Very good location if you want to go around with the metro.

Hotel was perfect for a city break and was in a great location close to the metro and bus stops.

So easy it to get to and from airport 20 minute bus ride and the 1st stop and then a 4 minute walk to the hotel.

but bus and bikes after as it was roasting .

but used the metro too, it’s just a few minutes away, you can buy multiple journey tickets.

The hotel was walking distance to the Arenas Mall where there were lots of restaurants on the roof, and it was walking distance to the metro which we took to visit Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera, Las Ramblas Street, and many other sights.

Very close to metro and bus to get around and explore the city.

Perfect location right nesr Arena shopping centre/ tube station and the Placa d'Espanya where the Airport A2 bus and the Hop On Hop Off tour buses stop.

Stops for the Metro and Airport bus are virtually at the front door and the hop on hop off bus also stops here.

The metro is 2 minutes foot distance, and by local bus nr 46 to Barcelona airport.

The hotel is located near a metrostation, near the bus stop  
to the airport, near the the Font Magica area and a large shopping mall.

Great location on Plaza España, very close to a central metro station.

There is a hop on hop off bus stop about a 5 minute walk away.

Metro connection very good (Placa Espanya).

Good location,plenty of restaurants around the hotel,The metro was close by or you could hop on a bus to the city centre.Rooms tastefully decorated & good size & clean & cleaned daily.Reception staff were friendly,we arrived at 11 & our room was ready even tho check-in wasn't until 3,which i was expecting so that was good.

At night and early morning we can also feel the underground metro.

Plenty of 24hr supermarkets by the hotel in case you had forgotten anything (in my case, everything lol),  very close to the Mall, Aerobus stop and a few Metro stops, as well as the fountains.

Great location next to the metro so highly rated all round.

We got taxis to the familia and parc guell which priced from around 10/15 each.

but we visited parc guell, la rambla and barcelonetta beach with no problems.

It was easy to get to Las Ramblas and the beach area as well as the beautiful Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell - all a must when visiting Barcelona!

Would recommend Parc Guell (Lesseps metro station) Views of all of Barcelona!

Parc Guell and of course all the Gaudi buildings.

but a must on any visit is the  Parc Guell, Sagrada Famillia and El 4 Gats restaurant.

The only downside is that it’s on a very busy road so quite noisy at night time.

Our room was on the 7th floor and overlooked the roundabout, which was quite noisy

The location is noisy, traffic and dustman in the early hours.

but the surrounds aren't, so the noise still comes in.

As it turned out, this worked to our advantage because the garden view room was extremely quiet at night whereas the city view room would likely have been somewhat noisy.

Only downside - no English speaking tv channels and i do like to have some for background noise.

Busy area - light sleepers may need earplugs to block out the early morning street cleaning noise -

On the street side of the hotel, there can be some noise from traffic, while the back side is very quiet.

A lot of road works going on all over Barcelona when we travelled and although we where on the 6th floor it was very noisy from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm even on the Sunday so sleep was poor

No bar or hall area, a bit noisy for rooms above the street.

One minor problem is that when metro passes through, you can feel the vibration

Traffic noise isn’t as bad as people make out.

but the second room, though on the 6th floor, was just as noisy.

If you want a quiet room, choose one that does not look out over the Gran Via.

The only let down was the noise from outside - I get the location

Sometimes we could hear the noise of the underground passing under the hotel.

There is a LOT of noise from the metro and the road, as well as from the hall and elevator.

The only down side was my room was near the road so I could hear the traffic at night,

Our room was OK, the safe was shocking a hole in the wall and advice on leaving valuables in reception is not what you want to hear the moment you arrive, and the curtain across a rail as a make shift wardrobe needs to be improved.

but modern, with a few weird quirks to figure out for lights and shower (the shower is transparent but there is switch by the sink to close the blinds and maintain your dignity)!

The room was great and it didn't take too long to figure out the remote lights and blinds.

but either at the bed or at then entrance to the room and to close the blinds between the batch and living are you need to find buttons above the sink
BREAKFAST - good selection of fruits, cereals, breads, pastries and a few hot items.

but cosy with a HUGE comfy bed - the bathroom did have a window with a blind that we couldn't figure out but it faced out to the side of the room so wasnt a big deal.

We eventually figured out that the controls to shut the blinds for it are by the bathroom mirror.

No matter what country you are in, you are generally able to work out how to operate light switches, faucets, blinds, etc.

but due to the street right in front it is a bit noisy even with closed windows.

There was a venetian blind in the window, But how to close it?

The window between the sleeping room and the bathroom was a little weird.

The only minus is no view from the window as all of them covered by big facade jalousie(

There’s a few things missing for top ranking in my opinion;
- Rooms facing the street are very loud even with windows closed.

which closed blinds, turned on/off lights, got the shower on/off.

but have electronic blinds you can adjust for privacy.

Took a while to work out the electric blinds in the shower and the inner toilet door didnt close properly,

and the glass wall between the bath/bed might be slightly disconcerting if you were sharing (but it does have a blind!)

Glass sliders on 2 discovered by curtain which can open outside facing the road

The bathroom wall is made of glass, and you can open the blinds for extra light or close them for privacy.

One strange touch in the room was the motorized Venetian blinds between the shower and the rest of the room.

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Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

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Has amenities with Kettle, room slippers, rope, safe - convenient location to metro and bus.

The Europa Fira Metro Station is just over a 100 metre walk from the Lobby.

We caught the bus from the airport which was super easy, and the hotel was right by the metro station so we caught the metro into the city each day.

but easy to get to these places as Metro station is right outside hotel and quite cheap.

Great location - close to metro and airport.

But, it is really easy to get into town with the subway or the bus.

Location wise is very close to the Metro station and therefore you are about a 20 min ride till the center.

but it was easy to use the Metro to go anywhere.

It’s very close to a Metro stop so it was easy to get in and out of the city center.

but the hotel is right beside the metro which will have you in the centre in about 10 minutes and about 20min to the port area.

The hotel is a very short walk away from the Metro and regional trains so it is easy to navigate both to/from the airport and central Barcelona.

Transport to city is a breeze - metro is 50m from hotel and 3 stops away from Espanya.

We also discovered that we could catch a bus right across the street directly to Placa Catalunya (H12, L94, L95) or use the metro from Europa/Fira for 1 euro each way (if you buy a 10 trip ticket at the station).

Out of the centre of Barcelona (but 15 mins by Metro which is just outside) this is 5 mins walk form the Fira conference centre.

The only drawback is that this is a local neighborhood without much nightlife or restaurants, But those are only within 10 minutes by metro or bus.

The hotel is a 2 minute walk to the metro which you will need as this hotel is near nothing other than a mall - no nightlife or restaurants to speak of.

The property is very pretty and only a few steps away to the metro station.

Overall I think having to use the Metro is a small price to pay for such a nice hotel and you can buy a transport pass from the airport metro station which is valid for several days, plus the airport run, to keep costs down.

Once you get to your door, it would be best if you were a football player and you knew how to hit the door like a football tackling sled because you REALLY need to push that door with some strength!.

At least 2 of the doors did not latch as the guests entered or exited their room.

but oddly the shower and sink was in the main room (separated by a curtain from the bed area) with just the toilet closed off with a door like a cloakroom.

Meeting rooms smelled musty and smoky and the bathroom doors in the conference space were so dark and confusing.

Intentionally removed the “Do Not Disturbed “ sign so that our room will be freshened up when we come back in the evening after our day out 

However , upon our return , a “ Do Not Disturbed “ sign was hanged outside our door which was never there when we left .

Another lady comes by later and stands outside the door giving  me a bunch of towels and plastic bag of toiletries.

The room doors where hidden which made it hard to locate the room

The Do-Not-Disturb sign could be placed on my door,

The security guard of hotel present was inside the hotel doors and had no clue what happened so why did the hotel employed him in first place as a mannequin ? 2.

This is not a hotel that you want if you’d prefer to have the old city outside your door.

The walls and doors masking the shower are smoked or partly mirrored glass.

The doors to the bathroom are all glass so privacy could be an issue.

One odd thing, the lights are powered by placing a card in the card holder by the door,

The rooms had few technical issues (Shower door, AC..)

Room service came once when I was in the room and as soon as I opened the door she took the do not disturb sign and hung it outside for reasons I do not know.

Quite a task to open your room door as no handle and the tropical plant theme is emanated  on the corridor walls making it difficult to see where your room door is - also a very clever concept too!

Also i pointed our graffiti outside the fron door that was very vulgar and her response is “it’s not our property”.

Note: if you planning to take photo behind the elevator, make sure to hold the door because its emergency door therefore you cant open it from outside.

Staff were very helpful, even booking tickets for La Pedrera, the Sagrada and Parc Guell online for us so we did not need to queue for entry to any of these.

The concierge will book tickets for you  for the major attractions, I recommend using this facility as we found that no tickets were being sold at the Picasso Museum and Parc Guell until four hours after our arrival onsite.

Very easy to access Camp Nou, Montserrat, Plaza Espanya, Parc Guell, Sagrada Familia, the cruise port, etc.

Suggest you per book Parc Guell and Sagrda Familia as we did.

La Rambla/ Gothic area, Parc Guell, the Magic Fountains and museum and so much more.

The hotel room doors are not intuitive on how to open; my entire hotel room was black and I walked into the black glass wall in my room so many times at night, it’s also so hard to find the bathroom in your black room at night!

There is no wall in main entrance side, except two first floors.

The long wall in my room was all glass too.

The entrance to that sanctum was concealed behind a small knob on a mirrored wall.

It was 19 degrees and wall to wall sunshine.

The rooms are unusual being all white, with a curtain around the entire bed and glass partition walls.

The rooms are stark white with projection lights that throw plant designs shadows on the walls.

The window wall of our white room has a palm leaf cutout that can be covered with a palm leaf curtain &/or a blackout curtain.

Everything was white with very little decor and a large cement wall with a window that had a long thin window that I had to stand on my tiptoes, if I wanted to see out of.

It took me a while to figure out how to lower the blinds using a wall switch.

but the window had plaster design which looked like an explosion in the wall!

though pillows nice, room furniture just an uncomfortable built in banquette along walls.

NOTE: ALL windows in guest rooms are cut into the wall in the shape of palm treetops.

The bare stark white walls were not necessarily my aesthetic

but even more white except for the wall to ceiling HUGE mirror "wall" that separates the  bedroom / lounge area from the shower room.

Further, the hallways to the rooms are partly open with glass walls, giving you a feel of openness.

The bedrooms have unusual vegetation inspiration window and other glass, a two-toned chromatic effect and shower/bath area is separated from the living area with a transparent art glass wall.

To make matters worse, one "wall" of the shower is a mirror which is somewhat see through in both ways.

The rooms are all white (no picture), the shower is surrounded by glass (see through), the toilette is in a separate cubicle, of white walls and nothing else, no shelf to leave your hygienic products, etc  There is no real bathroom, the washbasin is next to the see-through shower,

Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel

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The hotel was very easy to get to from the airport (just 30 mins on a public bus that are very frequent and drops you off 5 min walk from the hotel).

The metro right next to it made this a great place to explore the city.

Super easy to connect to Metro (subway) and really walkable too, even late at night.

My son and I recently stayed at the Soho Hotel which was located along the Gran via, and walkable to all the main streets for food, shopping and metro.

Before booking, I thought that we’d have to take the metro to get to Sagrada Familia and the Barcelona Aquarium.

10 minute walk to the nearest tourist bus stop, beside the metro and just over the road to the Gothic Quarter.

Directly next to a Metro station and within a 15 minute stroll of many of Barcelona's main attractions this hotel was a very good choice .

Very centrally located and close to both bus and metro options.

Next to the metro station and near lots and lots of great restaurants.

Location is great, the hotel is close to underground station and bus stops, and some attractions are within walkable distance.

Location was fantastic walking distance to most of the tourist attractions, metro station literally as you walk out of the hotel which takes you all around the city and a bus stop 2 min walk away.

There’s a bus stop a few yards from the hotel which will get you to all these places.

Just a few metro stops to Las Ramblas, Sagrada Familia etc.

It's in a great area of Barcelona right outside a Metro station and within a 10 minute walk of lots of fantastic restaurants.

Near a metro stop and in a great location for exploring/airport.

The metro and bus stops are right next door.

In addition, the A1/A2 buses from the airport are stoping near the hotel, which was very convenient

The airport bus stopped near to the hotel, making it really easy to access from the airport.

We had a fantastic experience at this hotel the location was great 5-10 minute walk to most places, and a metro nearby, also close to lots of restaurants

The room was generally dark even the corridor despite having on all the lights On room.

But then you go to use the bathroom and toilet - it's very dark and suddenly the funky lighting doesn't work in your favour.

and the light of room was so dark and opened window was so narrow.

The hotel theme is modern, albeit a bit dark in places.

but light still comes through and around these so if (like me) you like a completely dark room you will notice this.

buttons, hot/warm lighting, and combinations (if you arrive tired and it’s too frustrating, remove the key card and it goes dark).

but lighting made the halls and room quite dark.

Decor was dark and corridors were unsettling as they are so dark.

Interior deco is a little dark, like a night club.

although I did find the lighting a little dark in the room.

My only complaints are the shower has a small glass partition that gets water all over the floor and the room can be a bit dark.

We booked a standard double room and it was a bit dark as the hotel is a high-rise building and there is not much natural light

The only let down was how dark the rooms were and sometimes the room smelt unpleasant.

Decor is minimalist and contemporary in neutral, dark colors.

Recommended places to visit are Parc Guell (monument park and Gaudi's house), Casa Batllo, Montjuic and the cable car, Casa Musica, the Palau Nacional and Font Magica, a boat trip around the harbour and. .

I personally tried temporarily closing the window tightly, and I felt a significant reduction in the noise.

The sound insulation of the windows facing to the street was not good enough.

However, the front desk assigned me a room with an internal window.

Thankfully you can close the blinds on the window (if you find the

The blind in our room broke and we didn't have time to tell them in the morning, when we came back in the evening,  it was fixed.

The curtains also do not close all the way so sleeping in is difficult with the light.

but opening the window during winter was effective enough unless there are noise in the public on New Year’s Eve.

Heavy traffic makes the room a bit noisy with thin windows.

The door in the balcony did not seal well and street noise was quite loud at times.

but it had a pane of glass that extended across about 1/3 of the tub length.)

but has powered blinds that can be closed with the touch of a button.

The only thing to complain about is that you can not turn off the lights themselves in the window which are switched on and off automatically.

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- a bit niosy due to thin walls (door slamming from the neighbor rooms)
- limited view due to the post modern painted windows (schalosia style)

Your privacy is furthermore respected and noise from the streets is filtered by soundproof windows.

but bathroom should have had a shower curtain as water leaks to floor.

button near the sink that will close the blinds but there is no signage telling you and its in an odd spot.

The very cool miniblinds in the windows don't work--permanently.

Only things that would make this hotel the best would be to put blinds or a curtain on the shower glass wall, as in the bedroom you can see straight into the shower, as there is no privacy which wasn’t the best.

Also noted in other reviews, it was a bit irritating not being able to amend the blinds between the window panes.

Hotel Soho Barcelona

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Paid private parking on-site

hop on bus stop right out the front and a view of the cathedral

A few minutes walk away is a stop for the City Tour hop on, hop off bus.

The metro and the open top bus stop are very close to the hotel which made getting around the city really easy.

for the pros:
the hotel was near to a metro station Gloris and near to a bus stop
there is a shopping mall just few munities walk with many different brands and many restaurants
the breakfast buffet was very good

maybe will consider it again for short stay trip

The location is brilliant - not too far away from the tourist hotspots, very near a Metro stop, tram stop and bus stop, opposite a Westfield shopping centre with a massive Carrefour supermarket and some nice well-priced food/drink places.

but a few more hooks in the bathroom would be sometime we hope to see next visit ;) Great shopping and restaurants across the street and a few  minutes walk to closest metro.

It is also closa by metro and tram stations.

Near from a Metro station makes it suitable to move around Barcelona city by public transportation.

The city metro train has stations nearby,

The metro station is 1.5 block away and only 15-20min from Placa Cataluna.

We stayed in Novotel Barcelona City - metro stop name was Glories.

The location, whilst a little out of the centre of Barcelona, was still excellent - just a short walk up to Glories metro station which you can use to get quickly into the main square within about 10 mins and within a 5 minute walk there was also one of the stops for the Barcelona Touristique open top bus.

It's well located near Glories Metro Station and you can see the Sagrada Familia to your left on that short walk.

Overall this Hotel was 100% for us, a few minutes walk from the Metro to get all over the city and plenty of places to eat, drink shop within a few minutes walk.

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