excellent respects hotel not heart touristy barcelona people location, said believe people develop romantic ideal staying quaint 900 year old hotel, watch hollywood movies, reality quaint hotels actually nice good service scarce expensive cities like barcelona paris, mexican spain times countries know old quaint means local perspective, mean visiting places like barcelona walking day want nice room night good furnace ac whichever case clean quiet rest walking partying, amrey diagonal fits wonderful price, granted outside old city center metro stops away plaza catalunya heart barcelona metro station blocks away hotel tram stops right walked subway, think poeple walk takes 20 25 minutes, worked room actually super climate digital sight temperature stable wichever temperature set unlike in-room ones loud room super cold need turn time n't hear thing, know meaningless outside day long means lot want rest specially barcelona summer way going post pictures specifically took tripadvisor n't downloaded just got night, room super clean bathroom nice, say quietness room important arrived june 23rd 2006. non-hispanic catholics non-catholics general asking does, june 24th st. jonhn baptist day, hispanic countries specially iberian peninsula night june 23rd early morning 24th people celebrate going river body water troughout night barcelona means beach, throw lots lots firecrackers pretty powerful ones night long importance having quiet room need it.the hotel located corner avenida avinguda catalan diagonal rambla poblenou, great location reasons, avenida diagonal large boulevard huge middle section walk jog mornigs night like wife like, needless say impossible old-town barcelona, hand rambla poblenou mini la rambla locals, wo n't tourists pedestrian street plenty little local restaurants good not good need try prices la rambla choose right food better, walk minutes tops rambla poblenou end beach, just step hotel left walk straight, matter fact dining near la rambla enjoying people old town barcelona wife couple ended going rambla poblenou nights, way ate late dinner drinks talked locals lot money minutes hotel.the drawback people location, believe relative depends make best not, riding metro not thing poeple group taxi ride downtown euro reasonable, personally n't mind taking subway, like city subway including american ones excercise common sense watch purse wallet n't pickpockets chance wo n't bad experiences regret.in short hotel great day long explore barcelona good night sleep clean simple functional room hotel minimalist dream, buffet breakfast pretty decent plenty cold cuts nice ones like jam<U+008F><U+0082><d9>n ib<U+008F><U+0091><c4>rico fruit coffee eggs pastries rolls, 11 euro, somewhat foodie like explore local food want belly morning pretty safe bet, believe willing romantic ideas aside hotel satisfying, account barcelona look hotel price got room little dollars agree hotel steal pretty good choice, gladly reccomend price course,