Park HotelEditor's Pick

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The large, three-star Park Hotel has 91 rooms and a fresh, contemporary style. In addition to being near myriad cafés and restaurants, the Park is located just a few blocks from the port and beach, making it ideal in the summer months.

Guest rooms are large by Barcelona standards, with all the necessities plus cushy beds with oversized pillows. Decorated in beiges, browns and tans, they are tastefully adorned with minimal frill and low-key sophistication. All rooms have a flat-screen television, desk, telephone, air conditioning and minibar. Windows are soundproof, important given the traffic that cruises down Avenida Marques de Argentera. Some of the best rooms on the sixth floor have large balconies (ask ahead).

Bathrooms are small and basic, but new and outfitted with normal amenities (soap, shampoo, towels, water glasses). Some have windows and tubs.

The Park Hotel was built in the 1950s in a modern post-war style that was very unique at the time. Its psychedelic spiral staircase is still of interest to many European architecture students, who occasionally visit to snap a photo or make some sketches of the dizzying red flight of steps. The Park’s owner also runs Hotel CRAM, one of Barcelona’s most luxurious design hotels in the Eixample.

Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel. A buffet breakfast is served in the dining room for an additional €12, still steep even though it includes bacon, eggs, OJ and “the works.” There is a 1950s-style bar/café in the hotel, with large windows perfect for people-watching over a café con leche. The hotel also has a parking lot (a hard thing to find in Barcelona!) near near the premises for about €25 a day.

During the last 15 years, La Ribera has undergone a huge makeover, and it’s now one of the leading locations for drinking and dining in Barcelona (we recommend dinner at the tasty and creative Salero Restaurant). Plus, with Estacio Franca across the street from the hotel, getting to and from the airport is a snap.

» Regina WB

Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.