Take Part in Festive Christmas and New Year Celebrations at Hotel Arts Barcelona

BARCELONA, SPAIN--(Marketwired - Dec 10, 2014) - Hotel Arts Barcelona has Christmas entirely wrapped up with an outstanding line up of festive events. Celebrations include an artistic experimental Christmas decorations display, a delicious Spanish Christmas menu at the luxury Barcelona hotel's restaurants including Two Michelin starred Enoteca, and to bring in the New Year with a bang -- a grand black and white masquerade gala dinner on December 31^st.

The festive season will kick-off in early December with the unveiling of a spectacular Christmas decorations display designed in partnership with florist Donna Stain and paper artist Sophie Cuvelier. Together they have created a modern take on traditional Christmas decorations with a unique and exciting 'paper and flowers' concept, which will be seen throughout the waterfront Barcelona hotel with the main highlights in the entrance and lobby including trees made from colourful paper cones and sparkling garlands reflecting the sun and surrounded by bright festive flowers.

For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Enoteca, Hotel Arts Barcelona's Two Michelin starred Restaurant headed up by Paco Pérez will offer a gourmet Christmas menu. Dishes include the finest foie gras with apple 'Christmas Croquettes', Traditional Catalan soup with meatballs and Langoustines, Cannelloni of Melanosprum, Hake Kokotxas stew with bone marrow and mushroom.

At Arola, Head Chef Sergi Arola has devised a creative Christmas menu offering sea urchin au gratin, Ox Tail with Sea Cucumber plus traditional dishes including Escudella (Catalan Stew) and Christmas Yule Log. For those who prefer a more relaxed Christmas dining experience Café Veranda will serve a special Christmas brunch including seasonal dishes, Christmas cured meats, roasted beef, suckling pig, roasted kid goat's leg with confit of peppers.

To bring in 2015 in style, Hotel Arts Barcelona will host an exclusive black and white masquerade New Year's Eve Gala dinner on the 31^st December. The nine-course Gala Dinner is renowned for being the hottest New Year's ticket in town. The evening starts with an oyster station; traditional Iberian ham; a creamy salad of winter vegetables, lobster, Osetra caviar and green tomatoes soup; grilled seabass supreme, chlorophyll and coral extract, leaves dressed with a duck's juice vinaigrette and creamed potatoes, slow cooked Kid Goat shoulder; and crunchy caramelized panettone with whisky Ice cream and citric soup. Spanish Tradition has it that guests eat grapes to welcome in the New Year on each stroke at midnight. The night will carry on into the early hours with a live orchestra and dance floor.