Colon - Barcelona, Spain 

"Excellent"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
Hotel was fantastic, good location, friendly staff, plenty for breakfast. Our room was ok, bit of a squash fitting the camp bed in as a third bed, but hey, you're only really in your room for sleeping! so it didn't really bother us. Rooms are very clean, bathroom was good size, with plenty of toiletries, clean towels everyday. Chocolates were left on your pillow, which was a nice touch. Excellent location, facing the Catherdral, which is magnificent inside, lots of scaffolding around it as currently being cleaned. Plenty of bars, cafe bars and shops around the hotel and it was nice to sit in the Catherdral Square watching the world go by. Wonderful ice cream shop not far from the hotel - give it a try!! only 5 minute walk from La Rambles, The Port and all the designer shops. We would definitely recommend and stay at the hotel again.

NS
Posted: Tue, May 05 2009
The hotel was lovely and in a wonderful location. Our room was large, nice and quiet, but the window opened up to a narrow space filled with pipes which not only was ugly, but also allowed for very little air circulation. This would not have been a problem if air conditioning had been available as was indicated on Venere.com's website. However, during our stay in April, the system had not yet been switched from heating. The days were warm and the open window offered little if any breeze. Sleeping in the heat was difficult. This had a negative impact on our stay in this lovely hotel. I would not have booked a room here if I had realized that air conditioning would not be available at this time of year. I would still recommend this hotel as a great place to stay in Barcelona, but be aware that they do not provide air conditioned rooms year round.

PHALIPPOU Marc
Posted: Mon, Apr 13 2009
Good place to be and start from.

WZ
Posted: Mon, Apr 06 2009
We were there at the end of January 2009 for sightseeing for 4 nights. The surrounding was excellent - the Barcelona Cathedral, La Rambla, and the taxi stand are within 0-1 minute walking. The room was big and clean. There were enough light bulbs. Only that the window was small and faced other hotel windows and the distance was only about 15 meters. Not enough day light. The food was superior. Fresh, delicious, clean, and well-presented. The charge for an extra bed was not reasonable. They charged 40 Euros on top of about 120 euro. The welcoming receptionist was an unsmiling middle-aged gentleman and didn't speak English well enough so I couldn't really reason with him. Plus we had got very tired from traveling, so I gave up reasoning with him. Anyway, if an additional bed cost 40 euro, at least half discount should be given to my son who's only 11. The receptionists were arrogant (except one). When I asked about bottled drinking water, the guy said "This is the reception, how can I have bottled water?" Well, from where I came, even 3 star hotel would provide 2 bottles of water free every day. It's all ok to tell me that it's not the same case in Barcelona, but he didn't have to be so rude! Soap and shower cap were not replaced. I used up one soap after 2 days but there was not a new one. My shower cap was thrown away by the housekeeper but there was not a replacement. I had to wait twice (each time about 10 minutes) to get my shower cap. Wasting my time for rest. If it's a 2 or 3 star hotel I would tolerate, but it is a 4 star. Anyway, the location was excellent for sight-seeing tours, but the rate was too high especially for the average service that we received.

VY
Posted: Tue, Mar 03 2009
Lovely hotel but very worn with age and sometimes the reception staff were preocupied