Residencia Àgora BCN  

This is a nice modern University dorm facility, set on its own grounds in a very green and pleasant sports facility area. Excellent underground secure parking facility. Local subway (l3) is perfect and runs right into the heart of the city. A/c worked fine. Double glazed windows. Breakfast was copious with everything you would want supplied. They also do lunch and dinner, so if you arrange in advance, you can join those. Subway stop about 10-minutes walk down the hill. Every room has a desk which is 'wired' for students, so with a short cable, the Internet connection works well...I Never needed to try the WiFi, which does exist in the lobby for sure, so I cannot really comment on that. The guests were pleasant, and the hallways get quiet later in the evening so sleeping wasn't a problem.

This is not a complaint, just a few things of which you need to be aware. The location is nice, but about 30-minutes (walk + subway) to the heart of Barcelona. This is a "hotel" only for the summer and college holidays. Most of the "guests" visiting in the building are 14-18 year old student groups with their coaches or teachers visiting Barcelona for sports camps or school outings. Expect large numbers of kids, with the noise and general inattentiveness to decorum or rules that comes with a school. That said, these kids are on holiday, relaxed and enjoying themselves, so there is really no problem. They congregate in the lobby area and outside, and make some noise into the evening on the front side of the hotel (I was on the backside which is quiet at night). The cafeteria is a large well laid-out facility, and the food it plentiful, but basically just ok. No custom touches or gourmet fare.

The breakfast was really good. Actually it was much better than I had expected. Even though the place was a little far from the downtown, it was really safe. Barcellona was told that people should be careful for the pocket pickers. But the place was inside the university, it was very safe.

We stayed at the agora due to its inclusion of breakfast in the already cheap overnight price. Everything about the hotel was fantastic. The rooms were larger than normal hotels and the air con was a treat. The breakfast was enough to keep you going all day and the staff were friendly and helpful. The journey from hotel to Las ramblas via the tube was 12mins. There is also a beautiful park right next door to the hotel with plenty to see and do and cafes serving hot and cold drinks.

Excellent value for money with a good breakfast included. You can also buy a buffet meal at night for only 9 Euros. Easy to get to by the metro (Mundet on the L3 Line) and is only 15 mins from Placa Catalunya. Clean and modern unlike many Barcelona establishments. Students around but they were very quiet and we did not experience any inconvenience because of them - they were very pleasant to be around.

Didnt have a tv in the room (a minor thing really) and we had to walk to a local tennis club at Val d'Hebron for a beer (but the tennis club was unbelievably cheap and very pleasant).

Breakfast was fantastic-five stars! There are facilities for kids or adults to use (table tennis, gym, football, basketball). Next to the hotel is an old park with a labyrinth-entrance is free and park is beautiful. metro station is close and it is on the green line-it takes you everywhere.

Walls are thin. we had to complain twice before getting our room cleaned after 8 days (instead of 5). two beds were normal, two in a drawer underneath didn't have any blankets.

Location, breakfast, staff.

Noisy students.

Really friendly staff. No internet in rooms. Dog barking all night. Quiet otherwise. Would stay again.

The room was clean and quiet. The breakfast was good too. You´d bether take it because there isnt any other place to eat near this hotel...

The location is not really good. If you are planning a quick trip to the center of Barcelona its is not really good instead if you have a car. If you have a car, it is really easy to arrive in hotel and to leave to another cities around Barcelona. Going downtown is really easy and quick too (20min) but is really hard to find someplace to park. Youd bether park 1km away downtown and walk then... The internet was not working very well but wasant a really problem...

the hotel is nice, place is not too far, but a little bit noisy. anyway, it is worthy for this price.

Excellent choice if you are young ! This is not a hotel,it's a student residence but is clean,spacious,nice area,good breakfast and in 15 min with metro you will be in center ! (line 3,station Mundet,out on the side with escalators).Also you have a direct bus to Tibidabo.

No tv in room...

good breakfast. Mundet - green line

Noisy even at night. 7-10 minutes uphill from Mundet. No free wi-fi.

Friendly staff