Catalonia Duques de Bergara - Barcelona, Spain 

"Great deal!"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
I stayed at Catalonia Duques De Bergara for 3 nights, before going on a cruise. The location is perfect: on a quiet street, only a block from Plaza de Catalunya, a short walk to the Ramblas, Barrio Gotico, El Raval, Passeig de Gracia. The room was good and clean, with a nice marble bathroom and a balcony overlooking the pool. (Just make sure you don't get a room close to the service starcase- it can be very noisy!) The brekfast was excellent, the staff helpful. Would definetly stay there again!

TN
Posted: Sat, Apr 04 2009
For the price offered by venere.com it was Ok. I would not pay more. The photos look slightly better, the furnishings date to the 80s. The rooms and bathrooms, however, are very spacious. Breakfast was really marvelous (it costs additional 15 euros per person). The hotel is really very close to all the sights, we did everything on foot. We took the underground only one time to visit Park Guell. Our room was very quite (the window was on the inside part of the building). One thing which really disturbed us during our 2-nights stay is the fact that both of us being non-smokers we were given a smoking room. The tobacco smell was terrible and seemed to be everywhere: the bed, the pillows, the walls. I am very sensible to tobacco, so the two nights spent in the smoking room were not very pleasant ones, each time woke up with a headache. Nobody asked what room we preferred. When I asked hotel receptionist if they had non-smoking rooms, they said they had, but only the rooms with separate beds and giving on the street. As the facade part of the hotel was on reconstruction, we decided to suffer one more night in the same room. Hope the hotel will care a bit more of their non-smoking customers. For those not disturbed by this fact it could be quite a pleasant stay.

NP
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2008
Well located. Nice atmosphere. Although the room (518) was relatively small it had a big balcony and I was entirely satisfied. It's a lovely, traditional building and the pool was a real bonus. Would recommend and would return.