Aparthotel Atenea Calabria  

Proximity to all of the things I needed to do, as well as excellent restaurants close at hand.

Hotel staff, although excellent, recommended a restaurant for Paella as the best in the city, and I would describe it as a disgrace to Spain. The staff, it would seem, gets paid to make recommendations.

As I attended to a event near Atenea Calabria, it was just a walking distance and very good for me to stay.

Location was excellent, in the center, but not in the tourist area. Metro station within walking distance, near was some very good grocery stores, where we could buy food and wine in the room. Near the metro station was very comfy cafe - Barecafe, where you could have a good breakfast for a very reasonable price. Staff was very responsive. WiFi was in the lobby and in the room. In the living room on the 1st floor was little children's playground. The kitchen had everything we needed - kettle, microwave, dishes.

Our room overlooking the street, and sometime it was quite noisy. Since we were traveling with a child, especially in the morning it created some problem to us...

Good price, location(5 min walk to Plaza Espania), decent room and breakfast. Friendly and helpful front desk, would stay there again.

Very professional and competent staff, nice and big room with kitchen facilities in a good location. For the price we paid, it does not get better than that. Highly recomended.

Practical layout

Thin walls and noise from neighbours

Very comfortable spacious apartment ,clean apartment.Good location with restaurants and bars around.Just 2 metro s tops to the city Center or possible to walk there in 15 minutes.The staff was really helpul.There is also a supermarket just down the hotel,very usefull.I Would definitely recommend this hotel to others All in all, I enjoyed the stay and would go back again when visiting Barcelona in the future

The free wireless internet was very slow but at least was free. Noisy from 6 A.m hard to sleep not sure if due to people on the upper floor or the cleaning ladies starting to move around.

I like the space of an apartment and the option to cook light foods at my leisure. Europe has fresh foods and there was a fish store, grocery right there. Apartment out of tourist area but metro right there and so cheap and easy. It may be better to stay out of tourist area and some nice shops/restaurants and locals right in area. Staff very helpful and allowed early check in. Good breakfast in hotel and very reasonable.

There are two different areas - one with beds and separated by wardrobe square with 2 armchairs and a table. The windows are ok - we haven't heard any noise. There is a kitchen - you can easily prepare some food. Good supermarket is situated right the next door. Parking is also next door, and it's not very expensive (18e/day). Breakfast is really good and tasty. Staff is very friendly. There are also 2 computers with internet in the lobby for free. Location - just a couple of minutes walking to the nearest metro station Rocafort, and you can also reach Plaza españa and Plaza catalunya by foot, it's not very far.

It would be great to have a kettle, but actually there was enough stuff to boil the water in. Tv is longing for be replaced by lcd.

-nice big rooms with cooking facilities -excellent breakfast with a lot of choice (including eggs, bacon, sausages, cereals,...) -friendly and helpful personnel -metro station nearby

All fine but the floor was verry dirthi

Apartment is quite large, and is located just 5 mins walk from the metro & 30 mins walk down to La Ramblas. The hotel staff are quite friendly and speak good English.

Unfortunately, I would not recommend this hotel. It is not a 4* hotel. The sound insulation is very poor (nowhere in Spain has excellent insulation anyway, but this was pretty bad), the soaps and stuff are not always refreshed. The kitchenette didn't have much utensils and on the last day we were provided with something to wash up the dishes.