Located in the heart of Barcelona, in a strategic quarter between Pelayo and Ronda Universitat streets, next to the Plaza Cataluna and the world famous Ramblas, is the City Park Hotel Pelayo. It is housed in a small, exclusive and majestic bulding typical of Barcelona's architecture. Belonging to the select City Park Hoteles Chain, the City Park Hotel Pelayo makes use of the best advances in technology, while still managing to maintain it's charm. The rooms have all the comfort that a you would expect from a 4 star hotel. Excellent service is not only a goal, it's company policy. Barcelona prides itself on its individuality. The first thing to understand about the region of Catalunya, of which Barcelona is the leading city, is that it is not really Spain, despite the fact that it uses Spanish money, pays Spanish taxes, votes in Spanish national elections and is technically still a part of Spain. It is a semiautonomous region, one that has its own special history and language, which it has fought arduously to preserve. In fact, for years the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco tried, unsuccessfully, to eradicate the Catalan language and erase the Catalonian identity.
This hotel is in a perfect location, with the metro right outside your door, shops, and las ramblas being a 5 minute walk away. The area seemed safe as well, even when walking home very late.
The hotel was clean and the staff were friendly and helpful, especially on reception. Breakfast was limited, but not out of the ordinary. It is just your average continental breakfast.
Overall, this was exactly what we wanted. It is the perfect hotel for a city break.
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Review by:
Scott,
San Diego, United States
Stayed: Nov 2007
Customer Rating:
The location is great and convenient. The room itself, while small, was comfortable. The problems were that when I booked this hotel, it stated that it had Internet in the room, but there was none available in the hotel. I was on a business trip, so that made it pretty bad for me. Also, the room had no TV remote control. When asked the front desk they said that there is none. Lastly, even though I had a room up on the 5th floor, you could still hear the street noise below.
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Karen,
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Stayed: Oct 2007
Customer Rating:
Just returned from a 3 night stay at the Citypark Pelayo, Barcelona with a group of 6 girls. This hotel is in an excellent location just 5 mins walk from the Plaza Cataluna where the airport bus drops you off and where you can catch the excellent open top tourist bus. The rooms are very clean, plenty of hot water and the beds are very comfortable. There were some complimentary cold drinks in the fridge on arrival - a nice touch! Staff are very helpful and the buffet breakfast is just what you need to set you up for the day. There is a metro station just outside the door which is great for a quick trip to the marina/harbour or you can walk down the Ramblas which is just a 5 min walk away. Plenty of restaurants and shops nearby.
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