Pensió Bertolí — Hotel in Barcelona

First, please be advised that there's no elevator in the building. The pension is located on the 2nd floor, so there're quite a few stairs to go if you've gotten more than a carry-on. 2nd, there's no spare key for all entrances and you have to hand in your room key every time you go out (I didn't know it's a common practice in Spain though until I moved on to the next city), so you have to buzz in every single time; luckily, one of the owner couple is always there when I go in-and-out the building (I never return later than 10 pm though). The room I got is fairly big for a single person by European standard. It's clean and efficiently equipped with basic things I needed. Even though the bathroom has just a shower, the water pressure is really decent and the water warms up within 5 seconds. The place is in a "tough neighborhood" (according to my local friend) and I did get scared when I was walking around trying to find Pension Bertolin at 10:30 pm; nonetheless, it's about 15 minute walk from the city center, and I didn't encounter anything troublesome during the 3 nights of my stay. It can be a bit noisy at times, but I kept my bathroom fan on during the night and it really helped keeping the background white noise higher, which relatively reduces the surrounding...

Verry nice host. Close to Rambla (short walk). Close to Sant Antoni metro station. Many shops, coffe shops/bakeries and places to eat in the neighbourhood.||||- a little noise from the street || ....

Located beside Plaza de Pedro, it's a 15min walk to Plaza Catalunya and really near to 2 metro stations (universitat & sant antoni)|Although the first impression is not amazing (dingy stairs up to the pension, owners chain smoking in the reception area) when we arrived into our room we were very pleasantly surprised at how clean it was. It's not very modern but is comfortable and clean, with a great location that is accessible to everywhere in Barcelona.|If you're looking for cheap and cheerful this is the...