| From: cusack amanda, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| The only problem i had with the hotel was that the beds were very very hard, therefore i had no sleep the 2 nights i stayed there. |
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| From: Marin Alexandru, Romania |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| The hotel was ok. I reccomend it to couples who travel to Barcelona. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| A pleasant hotel a little outside the main city centre attractions. But easily within walking distance of most. |
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| From: KP, Austria |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| The hotel is nice and clean, it's just the location that is not quite ideal for a city-trip. No breakfast included. Next time I'd choose a place closer to a Metro to Ciutat Vella / Old Town. Apsis Aranea is very close to the Bus Terminal (> GRO Airport) though. You can see the Sagrada Famila from room 708! |
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| From: Massimo Fantini, Italy |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| The only problem I had was with credit card and not only in hotel but in restaurants and shops too. In Spain it seem they prefere to be paied cash. Be prepared and bring with you enough liquid. |
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| From: Irma Caballero, Argentina |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| My experience at the hotel was really good but for some occasions when they forgot to change our towels and once I had to phone three times to ask for them. |
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| From: RM, Germany |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| It was the first time for us in Barcelona and it was fantastic. Very interesting and exiting place to stay. The city is not too big and lots of the things are possible to reach by metro or the cheap taxis. |
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| From: RH, USA |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| Travelled to Barcelona week of May 5 and spent one night at hotel Aranea. Loved the hotel, photos on website accurately display rooms etc. Rooms very clean, nice size, minimal, bathroom great, looks new, very clean, everything you needed provided. Location was great. Away from the main tourist drag but close enough to walk to if you wanted. Yes there is street noise, but thats part of the atmosphere of staying in a city. We would definitely recommend this hotel to others and will stay there again. |
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| From: Amanda Pickett, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: February, 2008 |
| We were very pleased with our accomodation & would certainlt stay here again. The short walk into town enables us to discover quieter bars & restaurants rather than the touristic ones on the main streets which was a plus. Will definately be recommending this hotel to friends & family. To finisg...we simply loved it. |
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| From: Paolo Francioni, Italy |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| La colazione è troppo costosa (11 €) |
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| From: Elisa Zanfi, Italy |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| Excellent hotel! Very close to amenities in city centre, to artistic sites. From 6th and 7th floor rooms you can have a beautifull view of Sagrada Familia's tower. Breakfast not included and expensive but in the surrounding there are very nice and cheap bakeries and cafes. Rooms are clean and it was worth staying there. Suggested both for short and long stay. |
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| From: Jack Luehrs, USA |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| This was the first time we had stayed at this hotel in Barcelona. We were pleasantly surprised at the location and the convenience of shopping, restaurants, landmarks of the great city. We saw all kinds of clinetele: business, weekend visitors to the city, young and old. |
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| From: SD, Greece |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| The hotel is placed in an area close to most of the sights of the city.The rooms are quite nice and clean.The bad things were an extremily annoying noise from the boxes below the elevators everytime someone was using it,the fact that the walls were so thin that you could here what it was happening in the next room or in the corridor and finaly i was really disappointed from the staff (the recepsionist) who tried to sell me a room for dayuse (until 18.00 max) not under the day use price (about 50Euros) but for 140Euros although we've been paying about 95Euros per night.Generaly is a nice,clean not so expencive hotel. Ciao |
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| From: TW, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| very good. clean, good size rooms, bathrooms very well equipped, all new looking, less than 10 minute walk to nearest metro, 20 mins to get to La Rambla, staff very helpful, ........... only minor negatives : little bit of outside noise from street but expected in a city centre, breakfast a little expensive at 11 euro's but plenty of cafe's in Barcelona. Overall, no hesitation to stay here again. |
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| From: Catherine Brassod, France |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| nice, welcoming and comfortable. Maybe a little far from facilities (metro & bus) |
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| From: Marcello Orrù, Italy |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Camera un po' troppo piccola (dalle foto non si capiva). La colazione è veramente troppo cara per noi Italiani. La stessa identica colazione l'abbiamo pagata (2 persone) € 24,00 in hotel e € 4,10 in uno dei numerosi bar poco distanti. Il personale: se sei fortunato trovi i 2-3 ragazzi simpaticissimi. Altrimenti trovi quel demente che alla mia richiesta di chiamarci cortesemente un taxi mi ha risposto "guardi se esce in fretta ne sta per passare uno". Non il massimo della professionalità. Non fate l'errore, se arrivate alla Estaciò del Nord, di andarci a piedi pensando (come qualcuno ha qui fatto intendere) che l'hotel sia dietro l'angolo. Ci arrivere con la lingua fuori e i primi giorni di vacanza li utilizzerete per riprendervi dalla immane fatica. Ho riportato le poche note negative. Complessivamente è un buon albergo. Lo consiglierei ad un amico. |
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| From: DB, Italy |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Very good hotel, only one little trouble: the distance from metro, about 500mt, it's ok but between this lines (violet or yellow) and the best line(green) there is a whorst change at Paseig de Gracia station. |
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| From: SAMURAY TERZIOGLU, Turkey |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| According you pay , I may advice you this hotel. The rooms are not big enough. And you may exactly hear what is talking in next room. Hotel stuff is very helpfull.and rooms are clean.... |
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| From: Mehmet Bakir, Turkey |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| This hotel is very comfortable and centric. The staff are good humored and helpful especially the ones at the reception. Only 5 minutes walk to Sagrada Familia and Metro, only 2-3 stop to La Rambla... |
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| From: Giampaolo Momi, Italy |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| We were in 6 people and we had a great staying!! Bathrooms were perfectly cleaned, towels,too!! The minibar was well refornited and not so expensive. The hotel is about 2-3 blocks far from the first subway station, just need a little walk!!! Once in Barcelona I'll be back for sure!!! |
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