We stayed at the Hotel Glories in Barcelona prior to a cruise as part of a package for just one night I’m pleased to say. Our room was downstairs from reception, it had a window that overlooked a wall, so very little natural light and the room was cold and barely furnished and looked nothing like the photos of other rooms I have seen on Tripadvisor. It had the feel of a hostel.
I had read the reviews before we went and very nearly contacted our agent to change, but as we had been wanting to visit Sagrada Famillia for years decided to stick with it.
For the fantastic visit we enjoyed at SF I’m glad we did, but I would not stop there again.

The hotel itself is nice enough it’s just a shame about some of the clientele they allow to stay. Neighbours in room next to mine smoked in rooms (which is forbidden) and played their horrible Russian music until the small hours. When they finally did quieter down only to be woken by the constant stream of traffic. I get it it’s Barcelona, it’s going to be noisy. The biggest let down is the way the hot water appears to be RATIONED. Tried to take a shoe in the evening (around 10/10:30) each time to be met with stone cold water. Not acceptable for a hotel to be doing this in 2018. We had two rooms which neither of us had hot water in the evenings which is quite frankly a disgrace. Maybe there was an issue with the plumbing but it’s simply not acceptable. I’d recommend for anyone to do their research about the location of the hotel before booking. Can not fault the staff however they were friendly and very willing to help and cleaners did a superb job of keeping rooms clean and tidy.