Catalonia Portal De L'angel

“Central Location & Great Rooms”

Great location, small but unique hotel with great service at the front desk and a great breakfast. Located in a pedestrian mall some shopping at your front door. Our room had a small balcony overlooking the mall so it was great to watch the world go by while having a cold one.

“Decent hotel in the Gothic Quarter”

This hotel is on Avda. del Portal de l'Àngel, which is a pedestrian street in the Gothic quarter. It's very convenient in that it's a 2 minute walk to the Cathedral of Barcelona or the Plaça de Catalunya, and about 5 minutes to La Rambla. At times, this street can be quiet - but you should be aw… more

This hotel is on Avda. del Portal de l'Àngel, which is a pedestrian street in the Gothic quarter. It's very convenient in that it's a 2 minute walk to the Cathedral of Barcelona or the Plaça de Catalunya, and about 5 minutes to La Rambla. At times, this street can be quiet - but you should be aware that it can also be absolutely jam-packed with people yelling and laughing, and very loud street performers playing drums, guitars, etc. For our one-night stay, we got the loud drums - but fortunately they stopped by 10pm. There were a lot more homeless people on this street than there were in the past. I don't fault or fear them, and they were mostly sleeping or panhandling, so they didn't bother us - but I mention it as it's something some people may want to be aware of. The hotel itself is an interesting historical building with pretty architecture. We booked the only Suite on the property (only because at the time, it was the same price as a standard room - unclear why). The Suite is an interesting thing, in that it's in the "tower" (La Torreta) on level 4. It's sort of a standalone building on the literal roof of the hotel. It's a two story room, with the living room and bathroom on the first floor of the tower, and the bed on the second floor. The bedroom is surrounded by windows, which fortunately have pretty good long, dark curtains. It took us a little bit of time to realize there are two thermostats; one for each floor. It was a happy discovery, as it was warm on the second floor until we realized we could turn the A/C on up there. :) The bathroom has a large walk-in shower and fluffy towels. There's an opaque glass wall in the shower that looks to the exterior, which feels a bit weird -- but since you're literally on the roof, I'm not sure who would see your outline in the shower anyway. The complimentary WiFi in the Suite worked just fine. The room has its own little private terrace outside the front door, with a table and chairs and shade umbrella. The staff brought us a bottle of Cava, which appears to be an amenity for guests in the Suite. Overall, the room was quite comfortable. For a one-night stay, it wasn't too inconvenient to have the two-level room, but I'm not sure I'd want to do it for several days. My only issue was that some of the fixtures in the bathroom were rusty or needed a better cleaning, such as the shower head and the shelf for toiletries. It wasn't a huge deal, though. We did not pay to include the breakfast in our room rate, as we had an early flight, so I cannot comment on the quality or inclusions in the breakfast. We did order some pizza and risotto from the onsite Gastrobar, which we ate in the outdoor courtyard. The food quality was good, but not amazing. The staff was helpful and friendly, which we appreciated. Overall it was a good stay, but I'm not sure I'd stay here again due to the noise from the pedestrian street. Noise will be a challenge anywhere in this part of Barcelona, though, so that's a hard thing to overcome.

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“Great Location, but some improvements needed.”

We stayed at the end of August to celebrate my partner's birthday. Upon arrival the hotel was lovely, beautiful interior, welcoming approach from the receptionist who checked us in etc. We booked a room with a balcony, which was a lovely touch. The location of the hotel could not be better, right i… more

We stayed at the end of August to celebrate my partner's birthday. Upon arrival the hotel was lovely, beautiful interior, welcoming approach from the receptionist who checked us in etc. We booked a room with a balcony, which was a lovely touch. The location of the hotel could not be better, right in the centre of the shops, restaurants and much more. (Most) staff were lovely and helpful. The pool was lovely, and we spent a lot of time here. I also wanted to arrange a balloon for the birthday we were celebrating of which I think the bellboy (who was lovely to us throughout the stay) was tasked with getting for me. This was so very appreciated from him. However, we did have some complaints. Firstly, our aircon was leaking (quite a lot) and as it was in the centre of the room, there was a constant pool of water on the floor which was not nice, and we would even get dripped on as we walked round the room which was not nice at all. We raised this with the front desk who said they would sort it for us, but when we came back to the room they had just dried the floor, which was something we were already having to do ourselves, over and over. Therefore, we had to carry on the rest of our stay with the aircon leaking over us, and the floor. It was really quite unpleasant at times. We also had an issue with the cleaning staff coming into our room even with do not disturb on; we would be getting ready to go out and they would knock once and then open the door before we could even get to it, despite having our 'Do Not Disturb' plaque on the door handle. This happened a few times. Not a massive complaint but it did made us feel quite uncomfortable at times. Another thing was that when I asked about what we could do to celebrate the big birthday, I was told by receptionists that the hotel provides chocolates and a note complimentary, which sounded lovely and I was assured they had this noted already. However, we received nothing which was very disappointing, and I am glad I paid for a balloon otherwise nothing special would've been done for his birthday, despite me being told there would be. I wouldn't have minded if they didn't offer something complimentary, but to be told they would, and then not receive anything was really disappointing. I chose this hotel specifically to make his birthday as special as possible, but it ended up feeling quite average if I am honest.

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“Great location, but rundown rooms.”

Exceptional location in the Gothic Quarter, but unfortunately, the rooms are rundown and in need of remodeling. We booked a room facing the Puerte de l’Àngel with a terrace, hoping that this would be one of the best rooms at the hotel, but unfortunately the room was very rundown and in dire need of… more

Exceptional location in the Gothic Quarter, but unfortunately, the rooms are rundown and in need of remodeling. We booked a room facing the Puerte de l’Àngel with a terrace, hoping that this would be one of the best rooms at the hotel, but unfortunately the room was very rundown and in dire need of updating. We were disappointed in the room. The staff was efficient and friendly, and the common areas were nicely maintained. There are so many choices in the Gothic area which probably offer better accommodations.

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