The location of the Medium Medicis is pretty good. It is a 10-minute walk to Sagrada Familia and 5-minute walk to Hospital San Pau, which is where the closest Metro stop is, too. Almost all tourist sights are easily accessed by one transfer on the Metro.

The hotel itself is very modern in appearance, with red, white, and black as the design colors. The rooms were adequately sized, a bit larger than similarly priced European rooms. During our stay we had a single (room 503) with balcony facing the road, a double (room 502) with balcony facing the road, and another double (room 501) facing the alley/other buildings. All the rooms suffered severely from lack of noise insulation. The rooms facing the road got a lot of street noise, and all the rooms were affected by noise within the hotel - people slamming doors, the elevator, people on the stairway. This was a big problem and really surprising.

The people working at the desk were kind, though young, and most had a decent handle on English. Bathrooms were nice, but didn't ventilate extremely well. Room 503 always smelled musty. The beds were a little hard, and the pillows unusual - one large and square, the other long and roll-like.

Too bad the hotel was so, so noisy - it would have gotten 4 stars, otherwise.