카탈로니아 포르탈 드 란젤(Catalonia Portal de l'Angel)

Great location , the male staff where polite . Female front desk was rude . Swimming pool is small but nice cosy area . I would stay again but not a long trip .

Terrible service. The staff was not friendly. I tried to order room service and had to call four times with no answer. Then I called the front desk and they just told me I had to call the other number. The hairdryers don’t work. They stop every 15 to 30 seconds and you have to wait 5 minutes till they turn back on. When I mentioned this to staff they said “it’s not like at home”. I stayed in 6 different hotels all over Spain on this trip including a remote farm stay in the mountains and only had the hairdryer issue at this hotel. Also only had lukewarm water 2 of the 4 days of my stay. They really need to do better.

The location of the hotel is absolutely wonderful! Plenty of stores, restaurants, coffee shops/bakeries, Starbucks, and even Dunkin Donuts, right next to LaRambla market - a must see. Get yourself some comfy shoes and you are ready to explore. The beach is about 15 minutes away, but if you purchase tickets for hop on and off bus, you can get off near the beach once you are done sightseeing. Place to dine after the beach is Bivio (air conditioning), which is very rare for restaurants. It's a steak house, but you can also enjoy delicious paella. Places in and around La Rambla to eat are Luigi (italian, air conditioning), and LeMeridien (excellent food, service, and location). Please note that restaurants open very late, so plan accordingly when dining. Free city's wifi mostly doesn't work, so McDonald's is of course your best option to make free calls, send texts and enjoy some nice ice-cream in summer days. Enjoy Gaudi's works - plenty to see, learn and admire.

Overall: Location is good, room was okay and pool-terrace is alright. In details: Located on a busy shopping-street so close to placa de catalunya, means being in walking distance of every attraction in town. It also means that a powernap in the afternoon becomes tricky, as some of the stores in the street below plays music very loud until closing at night. We liked to start early, chill for an hour or two in the afternoon, and go out for dinner late at night, so this caused some frustration for us. No problems at night though. Pool is shallow (115 cm) and quite small, but there seems to be enough sunbeds to meet the need. To acces the hotel, you have to ring the bell and await opening from the reception. Worked alright.

Great location, fabulous breakfast, nice pool area, clean, good sized room. My biggest problem was the lack of decent natural light in the room.

Rooms in Europe are a bit different than the US. Bathroom was a bit cramped, awkward shower, but the beds and pillows were comfortable. Room was clean and very quiet. Hotel breakfast was awesome, so many choices! Camilo the bartender was great and so was Michael who was so helpful to us around the hotel.