 The neightbourhood around the hotel is really shady There s a penitentiary for women just a stone throw away To get to the metro station you need to walk along a suspicious street with ppl looking at you like you were to do sth bad If you head straight to the beach and walk along it it s ok The queue for the breakfast was enormous There isn t enough seats in the dining room for a hotel that big When I was finally seated I went to get some food and in the meantime my table was given to somebody else and I was asked to join somebody There were no amenities in the room No pen no paper not to mention lack of iron or tea coffee which are quite standard in 4 star hotels The room was very basic like 2 star basic standard rather than 4 It was clean though The remote for the TV didn t work but I didn t even bother getting a new one I definitely won t choose this hotel if I go to Barcelona again in the spring 
 I was welcomed by a very friendly person and the check in process was quite smooth but that s actually the only good thing Apart from the fact that Barcelona is a marvellous city 