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Hotel Barcelona Universal ****

Barcelona,  Spain

Phone: +(34) 935677447 Fax: +(34) 935677440

Price: 250 - 560 € (Average)

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Rating by guests: 8.7 Based on 393 reviews

This hotel has a perfect location just 10 minutes from the Ramblas, Plaza España, and Port Vell. The Metro is across the street from the main hotel entrance.

Room Services
  • Rooms: 167
  • Telephone: in room and bathroom
  • Television: international channels
  • Hairdryer
  • Minibar
  • Terrace: some rooms
  • Climate control
  • Safe (free)
  • Internet connection (free): wireless
  • Towel changing: daily
  • Bed linen changing: daily
  • Housekeeping: daily
  • Fax
  • Iron
  • Music channels
Main facilities
  • Rooms: 167
  • Parking (fee): hotel owned
  • Soft drink machine
  • Bar - coffee shop
  • Convention hall
  • Elevator
  • Internet connection (free): wireless
  • Swimming pool
  • Terrace
  • Hot water
  • Library
  • Telephone
  • Fire escape
  • Music channels
  • Air conditioning in common areas
  • Business Center
General services
  • Rooms: 167
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Safe at front desk
  • Room service: limited
  • Currency exchange
  • Crib
  • Laundry service
  • Luggage check room
  • Computer with Internet
  • Online reservations
  • Battery recharger for mobile phone
  • Private security
Hotel Barcelona Universal
Avinguda del Paral.lel, 76-80 (08001) - Barcelona (Spain)

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Overall rating:  8.7 Based on the last 40 of 393 reviews

Would you recommend this hotel?

  • Yes: 90%
  • No: 5%
  • I don't know: 5%

Rating by subject

  • Cleanliness: 9.4
  • Location: 8.9
  • Common facilities and services: 8.4
  • Staff: 9.1
  • Quietness: 7.1
  • Room: 8.2
  • Value for money: 8.3

June/2007 Someone from italy thinks:

  • Overall rating: 10
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive:
  • Negative:
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Business travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Peace seekers, Classic style lovers
  • Cleanliness: 10 Great
  • Location: Not rated
  • Common facilities and services: Not rated
  • Staff: Not rated
  • Quietness: Not rated
  • Room: Not rated
  • Value for money: Not rated
Stars it deserves 5

June/2007 Someone from norway thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.6
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: the nice BIG room!!
  • Negative: nothing
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Couples, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Luxury, Budget travelers
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 10
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 4

June/2007 Someone from IL thinks:

  • Overall rating: 4
  • Would you recommend it? No
  • Positive: Clean. nice room.
  • Negative: Area of the hotel. No normal pool as advertised. non-english staff was nasty.
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Handicapped, Business travelers, Travelers with a car
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Young travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Budget travelers
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 5 Not in a good area. close to everything. but scarry.
  • Common facilities and services: 5 The pool was VERY small. We expected a normal size pool
  • Staff: 2.5
  • Quietness: 5 noise from the road
  • Room: 5 View of the hotel wall
  • Value for money: 5
Stars it deserves 3

May/2007 Someone from london thinks:

  • Overall rating: 7.9
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: location and cleanliness
  • Negative: On the website the price did not include tax so ended up paying more than expected
  • I RECOMMEND it for...
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 7.5
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 5
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 4

May/2007 Someone from Luxembourg thinks:

  • Overall rating: 5.4
  • Would you recommend it? I don't know
  • Positive: The cleanliness of the room/bathroom/facilities.
  • Negative: Very thin walls and bad isolation to the floor.
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Luxury, Peace seekers, Budget travelers, Healthy lifestyle
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 7.5
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 2.5 The staff at the breakfast is unfriendly, which you would not await at such an Hotel. It happend alle the 4 days we stayed at the hotel.
  • Quietness: Not rated You heary very well the waterflooding and the next rooms. Even with earplugs I was waken uo nearly each night.
  • Room: 10
  • Value for money: 5
Stars it deserves 3

May/2007 Someone from London thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.1
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Size of the rooms
  • Negative: noisy other guests !!
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Handicapped, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Young travelers, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Budget travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 7.5
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 4

May/2007 Someone from GREECE thinks:

  • Overall rating: 7.6
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: NEXT TO METRO STATION
  • Negative: NOISE FROM THE STREET
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Luxury, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Budget travelers
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 7.5
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 2.5 FRONT ROOMS TOO NOISY
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 5
Stars it deserves 4

May/2007 Someone from m0ntclair, NJ thinks:

  • Overall rating: 9.8
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: The staff was vwery helpful.
  • Negative: nothing
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Families, Couples, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 10 It was spotless
  • Location: 10 metro is right outside. The ramblas is a short 5 minuet walk.
  • Common facilities and services: 5
  • Staff: 10
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 10 We also had a beautiful balcony.
  • Value for money: 10
Stars it deserves 5

May/2007 Someone from Switzerland thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.2
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Quietness and the place where your hotel is staying. god to go everywer
  • Negative: the view was really bad
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Couples, Handicapped, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Young travelers, Families, Luxury, Classic style lovers
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 4

May/2007 Someone from USA, New Hampshire thinks:

  • Overall rating: 9.2
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: location, staff helpfulness, free internet access
  • Negative: price, resturant,
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Couples, Luxury, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Families, Budget travelers, Travelers with a car
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 10
  • Staff: 10
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 2.5
Stars it deserves 5
Hotel Barcelona Universal Avinguda del Paral.lel, 76-80 Barcelona 08001 Spain
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