Hesperia Sant Joan Suites

Comfortable, but far from main atractions

this hotel is very comfortable and th attention is excellent, but you will need to rent a car to be able to go to Barcelona. If you can rent a car you will be fine.. it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to be where the action is.

Great hotel even though away from city center

The hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. The rooms are large and comfortable. The location is far from where the Barcelona action is but we have no problem at all taking the tram which is just one block away and then tranferring to the Metro. It only takes about 35-40 minutes to get to La Rambla. The tram is very clean and modern. Also, one can get a discount by booking the breafast buffet the day before for a very reasonable price of 8.5 Euro. It was a nice place to stay and you get to see the real Barcelona too.

Great Hotel, Slightly Out of the Way

The hotel is great and we were able to get an amazing price on the room for 4 nights. The only downside is the location. Buses bring you close but it is a pretty good distance from any of the sites in Barcelona. You are easily an hour or longer away from all of the sites. One night we stayed out late and had to walk an hour from the closest metro stop at night. Kind of a hike. The neighborhood is really nice and there are a few bars and restaurants less than 5 minutes away. Everything being said, unless you are looking to really save money, I would stay closer to downtown.

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Far away from everything

This was a fairly decent hotel for the price but it was ridiculously far away from everything we wanted to see and do - just a warning for anyone wanting to go to old Barcelona and Las Ramblas etc. Also there was a lot of construction work going on right outside the hotel so it was loud the whole extent of our stay.

Outstanding Hotel

great hotel, great service, clean rooms. Miguel is the best!

Hesperia Sant Joan Suites Outstanding service

kWe were very pleased with the Hotel. We had very nice room and it was very clean. The front desk lady during the day was very helpful and pleasent. I would stay there again if we ever go back to Barcelona.

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Great apartment for the $$, but a fraction far from the city

Great staff - awesome having an apartment with a kitchen for self catering. Loads of room and a gym was a plus. Would recommend - just be prepared for a fair journey to Barcelona downtown (but worth it!!)

Nice staff

Very nice staff

Service with a Snarl

English-speaking tourists beware! Although the night staff of this hotel appears to be highly proficient in the English language, they appear to resent having to use it. We found the evening desk clerk to be sarcastic and at times, insulting. Since the Hotel restaurant is closed on weekends, we had to seek food elsewhere. There are no decent restraunts within walking-distance for families with children, so we ordered pizza to be delivered using a firm that the Hotel recommended. They refused to place the order for us (even though the employee answering the pizza company's phone could not speak English), and when 1 of the pizzas arrived burned, they initially refused to help us communicate with the restaurant. They only did so begrudgingly after the restaurant asked that I have them call. 90 minutes later, we got our replacement pizza. If you want to drink a beverage from the honor bar, you have to take it down to the front desk to use a bottle opener. The Hotel is located off of the highway, in an area undergoing a lot of construction, so it is very isolated. We stayed 1 Saturday night, and heard what sounded like fireworks going off and several loud explosions during the night. To get to the Metro, one has to walk about 7 blocks to get to a tram station with an automated ticket booth (be sure to have lots of change or a credit card with a PIN number, and again, brush up on your Spanish, as there are no other languages offered by the machine) and ride the tram to the closest Metro station. We wound up hiking back to the Hotel and taking a taxi into town-about 13 euros. I would NOT recommend this hotel to families or anyone who would like easy access to dining or transport into downtown Barcelona. We did not feel particularly safe here, and the night staff was very inhospitable.

from California's perspective

It is about 35 minutes by TRAM and METRO to get to downtown. NOTHING close as far as resturants! Hotel is in a residential area. We were hoping to be closer to downtown but worked out okay cause TRAM was close.