Hotel Sb Plaza Europa

“Functional business hotel”

I stayed for 4 days for a conference on site. The hotel is close to the airport but far from city centre for sightseeing. The nearby metro station is about 10 minutes by foot and convrnient. The shopping centre also within a stone’s throw was nice with Carrefour and s cinema. The convention centre … more

I stayed for 4 days for a conference on site. The hotel is close to the airport but far from city centre for sightseeing. The nearby metro station is about 10 minutes by foot and convrnient. The shopping centre also within a stone’s throw was nice with Carrefour and s cinema. The convention centre is walkable. The room has two beds, although only one is needed, and so the space is a bit tight. The shower/toilet is clean and the sink outside in the open space is functional. The air con is well used during my stay and is relatively quiet. There is a gym at the basement: the mouldy smell prevents its use. Breakfast is ok with a small selection if both hot and cold food. For business travel, this seems a fairly standard and popular hotel. There might have been a group or two of tourists and at times the reception seems unable to cope with check-in and check-out; dropping off the luggage for storage takes quite some times for me.

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“Good hotel but no bar on rooftop”

Good hotel within 15 min cab ride (£12) excellent roof top bar with pool that bar that wasn’t open - lost a star for that - should be made clearer on website as the whole point of our birthday celebrations was the roof top bar Rooms are excellent with great showers - gym downstairs was ok Bar ar… more

Good hotel within 15 min cab ride (£12) excellent roof top bar with pool that bar that wasn’t open - lost a star for that - should be made clearer on website as the whole point of our birthday celebrations was the roof top bar Rooms are excellent with great showers - gym downstairs was ok Bar area and outside patio were good but hot breakfast let down the rest of the buffet/ bacon was horrendous! Plenty of taxis outside and bus to les rambles short walk (h12) Ok hotel but little too far out of city for the party liking so will not return

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“Generally excellent”

The rooms and communal areas are adequate and clean. We had a family room on the 4th floor. We never had an issue with noise, rooms were made up as needed and had a small fridge and air conditioning as well as a kettle for coffee and tea. Most of the staff were fantastic, particularly Maximilian an… more

The rooms and communal areas are adequate and clean. We had a family room on the 4th floor. We never had an issue with noise, rooms were made up as needed and had a small fridge and air conditioning as well as a kettle for coffee and tea. Most of the staff were fantastic, particularly Maximilian and Melissa. Reception staff were always polite and helpful. The pool is small, but fine for a dip and children to play. The WiFi was good - I had a job interview on my final day and no issues with connectivity. It is a business hotel, and the only issues we had were with this - our last full day we had gone into the city, returning to the hotel for the boys to go in the pool while I prepared for my interview. However, the 8th floor pool terrace was closed all day due to a business event. There was nothing in the reception to advise this, and no advanced warning. We would've changed our plans had we been aware. This was disappointing as the hotel knew this would be the situation but didn't share it with holiday guests. It is presumed that their business clients take priority over tourists, which sadly perpetuates the idea that tourists aren't welcome. We didn't see any of this hostility at all during our stay. The hotel is also very expensive for drinks. However, there are a number of small businesses along the road and the Gran Via 2 opposite has chain restaurants. We made effort to use Catalan as much as our Spanish, and I would encourage any visitors to do this - we heard a number of British voices ordering in English while the service staff hesitated and it was cringeworthy! It's not hard to learn simple phrases! Dos cervezas grande si us plau (2 large beers please). There is a small corner shop opposite the hotel selling essentials including pastries, drinks etc. The bus to the Placa de Catalunya is the L95 and is frequent from the main road. Walk down the road opposite to the hotel, past the Gran Via 2 or the road by McDonald's at the other end of the shopping center. You can use a credit/debit card on the bus but you can get a travel card from the metro station on the opposite side of the road from the bus stops. A family card (tarjeta familia) is the only one that allows for you to use one for multiple people, you scan it on the machines in the middle of the bus for each person when you get on. It's just over €10 for 8 trips (the same as €10 a day to the city and back for a family of 4). The journey is about 10/15mins and the return stop is where the bus terminates in the Placa de Catalunya. We arrived late at night and got a taxi from the airport which was just over €20. The hotel isn't far and there are always taxis outside so we got one back to the airport too, but the aerobus does go past on the main road. Happy travels!

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