 The location is my only issue with this hotel It is far enough to discourage a night out if you want to leave late metro closes at midnight It is a 20 30 min ride to the city center On the plus side you are not in tourist country so you get to see more of the locals Barcelona is a great city anyway Enjoy 
 Upper Diagonal was a nice small hotel It isn t too far from the metro and there are shopping centers nearby The facilities are modern the bathroom was especially impressive and was decorated with jet black slate and very spacious ironically there was no bath in our room The bed was comfortable and the staff more than happy to help if and when we had a question Our booking also gave us access to an exercise room not much equipment and an umbrella when it rained 