This was one of our favorite properties in Barcelona. From the friendly hotel staff to the great hotel gym, we loved our stay! There was even a New Years Eve party going on when we were there and we couldn’t even hear it!

This is a new hotel and it is absolutely beautiful -- aesthetically.

Unfortunately, it also is property where I experience my worst night's sleep ever --- a sleepless night due to the nature of construction. The interior designer apparently specified the installation of flooring consisting of large floor tiles (24" x 24"?) throughout Accenting the areas around the bed, are beautiful inset hardwood floors. I have to admit, the floors are stunning looking, but the designer failed to realize that void of any sound-absorbing materials on those floors -- the very nature of those floors is to allow sound to travel through the rooms completely unabated.

Any it's not just a horizontal sound issue, but the sounds appear to travel vertically from floor to floor completely unrestricted as well. I am usually a very deep sleeper and even hotels at airports, where the sounds of nearby aircraft taking off and landing, it's simply not a problem for me. At this property, however, I woke up at least a dozen times during the night.

It appears there is a systemic problem throughout the building.. There isn't sufficient sound-deadening materials implemented when the project was built. Even conversations of fellow guests in the common area hallways were completely audible in my room. Unfortunately, my room was also positioned very close to what must have been a glass and bottle recycling area where the housekeeping staff appeared to be regularly dropping off bags of glass bottles --- these unwanted sounds, courtesy of the hotel staff, made for a terrible night.

I had a very early flight the next morning out of BCN. After making two calls to guest services during the night to complain, I finally got up, showered, had a brief talk with the manager on duty, and by 5 AM, left for the airport.

I have to say that I'm reticent to write this as I am a big fan of Hyatt. I find their properties to be excellent -- offering both a great combination of amenities and service. This location is advertised a being part of Hyatt's "Unbound Collection." Perhaps it could be re-branded as the "No Sleep Collection?"

In my option, this property needs a thorough study by an audio engineer. I'm certain there is a remedy to this issue, but in it's present condition, the likelihood of someone wanting to return to this property is very low indeed. I paid $384.63 for this room for one night. The TRUE value (with no sleep): $0