Ciutat De Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain     

My husband and I we were keen to stay in the Bari Gothic district and booked an apartment which we mistakenly thought was part of the actual hotel. However, when checking in we learnt that the apartment was in a separate building in one of the back streets about 300 metres away from the main hotel. This would not have worried us greatly except that our apartment block had no lift (this was not mentioned in the description on the website) and the staircase was very impractical - very steep and extremely narrow - not what you would expect in a 3 star hotel. In addition, our 'two-bedroom' apartment was no more than a small one-bedroom with another room that served as a bedroom, kitchen and dining room all squashed into one! Luckily, there were only the 2 of us so this was not a major issue but given that we had paid for a 'two-bedroom apartment' we expected a lot more for our money. We hate to imagine how more people would have stayed without living on top of each other! On the plus side, the location was fabulous giving us an opportunity to expereince life in the old quarter of Barcelona. Luckily we only had to rely on the hotel breakast for one morning as it was unimpressive with little variety and lack of service. Overall, an average hotel experience.

My husband and I stayed at this hotel for two nights last week. Overall it wasn't a bad expereience at all but I'd look for somewhere else next time round. On the plus side, the location is the best, so close to Barri Gotico, Rambla and metro, yet on a relatively quiet street. Also very clean and free water and Internet access. On the negative, the rooms are small even for European standards and very IKEA like, as in very cheap modern-style furniture and plastic accessories. The bath was a let-down, being only a half size one. The noise insulation is not great and the cleaners doing up the rooms at 4 pm wasn't great either! The hotel was quiet expensive for the standard it offered. I've since seen a couple of 3 star hotels in similar great location at 40 EUROS less per night.