 Our hotel room had a faint smell of sewage which is common in Spanish hotels in my experience The view from the balcony overlooked the back of a building behind the hotel and the alleyway below a view of La Rambla would have been much better but I understand that not all rooms can have such a view After checking out by 12pm we had some time to wait before we had to go to the airport but there is no lounge area in the hotel just four armchairs in the reception area next to a sliding front door that opens and closes every few minutes because of people walking past 
 The hotel s location is excellent no more than a few minutes walk from Plaza Catalunya el barrio got c the marina and La Boqueria and a couple of hundred yards from Drassanes Metro station 