The 19th-century, colonial-style Hotel 1898 is located in the old Gothic Quarter, 100 meters from the Grand Theater, and approximately eight miles from El Prat Airport. This location is also 200 meters from Plaza Catalunya (main square), 250 meters from Moja Palace, 300 meters from Rambla de les Flors and Macba (contemporary art museum), half a mile from the Picasso Museum and La Pedrera, and one mile from Barceloneta Beach and the Olympic stadium.

Hotel amenities include the rooftop pool, steam and spa bath, sauna, massage treatments, indoor pool, reading room, 1898 Restaurant, and 1898 Bar. The hotel also offers room service, dry cleaning, porter service, and 24-hour front desk service.

All rooms feature plasma-screen TVs, wireless Internet access, minibars, music systems, hairdryers, designer toiletries, bathroom telephones, bathrobes and slippers, and safes.