Now to the good aspects:

- The design of the hotel is very cool, and the property has a vertical garden that runs through the entire central atrium complete with palm trees and other tropical vegetation.

The rooms were immaculate and modern, and the open central atrium throughout the high-rise building was unique for sure.

We took the glass lift up through the central atrium quickly passing through floors adorned by plant and trees.

The rooms all have doors facing an outside atrium which I haven't seen before.

The two "columns" of the hotel are around an open air foliage atrium, with open walkways.

The hotel is unique with two towers connected by an outdoor atrium with garden growing up the stairways.

Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel is a modern (“elegant and chic”) design hotel with interesting architectural features such as a open atrium vertical garden of palm trees and lush vegetation in the middle of the hotel.

From the palm trees on the facade of the hotel to the greenery in the open atrium inside the hotel, this hotel was a surprisingly wonderful find!

There's a staircase in the atrium that goes to all the floors.

Each room has a HUGE exterior door and the atrium is open to the elements

The interior atrium is filled with plants all the way up and down the hotel on every floor.

That theme is continued in the hotel atrium.

Strange building, as you walk out of your room in to the outside/atrium style of the hotel.

What a fantastic hotel which made our first stay in Barcelona a great experience.Everything, architect designed to the finest detail brings about an elegant ease of stay.Quality is in each aspect from bedroom lighting, to topclass shower facilities through to glass lifts which enable you to admire the fantastic palm laden atrium which rises to roof level.We had both dinner and breakfasts during our stay and the quality of food and cooking is second to none.

The atrium/lobby is a really nice place to relax after a day’s sightseeing.

Amazing central atrium running through the middle of hotel.

The inside has an atrium with many plants.

It is set out around an open air atrium which towers above the reception area.

On the plus side, the building is undoubtedly spectacular in concept - the glass atrium works effectively and the 14th floor restaurant, where we had breakfast, is beautifully positioned with wonderful views of the city.

Hotel design is contemporary with the palm tree top shaped windows and open atrium style

Wonderful green surroundings, beautiful green plants in the hotel.

It is also famous for vertical garden Oasis and rooftop Pool with palm tress and lush vegetation.

Loved the architecture of the building, breakfast was amazing, the staff friendly and helpful.

This hotel boasts one of the best rooms I've ever stayed in, with modern amenities and elegant décor and one of a kind shaped windows.

Clean Hotel, fabulous colour of lobby washrooms.

We stayed in a twin room which was very chic,

Rooms are reasonably sized although a bit clinical

It is such a special hotel and truly an piece of art.

but if you like modern clean-line design, this should fit your taste quite well.

As you noticed from the photo posted by me and other reviewers the architecture is quite different than most hotels.

Architecturally the hotel is impressive from the room windows to the overall design.

Facades of the hotel is decorated and designed with energy efficiency in mind with sunshades on the building resulting in minimal viewing outwards from the rooms.

The design of the hotel is quite nice with palms.

The rooms are nice, simple and usage friendly with a minimalistic touch!

The design of the hotel and especially  the windows in the rooms add to its unique atmosphere.

We loved the design of the common spaces and appreciated the attention from the hotel staff.

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.

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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We were unsure whether the heater wasn't working or if we were unable to adjust it to the correct temperature.

The hotel did not have the air conditioning on in the rooms.

The air con looked ancient and did not work, which meant the room was unbearably hot. Had we not arrived so late we would have requested a change,

The hotel should be shut down for that period or have heating installed.

I appreciatee opening the windows and that the AC was off.

This one hasn't, the carpet is bare and worn down to wood, and the vent grill in the bathroom was disgustingly dirty.

Once we had settled in the room which smelled a little musty we turned down the AC and then noticed it was very humid and wet feeling.

Unfortunately the hotel obviously suffers from what smells to me, to be a drain problem, so bad that the a/c exacerbates it, so it has to be off with then the window open, giving a lot of road noise and mosquitoes 🦟.

Our room has a TERRIBLE air conditioner and the room is very hot even in the cold setting.

The AC unit was worthless -- virtually no cool air and could only adjust the thermostat by max of 2 degrees.

And, AC is disabled if you open the window.

but the room had old and worn furniture, a/c was extremely noisy and not really working, wifi very slow.

The thermostat in the room was analogic, so a bit difficult to establish a comfortable temperature.

but I found the temperature was okay for me without any heating.

for shuttle bus (should be max.20min)Broken and noisy aircondition in hotel prmiumroom.Window towards mainroad.No minibar and hotel bar was closed.

though the staff were tired and also stressed, we had a quick and efficient checkin and were able to relax in the spacious and comfortable atrium lobby while waiting to do so.

but the rest good, clean, nice atrium architecture., good value for the location and service.

Most of the bedrooms face on to the Atrium.

with the hotel built on an open atrium type of format.

Guest rooms open onto hallways looking into a vast atrium, with the expansive lobby area on the ground floor.

The football was on in the atrium being proudly displayed on a 32inch/81 cm screen.

The hotel is a multi storied atrium hotel with multiple elevators.

This is a mildly upscale hotel with a nice atrium and good appointments.

Hotel decoration is modern, with all rooms located around a large patio.

It was clean and inviting, Quiet and felt warm.

As stated previously, the staff were do nice and helpful and upbeat, that it made this a pleasang stay on an otherwise gloomy day.

The room and hotel in general was very clean and not worn in anyway.

Positive points: free shuttle from/ to airport; great breakfast; great restaurant for dinner; good spaces inside for group talk activities,  interesting design of the hotel.

Bathroom was good and bright, I had a really nice salad in the bar and had a really good sleep.

The hotel is really modern in design and definitely set up more for business travel and conferences,

What could be a large uninteresting square box is delightfully & tastefully decorated.

They couldn’t do enough for my daughter and I. Super clean and modern deco.

The vibe of this place is like an abandon shopping mall.

The location is pretty charmless - beside a highway in an industrial estate -

- Excellent and very extensive breakfast in a calm and relaxed atmosphere.

It was large in size with a modern decor.

Inside great decor and goid restaurant service.

Checkin staff were terrific and atmosphere and ambiance in the hotel was lovely.

And airy , rooms were clean bright and very spacious beds super comfy , would definitely use this hotel again no problem !

The decor of the hotel is modern and nice, with good taste.

Perhaps the intent of the architect was to design some version of Brutalist style architecture.

There was a very strong 'drains' smell from the bathroom that permeated the whole room.

The room was way too hot and could not open window due to sewer smell and noise.

but wouldn’t stay of my own accord, my wife would have walked out as soon as she stepped through the door with the drain smell!

Mattress on the floor, very old and run down, stinking leaking drainage, aircon that cannot be adjusted, everything bolted to the walls.

Had to switch as first one smelled of stale smoke.

We ended up sleeping with barely enough clothes and no covers, and were still soaked from sweat.

The bathroom was dirty and had what appeared to be a urine stain on the wall.

Cheap rooms both in decor and lighting; given a room reeking of tobacco despite being non-smoking; breakfast was horrible; cleaning came into the room at 7am despite having a do not disturb sign up.

but there was mildew in the corners of the shower and the post to hang clothing was damaged

Oddly excellent and disappointing as well

The room I visited had a rotten bathroom and old furniture.

But what is disgusting is the restaurant and its staff.

On entering the hote there was a strong smell of sewage, luckily this didn't spread to the room.

Went back to reception and were given keys to a disgusting smoke ridden bare scruffy twin room on the ground floor which I assume is used for cabin crew or the like.

Hotel ventilation system is antiquated,  if someone is smoking in their room on the first floor, you will smell it in your room on the third floor.

The air con in my room was broken and opening the window let in both the loud noise of the motorway and a strong sewage smell which wasn't great.

Resturant - looked like a canteen , food sitting in dishes looking rather sad and yuck !

The air conditioning only blew wet damp air.

but instead we just left the window open (which  helped with the smell!)

Rooms at the front, even when the windows are closed, are roaring with traffic from the autoroute--all night long.

You can open a window and then listen to the highway noise.

Window opens FULLY – no restraint on it (dangerous).

My room was right above the highway and the windows are not sound proof.

We had to open the windows and the door to the room to get at least a degree of breeze,

.sunny day so room boiling
Cannot open window as right next to motorway, even closed hear the traffic all night

Very limited evening menu
Breakfast not served till 06:30 which is direct lie from website which says 4:30

Shuttle bus a bit of nightmare to find. .

Then I decided that Inqould open the window,

but at least the double-glazed windows block the worst of the sound.

but the impression quickly changed once I got in my room: bare, cold, and also very noisy from the road, in spite of the window being closed.

however I am a heavy sleeper and was unaware of the noise even one night sleeping with the window open and considering its close proximity to the airport I was completely unaware of any aircraft noise.

The gym is very small - only one running machine, the room is in the sun (and one of the curtain couldn't close) so you ended like having a temperature close to sauna!

The staff just came in, open the window and just left.

It was very loud, I got up 3 times to check and see if the window was somehow cracked open - it wasn't.

Also the aircon was not functioning in the room, and we couldn’t open the window in the evening as it was raining outside so the room got a bit stuffy.

Hotel Barcelona Aeropuerto, Affiliated by Melia

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Paid private parking on-site

Fitness Center with Gym / Workout Room

Small boutique style hotel with open atrium has sound travel from lobby up.

This is partly due to the fact that the bathrooms, for example, are not designed to be easy to clean.

even though over industrial grounds .. Good value for money.

as well as modern fixtures and furnishings.

Stayed in the hotel for three nights and enjoyed the friendly service and atmosphere.

Definitely a safe environment and we walked all times of the day and night.

but they are decorated in the modern, dark style that leaves the impression of a cave, but overall a very nice hotel.

To be honest, decoration is quite good in the room.

There is a funky sewer smell outside the hotel.

Ninth  floor with a nice view over the industrial park.

Whilst arguably a bit of an eyesore from the outside, the interior of the hotel is well appointed and the staff attentive and friendly.

The AC Hotel Som is a modern, art deco venue.

A very modern hotel with a great design and atmosphere, the room and bathroom were spacious with all the stuff you need.

The hotel has a modern style decoration just close to Barcelona exhibition centers.

what a great hotel, we needed something close to the airport, and we decided on this hotel,it is trendy, close to the mall, we arrived at 11am, and we were given the room without any questions or hassles and with a big smile).

It is modern looking with a handset style.

Hotel was modern, clean and sleek just like the pictures so we were not disappointed.

nice hotel design and very friendly staff - good safe parking in the basement

Nothing, throughout the day I had to make 3 calls to the front desk, finally a maintenance person came in, advised it was because they have just changed new pipes and tubes, and advised it would be fixed in 10 mins.

WiFi is so slow, my phone was constantly switching to LTE.

After a late arrival and no access to the Sleep & Fly at the Barcelona airport, I chose to call around for a room.

but no alarm went off nor did I receive a phone call or a knock on my door.

Also, to note so that the manager can't argue and say they didn't know with this post I already emailed them about it (I'm not able to post a pic of her response as Trip Advisor won't let me upload an iPhone screenshot).

The phone conversation in the room next door came thru the adjoining door quite loudly.

The bells staff use them to deliver cases to the rooms and block the door with cases so you cant call the lift.

So, I go back up stairs to my room, e-mail the hotel my documents, go back downstairs and wait another 15 minutes while the front disk figures out how to print PDF documents
Go back to my room for a pleasant night
Get up next morning to my cell phone alarm.

They wouldn't even make an outside call for me which was needed as it was my phone that was stolen and was on my own.

On a normal night  the hotel calls for you.

One last suggestion is do not rely on their wake-up call.

but with more of a younger urban flare. The decor is mostly black, nice, but I had to look careful to make sure I did not leave anything (black wallet, iPhone case, iPad, etc.)

Waited way too long for service at the bar which is right next to the reception desk, so the concierge just watched us waiting for service rather than trying to get someone. Didn't get our morning wake-up call until 45 minutes after requested, then the woman tried to claim she had been "trying to get us."

(and the only way I could confirm it was 3am was to get out of bed to check my almost dead iphone).

My only complaint is that we requested a wake-up call on our check out day and they forgot to call us.

Showering may pose a problem for less mobile guests,

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The drive up to the hotel is immpresive,ample onsite safe parking,super grounds,views and sitting areas to the front,superb lobby bar area with interesting design features including a large atrium to enjoy a nightcap under the stars.

A great location in a historic ancient castle with lovely views the hotel is clearly in need of a refresh.

however the terrace and view, authentic environment was what we were looking for.

Although old style decor, the room was comfortable enough and we enjoyed a decent meal outside.

We had a room overlooking the pool area with a small balcony.The room itself was nice enough with a modern style bathroom,furnished in a simple Spanish style.

Once you get to the hotel, it is very peaceful, rooms are acceptable - they will apparently all be upgraded and redecorated this winter as well.

El Castell is a faded 4-star full-service hotel that still has some charm, helpful staff, and a pretty good restaurant, situated high atop the hill overlooking Sant Boi just outside of Barcelona.

Clean, friendly staff, large rooms wonderful decoration through out the hotel and the gardens were just fantastic.

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