[Leica] Barcelona travel question

[philippe.amard]

Our experience too

OTT Alice usually manages to find bargains through bookingdotcom - we  
even had two full suite for a song when visiting with friends a few  
years ago.

Hope this helps too.
Philippe


Le 31 janv. 15 à 07:05, Nathan Wajsman a écrit :

> Well, Lluis lives there so he is perhaps not the best qualified  
> person as far as hotels go.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
>> 307 Aliso Dr SE
>> Albuquerque, NM 87108
>> 505-262-4085
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