Hesperia del Mar - Barcelona, Spain 

"Fantastc, modern friendly excellently located Hotel!!"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
Excellent hotel. 5 minutes to great beach. 7 minutes to Metro station. 20 minutes into the hustle and bustle of Barcelona City. 10 minutes to port olympic and La Ramblas with all the night life. Friendly professional staff (on many occasions I notice reception advising visitors on good spots to go to) Great room,,many with sea views, modern and clean to a high standard. I laughed at previous bad reviews after my 10 day stay here and I am the most discerning travller as was my travel parter. Have a great stay if you do book here, I think it's much better than being in the city, taxi's are really cheap and it really is soooo close to the beach. HAPPY HOLIDAYS x

Alex Jolliffe
Posted: Wed, Jun 24 2009
When we arrived at the hotel, it was 01.30 in the morning, and we were fully expecting to be allocated just any old room, and frankly, we would have been happy with that. When we arrived at reception, the man there happily informed us that we had a nice room with a view of the sea from its balcony.. the sunrise in the morning was breathtaking. To be honest, we didn't use the hotels facilities much, as we were only there for a couple of days, and wanted to explore the city, but it's one of those hotels where you just know that everything works exactly as it should. When I go to Barcelona again I will stay here again. No doubt about it.

AP
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 2009
Great value. Right on the water. There's a public beach across the street, and it's a short walk to the marina/harbor where there are plenty of restaurants. Metro access is convenient (<1km).

AH
Posted: Tue, Apr 21 2009
Todo Excelente, solo me sorprendió que un hotel de esta categoria tenga escaleras en la entrada lo que dificulta entrar con las maletas, el resto fue excelente, en especial los recepcionistas, muy competentes todos.

JK
Posted: Thu, Apr 09 2009
We chose this hotel because its near the coast, but unfortunately didnt have the time to sit by the beach. The location is a bit quiet and low traffic. Being tourist for the first time to barcelona, we were happy that we managed to visit quite a lot of the popular landmarks. But something happened after we checked out. Less that 100m from the hotel while walking to Pablo station, we were stopped by policemen wanting to check our passport and demanding to check our bags for drugs. They showed us their ID. Obeying their orders and that we are innocent and we were released. Only when reaching Girona that we realised that we were street robbed by those "policemen". Almost all money gone. We did not make any report as we do not want to miss the flight and even lost more. We regarded that as our bad fate. We later on think that even if we deny their demand what might happen? They may have weapon with them and the worst might happen to us. I would like to call those who wish to be on foot and not taking public transport ie taxi, make sure to choose a busy place rather that a quiet one. There are culprits eyeing the tourists and simply apply a lot of tricks to rob them. As for all of us there will be no more trip to spain for a very long time perhaps thats the first and last one.