[Leica] Barcelona travel question

[Nathan Wajsman]

Well, Lluis lives there so he is perhaps not the best qualified person as far as hotels go. 

Barcelona hotels can be cheap and good if you are prepared to stay outside the city centre. This is what I sometimes do, pick an Ibis in the suburbs near a metro station and just leave my car at the hotel during the day (parking in Barcelona is expensive).

During my most recent trip to Barcelona earlier this month I stayed at a hotel next to Plaza Catalunya, as central as it gets, and the rate (for a double room) was around 100 Euro, which is very reasonable for this area. But in the suburbs you can get a room of the same standards for half that. 

There are cheap hotels in the centre, but those tend to be dumps, and I would not recommend them. If your friend is really on a budget, then Accor’s budget brands Ibis or (even more budget) Etap are the way to go. They are the McDonalds of hotels: you will not get great food but you will not be poisoned either. Which in hotel terms means that the price is low, the room is clean, the wifi is free, everything in the bathroom works as it should, as does the A/C, etc. Those are not things you can take for granted if you get a 50 Euro hotel right off the Rambla.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 31 Jan 2015, at 06:53, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Gang -- I have a young friend who is contemplating some travel abroad in
> the near future .  One place she has mentioned is Barcelona, and we were
> wondering about the cost of lodging if she were to make that choice.  She
> has the ticket price covered but is concerned about the cost of a hotel.
> She's a 30-year old college student, single, good friend of mine as well as
> a distant cousin, so I was hoping some of you could help with some info.
> She's not a photographer, so that doesn't enter the equation.
> 
> Any ideas?  I actually found some surprisingly inexpensive options online,
> but I wanted some thoughts from people who have been there or live there
> (Lluis?).  Any help help would be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Swango
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