Gran Ducat  

Great location, friendly, helpful staff, clean rooms and secure left luggage for late departures. If you arrive at Pl. Catalunya on the Aerobus, it's literally a 2 minute walk along Ronda Sant Pere so no need for rip off taxis or having to drag luggage around seedy streets at night. Staff are very nice and will help with any queries you have about Barcelona which is good for anyone new to the city. Unfortunately, that's about as far as the advantages of staying in Gran Ducat go. There is WiFi in the hotel but for some reason you have to get the password from reception.

I've travelled a lot over the years and would be well used to staying in all classes of accommodation, from youth hostels to 4/5 star hotels so I'm certainly not that fussy. As I'm a fairly heavy sleeper and usually stay out late at nights, I thought the reports of noise wouldn't be an issue for me. Wrong! From my room on the 3rd floor I could hear every single bit of noise from the corridors, rooms beside me, above me and below me. I'm talking ordinary noise here, just people moving around, closing doors, talking normally, mobile phones ringing etc. - not party people, ignorant guests or anything, just regular goings on. As for the metro? From early morning, every few minutes the pipes in my bathroom and inside the walls would rattle from the vibrations. It felt like a minor earthquake as someone already mentioned. I reckon I only managed about 4 hours sleep each night I was here so was a bit shattered doing my sightseeing. The double room I booked was about as basic as I've been in and looked absolutely nothing like the pictures on the site, although it was spotlessly clean. It was so small I think I'd have had to move if I wasn't alone. I'm not sure 2 suitcases would actually fit anyway as there was nowhere to store them. No table, and only room for one bedside locker. What furniture was there, was that cheap "flatpack" style - functional but ugly. Also, the shower was cracked and had so little power that I relied on gravity rather than water pressure to get wet. All in all, I'm not sure how this hotel has 3 stars. Maybe I was unlucky with my room but for me it was more a glorified Hostal and if I'd been staying any longer in Barcelona, I'd definitely have moved. For this kind of money, there's certainly much better value to be had in Barcelona.

Location.

The room was very small and did not have guest laundry availability.

Poor, try to stay away from this hotel.

We liked the hotel because of its location to all the sights Barcelona has to offer. We had a very pleasent stay and would not hesitate to stay there again on our next visit to Barcelona

Location and value

Breakfast staff were continually curt as opposed to desk staff

Good location, friendly staff, value for money.

The room was very clean and the hotel receptionist very friendly and helpfull. Free broadband was very good. There were lots of places to eat nearby.

Parking was difficult and expensive. Some advise on where to park when booking would be helpfull.

Fabulous location relative to tourist sites and restaurants!! Make sure you take the airport to city center bus for 5 EURO/person (much better than a Taxi) - it drops you off about a 3 minute walk from the hotel.

location was very close to Playa Cataluna; reasonable price

needed updating

Well , I can say that the location was the most important things to me ,

The stuff are few 2 or 3 and it should be more than 5

A great budget hotel in a exellent location, near place Cathalunya. Breakfast is fair, the staff is helpfull. The only downside - some of the double rooms are very small. We took a double room and swicthed to a bigger one upon our arrivel (with no extra cost). To sum it up - great value for your money. Location, location, location.

Value for money, friendly and smiley face staff. 100 m to catalonya center. Exactly I recommend.