The Hotel Constanza - a chic hotel in Barcelona
As Barcelona is such a popular tourist destination, deciding on a place to stay in this city, where accommodation is in such high demand, is not easy, but at only €150 ($165) for a suite with kitchen, the Hotel Constanza offers very good value for money. Located in a quiet street in an upmarket residential area of Barcelona, this hotel is a midrange business hotel, but lacks the drab decor that most business hotels seem to have, and instead, has a clean contemporary feel, with chic decor and comfortable bedrooms with marble floors, tiled bathrooms and pleasant balconies offering lovely views over the city. The staff are efficient and friendly, and most guests say that they would come back here.
Despite its quiet location, the Constanza is within about ten minutes walk of the Plaza Catalunya, Bus Touriste, Corte Ingles, and Las Ramblas.
The hotel offers a continental breakfast of yogurt, cereal, juice, pastries, and coffee or tea, for around six euros.
There is free internet access, but not wireless.
Not far from the hotel is Txapela, a tapas restaurant with an exhaustive selection of reasonably priced tapas. There are other good restaurants close to the hotel, offering a variety of international foods.
The only quibble that people seem to have at all about this hotel is that, because of the marble floors, you can hear people in neighbouring rooms a bit too easily. Nevertheless, the hotel is still highly rated, and offers a good deal in a city where accommodation is a seller’s market.
