Hotel Condestable - Barcelona

Hotel: 2 stars

Ronda Universitat, 1 - 08007 Barcelona

1-408-916-9102

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  • John has stayed here and says:
  • Cleanliness of rooms
  • Quietness of rooms
  • Spaciousness of rooms
  • Quality of service provided
  • Hotel surroundings
  • 7.37.3
  • 5.25.2
  • 6.06.0
  • 6.66.6
  • 8.18.1

 ‹‹ We have been to the Condestable twice this year and have been more than impressed on both occasions,as were our friends who came with us on our second visit....››

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About Hotel Condestable

exterior Hotel Condestable exterior Hotel Condestable, housed in a 6-floor building which was partially renovated in 2003, is situated in the centre of Barcelona, within walking distance of Plaça Catalunya and Passeig de Gràcia, a long avenue featuring two renowned buildings of Gaudi: Casa Batlló and La Pedrera.

Because of the excellent location, the hotel is a good starting point to visit Barcelona, offering quick and easy access to the rest of the city by public transportation. Moreover, several shops and entertainment venues are available within the vicinity.

The property boasts welcoming interiors, including a cafeteria and a lounge. Wi-Fi Internet connection is available throughout the property. Pets are admitted.

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Location of Hotel Condestable, Barcelona

  • Hotel Condestable Ronda Universitat, 1 Barcelona

    City Area:Ciudad Vieja (Old City) - Gothic Quarter

  • Barcelona area: Ciudad Vieja (Old City) - Gothic Quarter

    Position of the zone in the city

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The hotel is situated in one of the most important and lively squares of Barcelona, Plaça Universitat, home to one of the city's universities.
The Gothic quarter and Las Ramblas are also within walking distance.

Rooms at Condestable

Hotel Condestable guest room double room The hotel offers single, double, double twin, triple and quadruple rooms, which were partially renovated in 2003 in order to offer a top-quality service.

All rooms feature a private marble bathroom with hair dryer, shower or bathtub and are equipped with heating and individually controlled air conditioning, mini safe, satellite TV and direct dial phone with Internet access. Wi-Fi connection is available as well.

Moreover, most rooms have a balcony with splendid views of the city centre.

  • Air conditioning
  • Dial-up Internet access
  • Direct dial phone
  • Hairdryer in each room
  • Heating
  • Rooms with view available
  • Safe
  • Satellite TV
  • Wireless Internet access
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Breakfast at Condestable

The continental breakfast is served in the cafeteria from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Hotel Facilities

  • Access for disabled
  • Air conditioning
  • Credit card accepted
  • Currency exchange
  • Laundry service
  • Lift/elevator
  • Pets accepted
  • Recently renovated
  • Wireless Internet connection in the entire property
  • City guide
  • City maps
  • City tour
  • Front desk - 24 hour
  • Front desk - fax service
  • Front desk - safety deposit box
  • Luggage room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Newspapers
  • Tourist information
  • Bike rental
  • Rent a car in the hotel
  • Baby sitter
  • Reading lounge
  • TV Lounge
  • Cafeteria
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Hotel Reviews Condestable

7.87.8

BF
Family with young children
Italy, Jun 2009

perfect position, very big room with kichten and big bathroom; very quiet; some doubts about cleanliness.. in beds it seems to have sand..I told to reception but a little bit remained..

8.58.5

JR
Family with older children
Mexico, May 2009

Excellent location just few steps from the Metro station. No much problem with noise if you consider that is down town. Enough to get some rest after a long day of sightseeing.

9.29.2

Carlos Eduardo Orozco Angel
Young couple
Colombia, May 2009

The hotel is very well located (close to "Las Ramblas") and the personnel was very kind. There are several parking lots closer to the hotel.

8.28.2

JH
Family with older children
Norway, Apr 2009

Meget bra beliggenhet. Trivelig hotell med veldig bra service. Kort gang avstand til det meste. Men det er noe trafikkstøy som hører med til en storby.

5.85.8

LR
Group
Italy, Nov 2007

NIente di particolare in centro vicino a plaza Catalunya va bene per un gruppo di amice che cerca solo un posto per dormire.

5.25.2

MI

United Kingdom, Feb 2009

The hotel was basic and clean.We were next to laundry room so heard them at 6.30 each morning. I thought 80 euros each a night was expensive -no hairdryer and couldn't even make a drink.This was room only. Did not pay 8 euros plus vat for breakfast as we found a coffee and croissant shop close by.My daughter and I were out all day and saw no other guests-wierd !!Very central for Las Rambla and tourist buses.

7.97.9

Mara Mencaroni
Group
Italy, Dec 2008

The first room was nice, big and with a big and clean bathroom but was near the street and was noisy. The second one was nice and quite becose was inside..

1.11.1

GLEN DESMOND
Not Specified
United Kingdom, Aug 2008

Bkd hotel last minute & was ok for one night. would not have liked to stay for longer! rooms oldish & walls extremely thin between rooms! Location: good, at top of las ramblas. central for all public transport

7.07.0

Marco Del Duca
Young couple
Italy, Oct 2008

The Hotel is very close to metro station Universitat (you just have to cross the street) and if you like walking you can get Catalunya Square in 10 minutes by feet, the room has completely brand new fornitures and the employees are very nice and polite. We can say that the ratio quality/price is very high. There are 2 negative points: 1) the area is very noisy and you have to keep the windows closed in the night 2) they took the money from my credit card about one month before our arrival in the hotel.

7.27.2

KW
Not Specified
Sweden, Sep 2008

Good hotel for the price. Nice surroundings and good location. Nice breakfast restaurant just around the corner.

6.86.8

PF
Family with older children
Ireland, Aug 2008

Location ideal for shopping

6.66.6

Wendy Salter
2 friends sharing
United Kingdom, Jul 2008

To be fair, we were only there for 2 nights and did not partake of any other service other than sleeping. The noise aspect was outside, to be expected in a city, but as there was no aircon, we had to leave the windows open, hence the noise. There was no hot water on the first night. The room was drab but the beds were comfortable. The receptionist was also drab. The welcome was non-existent. The exterior building work also denied us a view. I would stay again only for the convenience of its situation and the price.

2.12.1

Dietlinde Legrand
Family with older children
Switzerland, Jul 2008

The building is under renovation works. Very noisy, construction noise started on 9 am on Saturday morning. No warm water at all in bathroom (taken cold showers). No drinks dispenser in hotel. Breakfast quality poor. Bedrooms, bathrooms, furniture etc in a very poor state. Needs complete renovation. Very noisy surroundings. Youth hostel style.

3.43.4

WR
Group
United Kingdom, Jul 2008

Excellent location just up the road from La Ramblas. This is effectively why you are charged a bit more for what is a very basic hotel. The reception is extremely cramped and most of the hallways were unfurnished and looked very shabby. Our room was adequate for a one night stay, but we were woken up by some sort of drilling/banging on our floor but couldn't find where it was coming from. From what I can see, the hotel is in the middle of renovation and it shows. Because of this, they should be lowering their prices during this period and should make it known they are currently upgrading/updating. I also wasn't happy that having reserved the room via credit card on Venere (where you are not charged straight away), they decided to charge it in full before I'd arrived without requesting authorisation from myself.

2.52.5

LV
Mature couple
Spain, Jul 2008

The location is very good and the bathroom was recently refurbished. But they are painting the exterior of the building, with the usual noise, dust and scaffolding just across the glass of our window. The furniture was very, very poor.

3.83.8

MN
Young couple
Italy, Jun 2008

Il solo pregio di quest'hotel è di trovarsi in pieno centro e di essere a pochi passi dai quartieri di maggior interesse. Per il resto lo staff non è molto cortese le zone comuni sono inesistenti e non si puo di certo restare in hotel fuori dalla propria camera. Le camere di grandezza piu accettabile sono vecchie e cadenti, quelle appena ristrutturate sono piccolissime ed in Italia di certo non avrebbero la licenza per camere cosi piccole. La cosa peggiore è comunque che in tutte le camere la pivacy è praticamente inesistente, si sente perfettamente cio che accade nelle camere vicine attraverso il controsoffitto, è come se si fosse in un grosso camerone separato solo da paraventi. Ci si sveglia all'ora in cui si svegliano i primi tra i vicini e si riesce ad addormentarsi quando è tornato l'ultimo. In definitiva quest'hotel è adtto solo a giovani uomini in un Week end di addio al celibato!!!!

3.13.1

SM
with sister
United Kingdom, Jun 2008

there was building works going on in the hotel to renovate rooms and corridors which was not mentioned prior to travelling. Our room was not ready when we arrived at midday and had to return (although we left our bags there) later in the afternoon. The twin room we were given initially was accessed through the renovation works then walking on polished slipery tiles to the room - which was no bigger than a shoe box with port hole like windows and again polished tiles both in the bedroom and bathroom - not acceptable at all. We complained and got a much better room - largera and with french windows. The room was pleasant enough for the price we paid. The hotel did seem to be full of student groups on hol though. Its a nice enough hotel and as the saying goes you get what you pay for!

6.46.4

GF
Not Specified
France, May 2008

The rooms were poorly decorated but clean the breakfast was overpriced

5.25.2

DB
Family with older children
Italy, May 2008

Camera non dotata di asciugacapelli come indicato sul sito internet creando disagio e preventivo addebito sulla carta di credito dell'intero importo del pernottamento poi comunque riaccreditato ma creando momentanei disagi sulla disponibilità della carta di credito.

6.76.7

NM
Young couple
USA, Apr 2008

This hotel was in a great location just 2 blocks off the Ramblas! Many of the hotel's rooms face the main street so the room was loud, and the walls seemed to be very thin, we could hear other guests easily. For the location and the cost (the weekend we went every hotel was sold out for a big event) we would definitely consider staying there again. The staff was wonderful and the rooms were very clean. Overall it was a pleasant stay and a great location. We ended up in a quad room, which Venere didn't say. It would have been nice to know, since we were looking to share our room with the other couple we were traveling with, but didn't book it that way.

6.26.2

CL
Group
United Kingdom, Apr 2008

Great location! Entrance lobby was very small and cramped!

7.77.7

IH
Mature couple
United Kingdom, Mar 2008

central location and perfectly adequate. road-side rooms are probably noisy (hotel is very central); instead, we had window onto an 8 foot ventilation shaft which carried noise from caterers, and no view. On balance that was fine, but had no feel/view/sense of barcelona from the room.

6.06.0

SN
Family with older children
United Kingdom, Feb 2008

Ideal location for main tourist sites of Barcelona, especially Gaudi buildings and Las Ramblas, which suited our party. Found conflicting advise on arrival from the railway service from airport as train line was not direct to Placa Catalunya. Staff at hotel very helpful, and arranged a hairdryer speedily as not in the room as specified. The score for quality of service was due to difficulty before arrival ensuring room requirements for a group of 6.

0.60.6

JH
Family
USA, Jan 2008

We had a horrible experience at this hotel- when we arrived he wanted us in 2 rooms, I had booked only one. Then he stated that he needed the room key every time we left and there was NO security/verification when you asked for your room key back- so ANYONE could have walked in and asked for our room key and gotten in. Nothing was said on the website that the ENTIRE hotel is under construction- our hallway had a little area of tile and then outdoor floor mats covering the concrete floor. We were awoken each morning by the demolition crew next door revamping that room. For $140 a night I thought it was astronomical for a less than hostel quality stay.

6.46.4

Claudio Rossi
Mature couple
Italy, Oct 2007

Inizialmente ci hanno dato una stanza veramente troppo piccola la n. 302 con letto ad una piazza e mezza ,minuscola per due!!! Poi pero' dopo una lamentela ci hanno spostato in una bella stanza/mini appartamento molto confortevole. La posizione e' ottima.

9.69.6

ND
Group
Serbia and Montenegro, Aug 2006

Everything is OK

9.89.8

HC
Group
United Kingdom, Aug 2007

This was perfect accomodation for seven lads on a stag weekend to stay at. We stayed in a four bed and three bed room which had air con, ensuit bathroom plus other available bathrooms to use. Location was very central so easy to access night life, Les Ramblas and other city centre sites. Street noice may disturb some residents sleep, however we were too drunk to be disturbed

7.57.5

EM

Italy, Sep 2007

eravamo in tre ragazze, la posizione è ottima per girare, eravamo a poki passi dalla rambla,in una bella zona.. come gia' descritto da altri,l'unica cosa è che magari le pareti erano molto fine,ma noi sentivamo confusione solo dal bagno..abbiamo cmq dormito bene..e la nostra camera era anche molto grande.. invece ne avevo vista una sempre da 3 passando, che era molto piu pikkola!non ho avuto niente da ridire comunque,tutto sommato lo consiglierei volentieri.

7.57.5

Gerard Smith
Family with older children
United Kingdom, Aug 2007

A reasonable hotel- very well located. We stayed 4 in a room which was a good price, and all is fine for this class of hotel.

5.25.2

LV
Family with young children
Italy, Aug 2007

Quite expensive to be an hotel of two stars. The high price depends only by the good location of the hotel (very close to La Rambla and Placa Catalonya) because the other elements of the hotel (the forniture of the rooms and the general conditions) are not good. Anyway you can survive there for 1 or 2 nights. Lau e Clau

7.17.1

ALESSIO DEL SOLDATO
Young couple
Italy, Aug 2007

very simple hotel, wonderful position, 2 minutes from Plaza de Cataluna, from the Exaimple and from Passeig de Gracia. rooms a little bit rumorous.

3.63.6

MG
Family with young children
Italy, Jul 2007

no se si la ultima pague para dormir o para escuchar un concierto de musica jazz que habia en la planta baja del edificio. La previa noches no fue mucho mejor

7.97.9

CF
Group
Italy, Apr 2007

The hotel has a good location because it is very near to a metro station. It is clean and the room are spacious (we reserved a 4 beds room). The hotel is also very near to the rambla (about 5 minutes by feet) and to placa Universitat. I enjoied very much my stay.

5.45.4

IP
Group
Italy, Apr 2007

We booked the hotel CONDESTABLE for 4 people - 2 doublerooms. By the booking on your homepage venere.com we declared to arrive after midnight. And so - half past midnight in the hotel - there was a problem with one of the rooms. The Hotelmanagment sad that because of our delay (?!) -the half hour after midnight - they had to cancel the booking. So the first night we spent altogether in the same room (2 people in one single-bed!!!), that "fortunely" was just available.

7.77.7

JG
Young couple
Switzerland, Jan 2007

If all you need it for is to sleep, it is a good option. Our room was small, but we saw bigger ones that looked better. We also started getting itchy on our first night and we got a rash for several days and we think it was because of some bugs that we saw in our bed. Other than that, the hotel is in a very good location.

4.34.3

JA
Family with older children
United Kingdom, Oct 2006

The Condestable is in a very good location. We had a room right over the square and it was extremely noisy. There was a huge hole in the wall near our air conditioner which brought all the street noise into our room. The price of breakfast wasn't fully revealed, we could have found something alot cheaper elsewhere. The kitchen staff also was not very friendly. Maybe they didn't speak English but they could have smiled now and again! We were disappointed for what we paid although that may be just what you get for that price in Barcelona.

5.55.5

DANIELE CARNINO
Young couple
Italy, Jan 2007

The only good thing about this hotel is the location: Plaza de l'Universitat is a very central area, near MACBA and the city center. Furthermore, the metro station is directly in front of the hotel. Now the bad things: because of the central position, the surroundings of the hotel are very very noisy. Let's talking about the room: the ceiling was a real mess, with cracked panels all over, and the bathroom was a damn hole, with no window and forced ventilation broken. Last but not least, one day the cleaning room service have forgot my room open(!) all day long! Luckyly, as usual I never leave no money or other "goodies" in my room. When I've asked to the reception about this fact, they don't seems to be so much worried... After all, I would not recommend to stay in this hotel: there are better accomodations in Barcelona at the same price, only far from the center. But this is not a problem since the public transport services are so good.

3.13.1

GX
Group
France, Dec 2006

Il y a un probleme dans cet hotel, en effet, lors d'un séjour en espagne a barcelone j ai eu la malchance de réserver dans cet hotel. La salle de bain refoulait une odeur nauséabonde horrible, j ai pas pu prendre de douche tellement que cela etait inssupportable, la vue de la chambre donnait sur une cour intérieure fermée sans aucune vue. A Ces 2 critéres desastreux s'ajoutent les produits d'acceuil dans la salle de bain : c'était les produits encore entamés des clients précedents. A tous ceux qui liront ce commentaire, je vous déconseille cet hôtel à la minable qualité!

9.49.4

PI CHIH PENG
Group
Taiwan, Oct 2006

there're six of us,and they offered us two apartments which has two rooms and a kitchen....this was out of our expected so that we really enjoyed our stay in BCN,and we'll back again! the location was great!

5.55.5

ALLAN CALVO
Mature couple
Costa Rica, Nov 2006

El hotel es pequeno, las habitaciones son pequenas y ni que decir del bano, es diminuto. Sin duda que lo mejor que tiene el hotel es la ubicacion ya que esta muy cerca de la Rambla la cual es una calle muy activa de Barcelona. Tambien tiene cerca la plaza Espana donde podras tener acceso al transporte publico completo.

8.48.4

BA
Mature couple
Sweden, Nov 2006

If you will live in the Center of Barcelona, I can recommend this Hotel. Its nearly to many worth seeing.

9.09.0

Giorgia Fabrizi
Group
Italy, Nov 2006

eravamo 3 ragazze e la stanza era per 4 persone,quindi bagno comodo e molto luminosa la stanza.localizzato centrico sia per fgirare a piedi,sia per chi viene dall 'aeroporto di girona.

9.69.6

Renee Rosman
Not Specified
Ireland, Nov 2006

Very happy with our overall stay. Staff were very helpful. Room was very spacious and clean. Location perfect! Definately would stay again.

2.22.2

Tricia Fabri
Mature couple
Malta, Jul 2006

Barcelona was our first Spanish city we were going to visit on our 20 day stay in Spain. This hotel was the worst one we stayed in. The only good thing about it was its position, very central to everything. The actual hotel and service was very poor, very noisy, and employees very rude! Rooms are tiny or old. Reception is the entrance, actually the door way, lifts dont work (we had to take our suitcases down 3 or 4 flights of stairs). The price of this hotel was too expensive for what it had to offer, you are paying for the location nothing more! Try to find elsewhere!

8.78.7

Jordanus Pel
Family with young children
Netherlands, Oct 2006

Een prima familiehotel, dicht bij het centrum. wij hadden een ruime vierpersoonskamer. Helaas was er geen uitzicht (binnenplaats). Om te slapen was het er echter prima. Vrinedlijke receptie. Twee chagerijnige heren die het ontbijt regelden. Ontbijt was overigens wel goed verzorgd. alles wel in relatie tot de prijs natuurlijk.

5.35.3

JC
Group
Ireland, Sep 2006

the price quoted to us by venere was €990.00 for 3 double rooms,we were charged €1072.62 at the end of our stay.Is this common policy .This has never happened to me at any Hotel i have booked with Venere before. I look forward to hearing from you. John Carroll

6.36.3

Ray Palmer
Mature couple
USA, Sep 2006

We were unhappy that there was no airconditioning The hotel was listed as having air conditioning and we understood breakfast was included neither was the case. Street noises kept us from opening windows...a fan was provided. The staff was helpful except for the late night guy who seemed unhappy with his job. He was ok with us but very rude to several other guests.

5.95.9

EB
Mature couple
Hungary, Aug 2006

For 50 euro no air condition! The same room with air condition 90 euro!!!!! When a 3 starts is 48 euro??? Common! Get back to reality!

9.39.3

SR
Young couple
France, Aug 2006

Hotel trés agréable, avec un rapport qualité prix excellent, et une situation géographique rêvée. Cependant etant donné que Barcelone est une ville ou l'animation règne jusqu'a très tard préciser que vous souhaitez une chambre au calme (mieux vaut sacrifié la vue que la quiété).

5.15.1

Maria Elena Mariconda
Mature couple
Italy, Aug 2006

Il grande pregio dell'albergo è la centralità ed il costo relativamente basso. Questo fa dimenticare tutti gli altri difetti. Per chi cerca un albergo solo per dormire è perfetto. Ho solo una perplessità se hanno montato il bidet nel bagno perchè non provvedono a fornire anche gli ospiti?

5.75.7

GS
Group
Italy, Jul 2006

L'Hotel è sicuramente in una posizione molto centrale di fronte la fermata della metro. Piccole le stanze però pulite, un buon hotel per persone giovani, visto il prezzo. Sconsigliato per famiglie o per coppie.

7.07.0

CS
Young couple
Italy, Aug 2006

Abbiamo trascorso solo una notte in questo hotel. La posizione è ottima. 5 minuti a piedi si arriva a Plaza Catalunya. L'albergo è un po' vecchiotto e la zona non concilia il sonno. Si sentono spesso di notte ambulanze e sirene varie. Consiglio di prenotare tramite venere perchè la nostra camera l'abbiamo pagata 60 euro + il 7%, che per un hotel così mi sembra tanto ma per la zona giustificato, mentre un ragazzo entrato poco dopo di noi senza prenotazione ha pagato 90 euro + iva.. Il personale è super gentile e disponibile. Lo consiglierei per soggiorni brevi anche se non è il miglior albergo dove abbia soggiornato!

8.68.6

Roberta Balducci
Young couple
Italy, Aug 2006

l'albergo è in una posizione perfetta, a due passi da tutto!l'unica mancanza può essere la vista ma per chi, come me, non è interessato ad altro che ad una camera pulita in cui dormire è perfetto!

7.17.1

RR
Family with young children
Italy, Aug 2006

toomuch small reception's area. toomuch poor turistic information so old beds etc...

8.38.3

Michael Joyce
Family with older children
USA, Jul 2006

The hotel was in a good location within 2 blocks of La Rambla. The rooms we recieved served our needs perfect (a double and a quad) and all 6 of us loved the showers! There was nothing offered at the hotel other than the rooms but we spent little time in them except while sleeping which was comfortable. The rooms were simple, basic and reasonable priced which was our goal!

5.55.5

Gianluca Di Leo
Young couple
Italy, Jul 2006

il punto forte è la sua posizione,la fermata metro di fronte e a 5 minuti dalle ramblas e da plaça di Catalunya(quasi tutti gli autobus passano da lì,compreso l'A1 per l'aeroporto).le stanze sono piccole (dipende poi da cosa si deve fare in stanza) ma nuove e pulite.il personale gentile.ottimo per fare una vacanza in giro per la città e non per restare in albergo,certo per il prezzo che ho pagato (10 giorni a metà luglio) mi aspettavo le stanze un pò più abitabili.comunque niente male.

8.78.7

Paal Vorpenes
Family with older children
Norway, Jul 2006

The hotel was perfect for our needs; spacious, clean family suite with two separate bedrooms and perfect location for city and airport transportation and proximity to the shopping areas and tourist sites. You should choose this hotel if you want an efficient base for visiting Barcelona. Are you looking for atmosphere and nice public areas, find something else.

8.08.0

LR
Gay Couple
France, Jul 2006

Exellent Hotel à ce prix. Juste une restriction: lors de notre passage, 07/2006, deux des façades était en plein ravalement, donc échaffaudages à tous les étages, mais notre chambre donnait sur le troisième coté sans travaux. Donc rien à dire! Ha si, des voisins très bruyants qui rentrent tard... ou tôt!

2.72.7

AC
Young couple
USA, Jul 2006

The room was the smallest out of all the ones we booked for our trip to Spain. It was actually ridiculously small as we could not even open our balcony door. They also would not permit us to have visitors in our own room, which is crazy because we had friends who were trying to meet us at the hotel and they would not permit let them to do so. I am hardly a child and was being treated like one for 85 Euro a night!!!

9.89.8

EMMA KELLY
Group
United Kingdom, Jul 2006

the hotel was excellant value for money, Helpfull friendly staff :)

7.97.9

JS
Heterosexual Couple
Brazil, Apr 2006

Very clean hotel, very well located (close to ramblas and in front of the underground station), good service... perfect for a couple.

9.79.7

Michael Lurye
Heterosexual Couple
USA, May 2006

Location doesn't get any better than this. Extremely convenient, and the price was reasonable. Clean, spacious room. Highly recommended if you want to have a good time in Barcelona.

3.43.4

MG
Family Group
USA, May 2006

We had a late arrival on a Friday night. We had trouble finding the hotel, but I think that was our cab drivers fault. Our first impressions were far from feeling welcomed. The older gentleman that checked us in, made us feel rushed. The younger gentleman in the morning was MUCH more helpful. Our room was definately nothing more than 4 walls, 3 beds and a bathroom. Our sliding balcony door didn't even close, we could hear the niose from the street vividly. The white shower curtain was anything but white. It needed to be replaced badly. I understand the hotel was a decent price for the location, but I firmly believe that no matter what amount you pay, it should guarantee a clean bathroom and a friendly staff. The plus was the location, literally 5 minutes walking from the action in the city. I might stay here again if the bathroom was clean and the balcony door closed, but i dont see any improvements on the horizon. Oh I also fell the rooms are overpriced. I think they should come down at least 30-40 Euros.

9.79.7

MS
Group of friends
Canada, May 2006

We had a fantastic room...it was more like an entire apartment for two people! Not to mention the fact that it overlooked the street where the parade of football players came down after returning to Barcelona as winners of the European Cup! But that was just a bonus. I would absolutely stay here again.

6.16.1

Sebastian Krzyzowski
Heterosexual Couple
Poland, May 2006

The price for a 2 star accomodation is killing, but on the other hand we did not find anything cheaper in this area of Barcelona. The room was very small - something you can expect from a 2 star hotel. Our room had a street view, which meant it was very noisy. Good things: the room was really clean, the same with the bathroom. The receptionists were nice and helpful. The location was fantastic - you could walk to almost all the attractions, and the subway station was just opposite to the entrance. Generally, a nice hotel. I would stay there again.

5.45.4

Robert Midkiff
Heterosexual Couple
USA, Apr 2006

The hotel has a great location right near the Metro, but the hotel itself is very noisy. We didn't encounter street noise, but rather inside noise, such as slamming of doors, hammering early in the morning, lots of people passing in front of our room talking loudly, etc. We researched many hotels and overall I don't feel you get much for your money in Barcelona. The room was clean but old and worn down, and the ceiling had water damage. It definitely wasn't a room you'd want to do anything else but sleep in.

6.26.2

Patricia Ferreira
Family Group
Argentina, Mar 2006

Great location. Very simple and basic room and bathroom. No breakfast included.

6.86.8

LAURENT DESBOIS
Heterosexual Couple
France, Apr 2006

You can find better for the quality of the bedroom......but the location of this hotel was ideal.

9.19.1

Sally Smith
Group of friends
United Kingdom, Mar 2006

we found it to be a very friendly hotel with helpful staff.we didnt pay a lot of money,so we were impressed with the location(minutes from ramblas),bus stop right outside airport(a 1)3euros70,takes you to cataluyna place,hotel 5 minute walk from there.because of the hotel being so central there was some noise outside but not enough to keep us up.we would definately stay at this hotel again

3.23.2

ES
Group of friends
Netherlands, Mar 2006

Very noisy and cheap hotel offering very high price for the quality provided.

8.68.6

Michael Donnelly
Group
United Kingdom, Mar 2006

Spotlessly clean. Excellent location literally minutes walk from La Rambla and Plaza Catalunya. Metro stop right across from hotel entrance.

7.57.5

Charles Headeach
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Mar 2006

Just as expected from details on website. Fairly basic but clean accommodation, excellent position for sightseeing, easy to find and filled all our requirements for short stay in Barcelona. When you only sleep and shower in a room, what more do you want?

5.05.0

Micha Van Wijngaarden
Heterosexual Couple
Netherlands, Jan 2006

Short bed....and a lot of nose from the hall

6.36.3

Peter Mallinson
Heterosexual Couple
Ireland, May 2005

Veryy noisy and basic hotel but you get value for money i suppose

7.17.1

GW
Couple with children
United Kingdom, Feb 2006

Just returned after a short break to this marvellous city. We were in a triple room that was basic but the service was friendly and the buffet breakfast reasonable. The room was cleaned and the towels changed on a daily basis. The hotel is in a good location very close to the metro system and a 5 minute walk from Catalonia Square and The Ramblas. Because the hotel overlooked University Square it was a bit noisy at times. There are many shops, coffee bars and small restaurants in the vicinity and the overall location couldn’t be faulted.

7.77.7

Fabrizio Lagorio
Single corporate traveller
Italy, Feb 2006

Really in the center, just few meters outside the metro exit. Small hotel but nice and recently renewed. A bit noisy because the road is very close. Reception and entrance are very very small and for some reason the hotel is difficult to find from the road ... just one door :)

8.08.0

Francesco Demichelis
Group
Italy, Jan 2006

Cheap, clean, perfect for some days of holidays in barcellona. Very good

7.87.8

Gianluca Grisanti
Group of friends
Italy, Jan 2006

L'hotel è in ottima posizione, con la fermata della metro di fronte e a due passi da plaza Catalunya. A piedi è semplicissimo raggiungere le rambals. La camera tripla era simile ad un miniappartamento, due stanze più il bagno. Grande e comoda. L'unico appunto riguarda la scarsa dotazione di accessori da bagno. Spazi comuni molto ristretti, l'hotel è adatto a ragazzi e coppie senza bambini. Consigliato.

8.08.0

Claudio Maiaroli
Couple with children
Italy, Jan 2006

tutto ok

5.15.1

VN
Family Group
Italy, Jan 2006

Il prezzo delle stanze dovrebbe essere più ridotto in considerazione della categoria . La vicinaza alla metro ( di fronte ) e ai princiopali luoghi di visita non giustifica del tutto il costo del solo soggiorno. I trasporti efficienti e poco costosi inducono,per il prossimo soggiorno, a valutare altre soluzioni. Cmq Barcellona è una città piena di bellezze sia architettoniche che paesaggistiche e merita più di una visita

8.58.5

PR
Group of friends
United Kingdom, Nov 2005

The Condestable was great value for money. Rooms were cleaned every day with fresh towels. Reception were friendly. Only downside to stay was they apparently had no booking details for us when we arrived. We booked through Venere and had all relevant documentation.

6.26.2

Alain BIBAL
Heterosexual Couple
France, Nov 2005

Overral room was fine: clean. (No view on the street however). Location is great: 5 minutes walking distance to Ramblas). Buffet Breakfast is OK (not great but not bad). (no fresh product but ham, cheese, bread, cereals, etc...) Big problem: noisy in the morning : doors slamming, and so ... (worse thing: vacum cleaner at 8am... kind of early)

6.46.4

Clay Johnson
Family Group
USA, Oct 2005

Our room was quiet and serviceable but airless and stuffy. The extra bed brought in for our son was very uncomfortable for him. Though the weather outside was not hot, we had to run the air conditioner most of the night to sleep comfortably. The showerhead, where it attached to the holder was broken and one had to hold it away from the wall with one hand while trying to shower. Because we did not spend any time in the hotel during the day, we found the hotel to be just okay, inexpensive for our needs and fairly well located. The directions given to arrive in Barcelona and find the hotel were horrible. We drove from France to Barcelona and directions were not given for auto travel. The directions from the airport, which we had to follow backwards, got us to the general area, but it took us 45 minutes to find the hotel.

8.88.8

Mauro Riva
Group of friends
Italy, Oct 2005

Albergo dotato di camere non molto spaziose ma pulite e con tutto il necessario per un breve soggiorno. La posizione è imbattibile, stazione dei treni per l'aeroporto a 5min a piedi e fermata della metro attaccata all'albergo! Il personale è gentile e parla tranquillamente italiano. Un'ottima scelta per un weekend nella splendida Barcellona!

8.28.2

Mauro Riva
Group of friends
Italy, Oct 2005

Albergo dotato di camere non molto spaziose ma pulite e con tutto il necessario per un breve soggiorno. La posizione è imbattibile, stazione dei treni per l'aeroporto a 5min a piedi e fermata della metro attaccata all'albergo! Il personale è gentile e parla tranquillamente italiano. Un'ottima scelta per un weekend nella splendida Barcellona!

8.28.2

Jean-Claude Wagnon
Couple with children
Switzerland, Oct 2005

Hôtel très bien situé. Immeuble vétuste partiellement rénové. Pour une famille à 5, nous avions une chambre joliment meublée et une chambre plutôt ancienne. L'isolation du bruit côté rue laisse à désirer. Accueil sympa.

9.79.7

FRED NORTH-COOMBES
Heterosexual Couple
Australia, Sep 2005

As good as some 3 star. 2 star hotel with 3 star room(size) and 4 star bathroom. Close to Rambla and metro. All other facilities handy. Top little pub. Di and Derf from OZ.

1010

John Lee
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Oct 2005

We have been to the Condestable twice this year and have been more than impressed on both occasions,as were our friends who came with us on our second visit. John and Barbara Lee.Sheffield

6.16.1

Grazia Vietri
Heterosexual Couple
Italy, Oct 2005

La posizione è davvero buona con la fermata della metro di fronte. Le camere sono un po' piccole (letti compresi), però per essere a 2 passi da plaza catalunya a quel prezzo va bene!

6.76.7

MT
Heterosexual Couple
Portugal, Oct 2005

It has a good relation price/quality. Excellent location but too noisy.

9.19.1

EB
Heterosexual Couple
USA, Aug 2005

Great location - close to tourist locations and also found a more local, trendy area by walking around. Desk people were nice. Rooms were fine. They only had a twin room for our first night there though we had reserved a double room, but we very apologetic about it. Kind of noisy but that seemed to be the standard around Spain

7.77.7

RV
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Sep 2005

The hotel is very well located. The Aerobus stopped just outside the hotel and was a very cheap and fast method of transfer from El Prat airport. Besides the hotel is located in the city center (walking distance of Las Ramblas, Plaza Catalunia, La Sagrada Familia, Cathedral, etc), there is a metro station (Plaza Universitat) across the street. The staff were very friendly and helpful during our staying. The room and the bathroom were basic but clean (cleaned and the towels changed on a daily basis). The only thing that we didn’t like was the fact that breakfast was not included in the price and this was not made clear on arrival. Even so, I would stay at the Condestable again, it was very good value for money.

6.26.2

BA
Group of friends
Italy, Aug 2005

L'hotel è proprio in Placa de l'UNIVERSIDAD, a cinque minuti a piedi dalla Rambla. Ottima posizione, molto vivo il quartiere, molti negozi a buon prezzo, il personale molto cordiale, efficiente e che cerca di aiutare se si ha bisogno. L'hotel secondo me è un due stelle, spartano, ma pulito. La colazione meglio farla fuori,cisono molti bar a poco prezzo.

6.16.1

MG
Couple with children
USA, Aug 2005

We came as a family (couple with 3 children), our stay was O.K., the hotel is O.k., the atmosphere is more for young travelers. Overall it was an acceptable stay specially for the price we paid. It is easy accesible to the metro and close the shops, easy to take the metro to La Rambla.

7.47.4

VH
Gay Couple
USA, Aug 2005

Generally the Hotel Condestable was just as I had expected from the website. The room was smaller than it looked online with just enough room to walk around the bed but suited me fine. The bathroom was nice and very clean. The noise was sometimes loud with the other customers coming and going at all hours from the night scene but was not unexpected either. All in all a great stay, I would stay here again. The clerks were extremely nice and helpful.

6.16.1

Timothy Keegan
Couple with children
United Kingdom, Aug 2005

HAving booked a four bedroon room, arrived to find only three bedroom room given. Extra bed added but still charged for four bed. No natural light in room. Very clean hotel. Excellent staff during day - less so at night.

3.83.8

CB
Heterosexual Couple
France, Aug 2005

très cher pour la qualité générale de l'hôtel. surtout que, une fois sur place, on a comparé avec d'autres hôtels dans le centre qui étaient mieux pour le même prix. le plus gros problème: très, très bruyant (bruit de la rue et bruit de l'intérieur de l'hôtel), difficultés à dormir. petit déjeuner mauvais. qualité: très bien placé dans le centre de barcelone et relativement bon accueil à la réception.

9.59.5

Emanuele Massara
Group of friends
Italy, Aug 2005

Staff very friendly. Everyone, as manby of the customers, spoke italian. Only problems regarding noise coming both from the road and from adiacent rooms. While closing window and keeping on air conditioning solved first one, neighbours coming back in the middle of the night were really annoying, because there was a (closed) door separating our rooms. Definetely a great and economic place where to stay in Barcellona, also suitable for a long stay.

3.43.4

FT
Not Specified
Italy, Jul 2005

Claustophobic room. I don't reccomend this hotel!

6.36.3

Peter Moos
Not Specified
Switzerland, Jul 2005

Kleines Zimmer mit Bad das schon einiges erlebt hat.(Flecken oder überstrichene Stellen an Wände und Decke möglich:-) Hellhörig, aber gut gelegen, nah zur Rambla etc. Für Barcelona doch noch eine sauber und günstige Übernachtungsmöglichkeit. P.S. Sie sind am renovieren!

How to reach Hotel Condestable

By car
From the El Prat airport, take Ronda Litoral until Vila Olímpica exit. Then continue until Passeig de Colon and turn right onto via Laietana avenue. Then proceed until Urquinaona square. Take Pau Clarís street and turn left onto Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes avenue. Continue until Plaça Universitat, where the hotel is located.

By train
A convenient train service will take you from the El Prat airport to Plaça Catalunya in around 25 minutes. The hotel is 5 minutes on foot from there.

By bus
The Aerobus line offers frequent connections from El Prat airport to Plaça Catalunya. The ride takes 30 minutes, and the bus stops right in front of the hotel.

By ship
From the Barcelona harbour you can take the underground line 3 at Drassanes station and get off at Plaça Catalunya station.

Transport Services Hotel Condestable

  • Bike rental
  • Rent a car in the hotel

A public parking is available close to the hotel, subject to a charge of €22,00 overnight.

Hotel Policies

METHODS OF PAYMENT
Venere.com does not debit your credit card for your reservations. You will be asked to insert your credit card details which will be sent to the property only as a guarantee of the reservation. The bill will then have to be settled directly at the hotel. In case your chosen hotel needs a deposit, this information will be included in the "Cancellation policy" section and the deposit will have to be settled directly with the pre-selected property. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE". In this case, the total amount of your stay will be charged to your credit card by the hotel at the time of booking.

CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
Check-in:
the rooms are available at any time from midday.
Check-out: it is necessary to leave the rooms not later than midday.

INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

Breakfast is not included in the price and costs €8,40 plus 7% VAT fee.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation without charge until 16:00 on the previous day If it is no show, the hotel will charge the total amount of the first night. total amount of reservation is charged as a deposit at time of reservation
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".

  • Book by phone
  • 1-408-916-9102