We had a very pleasant stay. It has a lot of common space which was very handy for us to enjoy time together. We loved the rooftop bar and plunge pool, to relax and enjoy the city views. The building has been stylishly renovated in the last 2-3 years. It is quite centrally located so that you could walk to the Passiage Grazia - Gaudi’s magnificent Casa Batllo - in 10 minutes, La Ramblas in 5 minutes, and El Born in 15 minutes. Despite being on a main road, the street noise does not penetrate and there are good blockout curtains. We had room 607 which is not the best room as it is next door to the pool and there was a pool leftover food trolley seemingly permanently parked outside it. The pool noise stops at 11:30pm so if you are on Spanish evening time, this should not be a problem. The air con was top notch - powerful but quiet - and stays on without the room key needing to be inserted so you don’t return to a sweltering room which is a bonus. We only had a basic double room and it was a small but adequate size for a short stay. There is nowhere to put your clothes away for a longer stay and no space for the bag holder that is not in the way. The bed and bathroom were both very comfortable and there was good sized safe and a coffee machine and super fast wifi so overall it had everything you could need. Our friends had a superior room which was much larger with a sofa and a king size bed. Our shower needed a good clean/grout clean as it had orange soap scum and some black mould at the bottom. Our friends’ shower was spotlessly clean though. We opted for the breakfast inclusion and it was buffet style, in a nice setting and plenty of choices of hot and cold food. The self serve coffee machine was a major negative as the coffee out of this machine was undrinkable (even though some machines serve quite a good cup). We spied a proper coffee machine hidden away in the kitchen and we asked for coffees from there, and these were much better, but still not great. We had a lovely stay in Barcelona and in the H10 Urquinaona.
