As an American used to spacious hotel rooms my expectations were not very high when I booked a room for 4 in this hotel through Expedia for me, my husband, and my two grown sons (both over 6 ft so I expected a tight fit in a small European hotel room). What a pleasant surprise the stay was! The front desk staff was very helpful and upgraded us to a 2 bedroom suite that was larger than most of the American hotels I've stayed in. It had a full dining room, two large bathrooms with showers and tubs, a nice size bedroom and a large living room/bedroom - plus a large terrace accessible from all rooms. There was a complimentary mini bar (fridge) in the lobby and in the room with sodas, bottled water and beer, and a television in each room. Climate controls/air conditioning worked well throughout, and the front desk staff was extremely helpful giving us maps, directions, or suggestions (in English, which was appreciated) on getting around Barcelona (they could also book excursions if you choose to use a tour but we didn't). The rooms were clean and comfortable (unfortunately, only two English TV stations though - CNN and BBC, but the Euro 2008 games kept my sons busy and we didn't travel to Barcelona to watch TV). While the hotel was not located near the "tourist" area of Los Ramblas, the #17 bus a block away takes you to Los Ramblas and the beaches easily, and the hotel is walking distance to the diagonal and metro stations. We tired of Los Ramblas after the first two days and found the diagonal was easy to walk to and an enjoyable and interesting place to spend some time visiting. The hotel offers breakfast at 12 euros/person but we didn't try it since we moved at too slow a pace in the morning, but there is a supermarket (supermarcado) right across the street as well as numerous pastry shops open most of the time. My other son was staying in a much more expensive hotel that hosted a conference he was presenting at, and it did not have as nice a room or as many amenities (like free internet service or the room minibar) as we had. I highly recommend this hotel to travelers looking for a nice play to stay in Barcelona where the rooms are nice, the staff is attentive and the location is safe and centrally situated.

very clean,new,reasonable,good location.staff extremely helpful. we paid the extra 12 euros for breakfast which is definitely worth it if you are a breakfast person. Rooms are nice, not fancy but comfy. Quiet, pretty nice restaurants in the area.

This hotel absolutely exceeded our expectations. Courteous uniformed staff was very professional and very helpful. When we reported ethernet problems, we were moved to a different --and better -- room in the rear of the property. This solved the Internet problem and also got us on the good side of the building. Rooms on the front face a group of night clubs. Despite double-insulated windows, it was still pretty noisy up there. Another delightful surprise...we arrived at 9:00 a.m. Sunday after a trip from the US and were permitted to immediately check into our room. That shower felt pretty good!

Visited the hotel in march for a retirement do with 18 other firemen,everyone enjoyed our stay.Good location and a fabulous city with plenty to do drinking,eating,sightseeing. Liked it so much returned with my wife in september and it was every bit the same,staff excellent, rooms spot on. OLE !!!!!