We stayed here in November 2014. Rooms are basic, but clean and enough space, exactly what you would expect from a Travelodge - no complaints at all. The hotel itself is fairly new so it looks good. Wifi available in the reception only for free.
This hotel is a little out of the centre of Barcelona, however the underground station is a 5 minute walk away and it only took 10 minutes or so to get into the central stations. We didn't walk into the centre, so I don't know how long this would take you. The underground is very regular, reliable and I felt safe on this even when we returned late at night.
If you come out of the hotel and turn right there is a street that has several restaurants on, we used this the first night as we didn't arrive until 8pm - there's a great little cafe on the corner, can't recall what it is called, but they did hot dogs / beer etc and it was very nice and very cheap by Barcelona's standards.
The beach is probably a 10 minute walk, we didn't use this as it was November but I was told that this is a nicer beach than that in the centre as it is quieter.
The tour bus does do a route by the hotel but as we found out this does not run in the Winter.
Overall I would certainly recommend this hotel.
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