Hotel Rialto - Barcelona

Hotel: 3 stars

Ferrán, 40-42 - 08002 Barcelona

1-408-916-9102

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  • Shai has stayed here and says:
  • Cleanliness of rooms
  • Quietness of rooms
  • Spaciousness of rooms
  • Quality of service provided
  • Hotel surroundings
  • 7.87.8
  • 6.16.1
  • 6.26.2
  • 6.96.9
  • 8.68.6

 ‹‹ the hotel is in the main center of barcelona, next to the old quater. great place to go from to eny place in barcelona. highly reccomended››

03 Jan 2007 read hotel reviews

About Hotel Rialto

hotel front view Hotel Rialto hotel front view Located in the center of the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, the Rialto Hotel is close to Joan Miró's birth house, just beside the Plaça Sant Jaume Square and a few steps away from Las Ramblas.

Hotel Rialto features an Internet Point, meeting room with a capacity up to 30 people, bar and the Miró restaurant serving an exquisite Mediterranean cuisine.

Local attractions such as the Cathedral, the Born Quarter, and the Picasso Museum are located in close vicinity of this Barcelona hotel.

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Location of Hotel Rialto, Barcelona

  • Hotel Rialto Ferrán, 40-42 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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Rooms at Rialto

Hotel Rialto guest room twin bed room Hotel Rialto offers 197 guest rooms decorated in a charming style to ensure guests a comfortable stay during their vacation in Barcelona.

All rooms come equipped with heating, individually controllled air-conditioning, safe, mini bar, colour TV, direct dial phone and Internet access. Every bedroom has a private bathroom with bath accessories.

Disabled-accessible rooms are available on request.

  • Dial-up Internet access
  • Direct dial phone
  • Facilities for disabled people
  • Heating
  • Individually controlled air conditioning
  • Mini bar
  • Safe
  • TV
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Breakfast at Rialto

A breakfast buffet is served in the breakfast room from 7 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.

Hotel Facilities

  • Access for disabled
  • Credit card accepted
  • Entire property is air conditioned
  • Laundry service
  • Lift/elevator
  • Pets accepted
  • City maps
  • City tour
  • Front desk - 24 hour
  • Front desk - fax service
  • Luggage room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Newspapers
  • Tourist information
  • Banqueting service
  • Conference room
  • Meeting Room
  • Bike rental
  • Rent a car in the hotel
  • Baby sitter
  • Internet/Email services
  • Bar
  • Restaurant
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Hotel Reviews Rialto

8.78.7

KB
Young couple
Italy, Jan 2009

Fantastic location, that's what we wanted! In the top top top heart of Barcelona! Rooms were OK! The price was OK too! We stayed 3 nights in Barcelona and we enjoyed our trip very much!! I would recommend Barcelona and hotel Rialto to EVERYONE - you just CAN'T get a better location!!!

2.22.2

Suzana Ferreira
Young couple
Portugal, Aug 2008

The hotel Hall is very nice but all the rest is terrible. Tha halls were full of stuff as they were doing work in the hotel. The carpet was very dirty and apart from the location I would not stay in this hotel again.

7.57.5

DR
Mature couple
United Kingdom, Sep 2008

great location, comfortable room

2.42.4

Jayne Sherlock
Single traveller
United Kingdom, Jun 2008

Possibly the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Location great and front appearance good but the hotel and rooms were shabby, dirty and dark. My room was down long ill-lit corridors with threadbare carpet over concrete and paint peeling off the wall. It was minute with no window and reeked of smoke. No hairdryers and the lock on the mini safe had already been broken. I asked to change but was told that no other rooms were available for the price I had paid through venere!! they are clearly putting Venere customers in the worst rooms.

5.45.4

MR
Mature couple
Denmark, Mar 2008

The position of the hotel couldn't have been better , but the room was very small. I had written an e-mail to the hotel before our arrival to ask if we could get a quiet room. When we arrived we got a room close to the lift and a number of automats with soft drinks, which was absolutely not a quiet room. When we complained we got another room, but a very small room which absolutely not corresponds with the pictures at venere.

7.37.3

DR
Young couple
United Kingdom, Feb 2008

Hotel is in a perfect location, just off Ramblas but still on a good main road (not one of those dark little back streets). We were there for 2 nights only so we really appreciated the close proximity of hotel to main areas. Metro is only approx 100m away too, which made life so much easier. Only down side was all the floors were getting decorated in hallways and therefore we were walking on floor boards to get to room. The other thing was the smell of drains from our bathroom, quite strong at times. However, the location of hotel out-weighs any negative points we had though, once decor is completed i'm sure we'll be back! Great paella restaurant over the road from hotel. Another cracking place to eat is L'Antic Forn, just further up Ramblas (well just off it)...3 courses each and 2 bottles of wine for 60 euros! Well worth checking out!

8.48.4

Carlo Fois

Italy, Oct 2007

Hotel in posizione invidiabile nel cuore della Movida spagnola. Camere pulite ed accoglienti...unica pecca i corridoi in piena fase di ristruttuazione. Rapporto qualità-prezzo eccellente.

4.54.5

DW
Young couple
United Kingdom, Sep 2007

I was charged twice for my stay and despite several attempts am being ignored by the hotel!!

6.26.2

Giovanni Della Corte
Single traveller
Italy, Aug 2007

Trattasi di un albergone proprio ad angolo della vitaiola Placa Royal, la struttura è antica ma ha subito recenti ma purtroppo solo sommarie ristrutturazioni.L'albergo è su più piani e l'ascensore che serve per raggiungerle è sempre occupato.Il frigo bar è sostituito da un dispensatore di bibite sito all'ultimo piano ed è quasi inaccessibile.Le stanze sono ampie ma la vetustà dell'immobile si manifesta con l'odore un po' di muffa che pervade gli ambienti. Insomma un tre stelle un po' decadente, ma considerando l'offerta di venere di soli 37 euro e soprattutto la posizione strategica, secondo me la migliore per un soggiorno nella capitale catalana, si possono chiudere anche tutti e due gli occhi. Un ultimo avvertimento per chi ci soggiornerà: evitate di navigare in internet con la postazione fornita nella hall del Rialto, si paga un euro a pagina visitata, oltre al costo orario, e ne sarete consapevoli solo a connessione conclusa !

4.24.2

DR
Mature couple
United States Minor Outlying Islands, Sep 2007

This hotel is not deserving of a three star rating. It is tired and worn. The hallways are dark and narrow and the paint is soiled. Not all lights in the room were functioning and the shower head was broken. The noise from outside and inside is constant. Walls are thin and not soundproof. Surrounding buildings were under construction or repair and the noise caused many clients to ask for room assignments away from the noise. This said, the hotel is well located within walking distance to many attractions. The front desk staff were friendly and respondent but slow due to the many complaining guests. The breakfast is ample but not tasty. The food service staff were not friendly and appeared generally unhappy.

9.59.5

TS

Norway, Aug 2007

A very good hotel. They had a waterleak from the roof in the corridor, but it was fixed during the nigth. We had a really nice stay, and I will choose it if I go to Barcelona again.

7.87.8

Annalisa Riggio
Young couple
Italy, Aug 2007

Hotel in posizione splendida nel cuore del quartiere Gotico a due passi dalla Rambla. Camera confortevole, aria condizionata, tv lcd ma niente frigo!Internet solo a pagamento (anche con il proprio portatile) staff molto gentile. Consigliamo a tutti!

7.37.3

Alexandre Font
Young couple
France, Aug 2007

Hotel idéalament situé. Chambres petites mais assez jolies, propres et fonctionnelles; grande et belle salle de bain refaite à neuf. Par contre, ascenseur et couloirs mal entretenus et sombres. super rapport Q/P si la chambre n'est utilisé que pour dormir et se laver.

7.77.7

Bradley Carr
Young couple
United Kingdom, Jul 2007

Good location room basic but all you need and at a reasonable price

5.45.4

AH
Young couple
Germany, Jun 2007

Our room was dirty and the hotel was under construction during our stay. I realize hotels have to update their facilities every so often, but I would have liked to have known beforehand.

4.24.2

Stephan Rattenhuber
Young couple
Germany, Jan 2007

The lobby of the hotel looked great and I couldn't wait to see the room - but it wasn't worth it. It was hardly biggern than the so called double bed inside, which was actually a twin bed. This wouldn't have been a big problem, if they didn't roll apart with loud noises on every movement. The walls had bricks and parts of the wall paper were comming off. In the bathroom tiles were loose or even lost. If we hadn't stayed for only one night I whould have asked for a diffenerent room. They are currently renovating, so you could try to get one of the new rooms, maybe you do not hear every sound from the corridor then and the room is in a better shape. The big plus it the great position. You are in the heart of Barcelona and can reach a lot of interesting places by foot (La Rambla less than 5 minutes to walk) and for the rest you can use the good public transportation system.

9.49.4

Shai Baranes
Young couple
Israel, Dec 2006

the hotel is in the main center of barcelona, next to the old quater. great place to go from to eny place in barcelona. highly reccomended

7.97.9

Jennifer Greene
Not Specified
Ireland, Dec 2006

hotel on the doorstep to interesting streets and unique shops

9.19.1

MARIA ANTONIETA OCAMPO CAMACHO
Gay Couple
Mexico, Aug 2006

Las indicaciones para llegar por metro no fueron muy claras ya que había una estación más cercana y tuve que caminar con equipaje varias cuadras habiendo una estación muy cercan

9.79.7

DL
Mature couple
USA, Jul 2006

The hotel personnel were accommodating enough to save some extra luggage we had between our visits there. We stayed there before and after a 7 day cruise out of Barcelona. We had traveled to Ireland for a couple of weeks before we arrived in Barcelona so we had cool weather clothing we did not need in Barcelona or on the cruise.

7.87.8

VR
Heterosexual Couple
Germany, Jun 2006

It's nice hotel near rambla. Your can easy walk to catalunya or to columbus.

7.57.5

MICHELE VITIELLO
Group of friends
Italy, Nov 2005

a nice hotel in the ald city of Barcelona

9.59.5

MC
Group of friends
United Kingdom, Sep 2005

As a central location for a sight-seeing visit to Barcelona, the Rialto met all our expectations; being so close to the Rambla gave us the opportunity to see all that happens there - and when the Merce05 parade passed up Ferran, we were delighted ! As indicated above, we think the Rialto is excellent and have recommended it to friends.

8.48.4

JV
Not Specified
Netherlands, Jan 2005

Good, but small room. Nice hotel, excellent location. Price of the room via venere.com quite reasonable, much lower than stated in the hotel itself (januari). Breakfast buffet at 12 euros o.k, but expensive.

7.97.9

Karlheinz Lauda
Not Specified
Austria, Aug 2004

Todo estaba muy bien. Tal vez volveremos. Saludos K.L.

6.66.6

Justen Eischeid
Single leisure traveller
Australia, Aug 2004

The stay was good, but the shower facilities were average, they need to upgrade these for taller people. The room fronted a laneway which was used all night by people passing making loud noise, which disrupted sleeping. This should be looked into with a change in the glass to stop noise from entering the room of an evening. This is the only hotel in Europe that we had to pay for the safe in our room, which we found unusual. All of the other hotels we stayed in around Europ, had this fee of charge in the room.

8.18.1

Fabio Franzoi
Heterosexual Couple
Italy, Jul 2004

bello, in centro, ma rumoroso tutta la notte, se le stanze sono prospicenti alla strada

5.45.4

Jason Taylor
Heterosexual Couple
Ireland, Jun 2004

Great location in the heart of the city's old quarter. The hotel was fine. The only complaint was the room in which we stayed was very small and devoid of almost all natural light.

8.18.1

AR
Single corporate traveller
United Kingdom, Feb 2004

The hotel was very cheap by booking via the web site, so we did not expect a palace. It was comfortable and clean. The location was absolutly perfect; central to all the tourist attractions in Barcelona. My only critism is that the rooms on the front of the hotel meant no sleep all night due to noise! However we were quickly moved to the back of the hotel upon request.

7.87.8

AN
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Jan 2004

My daughter works in Barcelona and I have visited the city four times within the last twleve months this is my first time at the Rialto, the hotel is very central and is two minutes walk to the nearest metro station and all tourist type locations. The hotel is large and clean the rooms are fine with the usual facilities - no radio so unless you can understand spanish tv take some music with you. The downside is that there was a lot of noise from other guests returning back to the hotel late at night and the sound seems to travel very easily and kept us awake. But I think that would be the case in most hotels. Dont ask for a room with a view to the front unless you like noise and are probably one of the late night people. Overall I would recommend the Rialto hotel.

8.28.2

Sandra Reid
Family Group
United Kingdom, Jan 2004

Hotel was good value for money, very clean and tidy.

6.86.8

LOUISE HICKFORD
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Dec 2003

Average hotel, excellent location

7.37.3

MG
Group
Belgium, May 2003

Very good hotel in the center of the city

7.77.7

PW
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Jun 2003

not very welcoming staff but overall a resonable hotel in a good location for the money

7.97.9

Felicity McKane
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, May 2003

Great hotel for the price - you can't really go wrong.

5.25.2

Kate Sutherland
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, May 2003

Was allocated a twin instead of a double room, the double room eventually given had no window and was very noisy next to the lift shaft.

8.28.2

AD
Group of friends
United Kingdom, May 2003

i really enjoyed the hotel,it was a lovely spacious single room,and very clean with clean sheets and towels.

6.36.3

KB
Single leisure traveller
Denmark, Feb 2003

No hot water, heating didn't work, no piped music and there was an extra charge for using the individual safe. I was disappointed by Hotel Rialto.

6.76.7

Melvyn Howard
Family Group
United Kingdom, Jan 2003

On hotel's website all rooms had hairdryers,soundproof,cable TV and piped music.No hairdryer,could hear noises from adjoining rooms and outside and no piped music.No cable TV only local spanish television.When asked at reception about hairdryer was good as told to go out and buy one.But showed a printout of their website had one the next day.Recieved it with no apology .Not very good security with the rooms.Good point that it is very central for site seeing around Barcelona.

2.82.8

Harry Reimers
Heterosexual Couple
Ghana, Nov 2002

not recommendable

7.97.9

PR
Family Group
United Kingdom, Nov 2002

The hotel was very nice and the staff where very nice, although they did not speak english very well. The hotel breakfast was very nice, but the main meals where not so good and very overpriced for what you got on your plate. The rooms we had did not have any outside ventalation so the room was very hot and there was no way of cooling it down at night. In the hallways there was a very pungent smell, I can only asume this was coming from the sewer system, when the hotel was full, and everybody was changing to go out at night. The hot water system failed twice during our stay. I think the system was on a timmer so you cant get a shower till after 5pm, although it was ok in the mornings. Apart from all the above the hotel is very nice and I would go there again..

Map of Rialto in Barcelona

Hotel Rialto - district map district map DISTANCES
From Barcelona-El Prat Airport: 12 km.
From Girona Airport: 130 km.
From Barcelona harbour: 1 km.
From Plaça Catalunya Train Station: 500 metres.
From the Barceloneta beach: 1 km.

How to reach Hotel Rialto

By public transportation
The nearest underground stations are Liceu L3 and Jaume I L4.
Buses n. 17, 19, 40, 45 and 120 run near the hotel.

By airplane
From Barcelona-El Prat International Airport take bus n 46-Pl. Espanya/Aeroport BCN and get off at Pl Espanya-FGC station. Then take underground line 3-Zona Universitària/Canyelles and get off at Liceu stop.

Transport Services Hotel Rialto

  • Bike rental
  • Rent a car in the hotel

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.
Check-out: it is necessary to leave the rooms not later than midday.

INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
In-room safe are not included in the price and costs €2,00 per day.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs €12,10.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cargaremos la primera noche de estancia en caso anulación con menos de 24 horas previas a la llegada del cliente o en caso de no show.
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".

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