunday morning in the wonderful concept store of Jaime Beriestain. Gudy gave us a great insight into trend forecasts for 2016/17 (will update you on these soon too) and afterwards we created a live trend wall together - pretty interesting to see a lot of images coming together to one trend wall! The subsequent blogger brunch was a great moment to network and exchange thoughts on design and trends with a bunch of creative people.

In a nutshell: Traveling to Barcelona is a great idea in general as the city is so vibrant and offers so much to see. And attending a trend seminar given by Gudy is always a good idea too - you will enjoy her insights into trend forecasts and take your share back home for yourself and your blog!

Happy Monday everyone!

Photography by Igor Josifovic

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