I booked a 3 night stay at this hotel as a surprise for my husbands 40th birthday. We were originally checked into a smallish double on the 5th floor with a good sized balcony. I read a recent review stating that the walls were really thin and boy were they!! it felt like the people in the next room were... more

Ignore the negative reviews. This is a great hotel- reasonably priced, a location which couldn't really get any more central and a beautiful, unusual building. The nearby El Raval neighbourhood (what use to be the slums) is easily avoided- walk 100 metres down the street the hotel is on and you'll be on Las Ramblas. We did take a wander... more

This was a great steal! I read about the Hotel Onix Liceo in Conde Nast Magazine - a quick little write up. This hotel was more than $100.00 less per night than other hotels in the area. The area is fine although they "alley" that it is down looks a little shady. WIth that said - if anyone has traveled... more

OK, I’ll grant you, the neighbourhood’s not great - I was also put off when I my taxi drove along the Carrer Nou De La Rambla - but we arrived from the Drassanes end. It seems a shame to write off the hotel bacause of this. I was staying there on my own, and once I'd established that it was... more

Picked this hotel via Conde Nast article on cool inexpensive hotels in BCN. Arrived with my wife and her friend at 1 AM -- didn't even check in. What the Conde Nast article failed to mention is that this hotel is located in an incredibly sketchy neighborhood -- cheap dive bars, drunk (and rough) looking characters on the streets, and... more

Ho soggiornato con il mio compagno in questo hotel dal 12/10/07 al 15/10/07. L'hotel è molto bello e PULITISSIMO! L'unica... more