Andante Hotel

“Pre-cruise Night in Barcelona”

We stayed at the Andante Hotel on 14 Nov. awaiting our Celebrity Infinity cruise on the 15th. Our flight arrived at El Prat airport before 10:00 and our 32.50 € taxi ride delivered us to the hotel at 11:00. Thankfully we were allowed to check-in at that time. We had prepaid the $112 cost, but there… more

We stayed at the Andante Hotel on 14 Nov. awaiting our Celebrity Infinity cruise on the 15th. Our flight arrived at El Prat airport before 10:00 and our 32.50 € taxi ride delivered us to the hotel at 11:00. Thankfully we were allowed to check-in at that time. We had prepaid the $112 cost, but there is a special Barcelona city tax of 5.5 Euros each, payable at registration. Our room was 710. We secured our valuables in the room safe and walked two blocks to La Rambla. We are mid-70s folks who can easily walk 8-10 miles so we hiked to Casa Mila, La Sagrada Familia, Arc de Triompi, Ciute Della d’Parc, Cathedral of St Mary, Barcelona Cathedral, and the Columbus Monument. All you need is a map. We had no security issues whatsoever, but we remain in the hotel after dark. We ate at Leones Restaurant two blocks from the hotel. We shared a classic hamburger, fries, and two large beers for 22.50 Euros. There are two mini-markets within a block of the hotel. Our room was quiet and clean with a view of adjacent apartments. TV stations are in Spanish except a BBC broadcast. Don’t even think about FOX. Early morning (4:00 a.m.) entertainment was provided below our room by local Policia “shaking down” a street gal. She was frisked, cuffed, and hauled away. Take your own breakfast bars, the hotel restaurant was is expensive. The next morning, we walked to the Picasso Museum and by the nearby (hotel) Palau Guele, and through the Boqueria. Our ship boarding time was 1:00 so we checked out of the Andante at 11:00. The hotel does not have a shuttle so we walked to the Columbus Monument, crossed the main (and busy) avenue to the waterfront, turned right and walked a couple hundred yards to the public shuttle bus to the cruise terminals. The walk from the hotel to the shuttle bus is 1/2 mile. The bus fare is 5 € for two people. One can walk the mile from the shuttle bus park to the terminal but that’s not fun with a backpack and lugging a 40lb suitcase. The Andante is a great hotel for the price and location. We will stay there again if we revisit Barcelona.

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“Excellent!!!!! Would stay there again for sure.”

The reception desk employees: great and very helpful. Room: comfortable, very clean and nice modern look. Sorroundings: walking distance to a few places for a quick bite, markets, La Rambla is literally like a block away. Good location.

“ok but would have expected better”

The location of this hotel is perfect. don't go there because of the swimming pool (or should I say a large 0.90m deep bathtub). I shouldn't talk about the quality of the bed which rather gives the impression of sleeping in a hole, at least you can't move much during your sleep or fall out of bed f… more

The location of this hotel is perfect. don't go there because of the swimming pool (or should I say a large 0.90m deep bathtub). I shouldn't talk about the quality of the bed which rather gives the impression of sleeping in a hole, at least you can't move much during your sleep or fall out of bed from this hole. The image is more attractive than it really is. Not bad for the price, but a good mattress could be expected, because in the end that's the only thing that counts in a hotel room, right?!

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“A frustrating ending to an otherwise good stay”

The hotel room was modern, nice, and clean. The breakfast was also nice, except for the last day (see below). We did feel that some of the staff was quite rude. The event that happened right before our checkout soured our experience a lot. We prepaid for breakfast for all 5 days of our stay, since… more

The hotel room was modern, nice, and clean. The breakfast was also nice, except for the last day (see below). We did feel that some of the staff was quite rude. The event that happened right before our checkout soured our experience a lot. We prepaid for breakfast for all 5 days of our stay, since we were not given the option to prepay for only a few of the days. We left on Sunday around 7:05 am for our flight. When we asked at the lobby if we can get our breakfast early due to our flight, the hotel rejected to provide breakfast or refund us what we paid for breakfast. An assortment of cold cuts and cheese was clearly visible through the glass doors, but the front desk was insistent that the food wasn't available yet. They said that the breakfast starts at 7:30 am in the morning on Sundays and we should have asked for a picnic (breakfast-to-go) the day before. This would have been OK, except for the fact that we did ask the night before how we can get an early breakfast, and their response was that we should just "try to see if we can get breakfast early". When we told the desk clerk that our experience will reflect our review of the hotel, the clerk went to the kitchen and brought us some coffee and package full of pastries consisting of only carbs, fats, and sugar without any nutritional value or protein. It felt passive-aggressive.

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