 The hotel is impossible to find without a GPS since the street signs are not clearly indicated The parking which is also nearby doesn t have sign saying it s for the hotel which led to some confusion The room we had originally which we had booked as non smoking smelled of smoke because we were on the fourth floor and the third floor is a designated smoking area but the hotel handled it well and changed us at no charge It was also somewhat expensive for the original room we booked for two nights but that might have been due to the new year 
 The location of the hotel was ten minutes from the main subway leading into the heart of Barcelona s city center and the park guell was only a 15 minute walk The onsite parking was cheap 10 euros a day and safe and the staff was wonderful They provided us with great directions and advice and upgraded our room to premium on a different floor when we complained about the smell of smoke in our original room Also walking distance from several bakeries small corner stores and chain restaurants 