Choosing the right hotel for you is basic for the success of your trip to Barcelona. And while in our blog we have dozens of posts recommending hotels for various needs and areas, sometimes you need some more specific information about the hotel you have in mind. And going through all the Tripadvisor, Expedia and other internet reviews can be so exhausting and overwhelming! This is why from time to time we offer single-hotel reviews in our blog, giving you our opinion about the hotels our guests used the most. We haven’t really stayed there in most cases but… we hear a lot of comments about them from our guests, and we take mental note! Now we share them with you – the good and the bad.
HOTEL MAJESTIC REVIEW: PROS AND CONS The Majestic Hotel & Spa in Barcelona is one of our guests favorite: every year we pick up lots of guests there taking our tours, and we often hear what they praise and what they don’t like. And honestly, before the refurbishment many would complain about the rooms being too small. …
SHOULD YOU STAY AT THE BARCELONA MANDARIN? Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona is one of the best places to stay and the Mandarin Oriental hotel is one of the most popular. Located right in the middle of everything, it was open only a few years ago in the building of a former bank. And while the outside …
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IS IT WORTH TO STAY AT THE CASA FUSTER HOTEL? Casa Fuster is one of the most emblematic hotels in Barcelona, not only for being a great hotel but also for its modernist architecture with a stunning white marble façade. In 2000, the chain Hoteles Center bought the entire building to convert it in a GL …
PROS AND CONS OF THE W HOTEL IN BARCELONA It can’t go unnoticed. This sail shaped building of 99 meters high at the seaside it’s seen from miles away, changing completely the seascape. Although the polemic construction of the W Hotel at only 20 meters from the sea (Spanish law states 100 meters from the …
1898 HOTEL: FINALLY A GOOD CHOICE FOR HOTELS IN LA RAMBLA The hotel 1898 one of our favorite hotels if you like staying in the heart of the hurrican. La Rambla, is an always busy and fascinating street. There are lots of things going on, and its’ a great starting point to explore most of the city …
WHY WE LOVE EL PALACE HOTEL There are many “Palace” hotels in Barcelona, but only one is “El Palace Hotel”. And none of them (Avenida Palace, or Atrium Palace, or Petit Palace, or Cristal Palace, or Fira Palace…) has the charm of the real thing. Many of our guests choose to stay at the Barcelona Palace …
OUR HONEST OPINION OF THE ARTS HOTEL We often have guests asking us what do we think about such or such hotel. This is why we decided that it’d be a good idea to start a series of hotel reviews in our blog. We’ll be publishing one each month (the rest of the posts will be …
