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Royal Hideaway hotels

Art and ambitious dining link restored palaces, a railway station and sculptural seaside resorts.

Royal Hideaway gathers Barceló’s more distinctive hotels, from restored palaces and art-filled city addresses to destination beach resorts. Launched in 2016 after the family-owned group acquired Occidental, the collection gives these individual places their own expression within a shared luxury hospitality family.

13 Royal Hideaway hotels in 5 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Barceló Hotel Group
Worldwide: Roughly 15 hotels across Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Morocco, and Indonesia
On the atlas: 3 High Luxury, 8 Core Luxury, 2 Accessible Luxury

History

Barceló’s acquisition of Occidental brought hotels with quite different identities into the family. Royal Hideaway emerged in 2016 as a home for its more distinctive destinations, with art, architecture, and ambitious dining central to the idea. Santa Catalina in Gran Canaria gives that approach a historic resort setting.

Timeline

1931 — Simón Barceló founds Autocares Barceló, a passenger and goods transport company, in Felanitx, Mallorca.
1954 — The family enters the travel agency business with Barceló Viajes.
1962 — Barceló opens its first hotel in Mallorca, launching the family's hospitality division.
2015 — Barceló acquires Occidental Hoteles Management and its 13 hotels, the largest acquisition in company history at the time and the seed of a new multi-brand strategy.
2016 — In June, Barceló Hotel Group formally launches four distinct brands, Royal Hideaway Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Barceló Hotels & Resorts, Occidental Hotels & Resorts, and Allegro Hotels, restructuring properties inherited from Occidental and existing Barceló assets into clearly tiered positioning; the Royal Hideaway trademark is filed that December.
2019 — Santa Catalina in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria joins Royal Hideaway, becoming one of the brand's flagship heritage conversions.
2022–2023 — Canfranc Estación, a converted Belle Époque railway station in the Spanish Pyrenees, and The Orient in Jakarta join the brand.

The houses to know

Royal Hideaway Corales Suites, Tenerife, Spain — Leonardo Omar’s coral-inspired architecture and MKV interiors connect the suites to Tenerife’s coastal setting.
Royal Hideaway Corales Beach, Adeje, Spain — Opened in 2017 in La Caleta on Tenerife's southwest coast, this adults-only resort takes its coral-inspired, sculptural form from architect Leonardo Omar.
Palacio Gran Vía, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Granada, Spain — The former bank’s preserved vaults bring a distinctive detail to this intimate Granada hotel.
Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Alicante, Spain — The Sierra Cortina slopes give Asia Gardens an extensive setting above Benidorm.
Royal Hideaway Corales Villas, Costa Adeje, Spain — The villas pair a Costa Adeje setting with an Augustinus Bader spa.
Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain — The brand's flagship, home to Michelin-starred restaurant Poemas by Hermanos Padrón.
Royal Hideaway Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Mexico — The adults-only resort gives guests an all-inclusive stay within Riviera Maya’s Playacar development.
Royal Hideaway Sancti Petri, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain — Extensive tropical gardens surround the resort beside Cádiz’s La Barrosa beach.
Royal Hideaway Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco — The former Hotel Farah gives Royal Hideaway a substantial Casablanca city setting.
Palacio San Juan, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Murcia, Spain — Count of Floridablanca's late-1700s palace opposite Murcia cathedral.

Newest openings

None of the Royal Hideaway hotels selected by the Atlas has a recorded opening year of 2023 or later.

Opening next

No confirmed announcements were identified in the sources reviewed through 2026-08-28.

Every Royal Hideaway hotel on the atlas

Mexico

Royal Hideaway Playacar — Playa del Carmen · Core Luxury

Morocco

Royal Hideaway Casablanca — Casablanca · Core Luxury

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