History of the Hotel Victoria

In 1973, a block of hotel-style luxury apartments bearing the name “Hotel Apartamentos Victoria” was inaugurated in Barcelona’s exclusive Pedralbes district. The building was named after the street where it was located, Avenida de la Victoria, now known as the Avinguda de Pedralbes. It was a different type of hotel, which, due to the large size of its rooms (some had as many as two bedrooms and two bathrooms), soon developed a large following among customers and families who came to Barcelona for longer stays.

Our hotel has been home to the managers – and sometimes families – of large companies, including Sony, Bayer, Nissan, Honda, Yamaha, Lu, Braun, Arbora-Ausonia, Endesa, etc., who have spent their first months in Barcelona here. It is also frequented by actors from the theater and personalities from the worlds of music and cinema while they were on tour or filming in Barcelona.

In 1981, Jean Louis Neichel took over the place of Los Olivos, what was then the hotel restaurant, and founded the Neichel Restaurant, making the hotel a place to enjoy top-quality cuisine. The hotel also expanded its services by opening a new café, the “Cafetería Victoria”, which was later refurbished in 2003 and renamed “El Bistrot de Pedralbes”.

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, we were hotel chosen by the United States Olympic Committee to house all of its managers and those responsible for supporting the US delegation of athletes.

In 2007, as part of a reform project to become an “AC Hotel”, the bistro area was reassigned as the hotel’s bar and lounge.