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Hotel Barcelona Universal: Traveler Reviews


Avda Parallel 76 - 80, Barcelona 08001, Spain
Property Type: Hotel
  • Lodging offering guest rooms, a 24-hour front desk and a variety of services and amenities.
Description: High-rise hotel with modern comforts is located near the Old Town, Congress Palace and Port; their staff is multilingual. This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Business Center Fitness Center Restaurant Room Service Swimming Pool
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“Nice but noisy”

Hotel Barcelona Universal

Feb 26, 2005
7/7 found this review helpful

The Barcelona Universal has an excellent location 20 metres from the Parral.lel subway station. Its a 10 minute walk to the foot of Las Ramblas, the same to the Gothic Quarter and 20 minutes to Port Vell.

The staff speak excellent English and are very helpfull.

The Hotel is only 3 years old. The rooms are well designed, very clean and spacious enough. The only problem is the wooden floors and lack of sound proofing. We were woken on a few occasins by people above us either talking loudly (not shouting) or worse, taking a leak ! God forbid if the person above you has high heels and starts walking around at 03:00 in the morning. If it wasn't for this I would have given this hotel a 4 rating.

A couple of things to note:
1. As mentioned by others, this hotel has interior rooms with no window. We asked for a room at the back of the hotel with a window and were accomodated (we wanted a higher floor with a room facing Avenida Parrallel, but there were none left).
2. The hotel pool is more od a plunge pool, not a swimming pool.
3. Dont bother with the hotel breakfast. Walk outside, turn left, proceed 50 metres and go into the cafe that sits under the hotel next door. Good service, coffee and reasonable breakfasts.

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“Excellent Hotel - Highly Recommended”

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5 of 5 stars
Reading, UK
Feb 23, 2005
4/4 found this review helpful

I took my boyfriend to Barcelona for his birthday this February. When we arrived we were very pleased with the hotel. From the outside it looks very modern and this continued inside. Reception were friendly and were always happy to help. Our room was on the 8th floor and had a magnificent view over Barcelona. The room itself was perfect, it was very clean and modern and a great size - the bed was huge. There is a metro just outside the hotel and La Rambla is just a 5-10 minute walk from the hotel however, it is down a back road which is quite lit up but even so I wouldn't recommend walking there on your own just to be safe. I would definitely recommend this hotel, it was good value for money and definitely worth its 4 stars.

Barcelona was lovely and I would highly recommend visiting the fountains at the Olympic Village on a Friday or Saturday night and I would also recommend using the tour buses which stop at all the main tourist attractions and save a lot of leg ache!!

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wkdhels22's Summary
Date of Stay: February 2005
Member since: February 17, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
I recommend this hotel for:
Older travelers, Tourists
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“Very Nice!”

Hotel Barcelona Universal

Feb 22, 2005
3/5 found this review helpful

Stayed at this hotel for our 1st year anniversary. We choose it because of the reviews from this website. The hotel was very very nice, the staff are excellent. It is a very modem hotel in a good loctaion. We mailed the hotel and asked for a nice room, which they gave us with a brillinat view.

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“Great modern hotel”

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5 of 5 stars
Birmingham, England
Feb 19, 2005
3/3 found this review helpful

We have just come back from Barcelona and were very pleased with the hotel. We booked through Expedia back in December and had no problems with our booking. The hotel is modern, clean and right next to the metro. The staff were really friendly and helpful. If you are looking to be slightly away from the action and willing to travel 2 stops on the metro then I would recommend staying here. I would definitely stay here again.

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“Very good.”

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4 of 5 stars
South East London
Feb 13, 2005
3/3 found this review helpful

Took my girlfriend there in December, slight problem when we got there in that there was no room ready so we had to wait for about 40 mins. Doesnt sound a long time but after a flight, a coach journey and cab to the hotel it was a touch annoying but once we got our room it was fine. Large room, huge bed (!) and a very good view.

Bear in mind that breakfast is not included but is very nice. Try and get a room high up. We had no problems with noise.

There is a swimming pool but its not very big.

Wasnt too impressed with dinner but thats probably my English taste buds!

This probably sounds too critical and i did enjoy my stay.

Lonely travellers should be wary of cutting through the back streets from the Ramblas back to the hotel.

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Address: Avda Parallel 76 - 80, Barcelona 08001, Spain