Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya

NOISY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS IN AUGUST 2015.
I really wanted to like this hotel especially from all the great reviews and we live in NYC so we are used to noise, but we (my husband, my 3 year old toddler son & I) unfortunately had two nights and our sleep affected by nearby loud continuous noises from an amusement park and concert.
Pros:
Modern, clean & comfortable rooms
Professional & friendly staff
Location & Convenience (near train/​subway stations).
Cons:
Noisy on Friday and Saturday nights (can’t speak about other nights)
Pool not in the actual hotel, but in an adjacent hotel.
We stayed two nights on a Friday and Saturday night in a room facing the parking lot away from traffic, but it faced an amusement park set up and concert that ran each night until 3am on Saturday morning and 4am on Sunday morning. We could hear the roller coaster riders and an adjacent concert/​announcer continuously throughout the night.
I’m disappointed as we weren’t warned ahead of time by the staff and when we checked in, the staff noted that the room facing the parking lot would be quieter than the other rooms. My in-​laws stayed in a room facing the streets and they didn’t have problems with noise.
Would be a good hotel were it not for the nearby noise through the middle of the night.

A caring staff, and spacious rooms with many amenities make this the perfect hotel with an awesome location adjacent to the train station, and a tour bus stop. Excellent breakfast can be included on the rooftop restaurant (highly recommend). Grand views in every direction from you room. Bathrooms are huge with walk in showers designed for multiple occupants, and large separate tub, a toilet room with bidet, and an exceptionally large vanity area with double sinks. Pleasant work area in the rooms as well. Those are the pluses. Only minuses are the dreadful instant coffee available in room. An upgrade to a Keurig style machine would make this amenity sparkle. The only other downside is there are about 70 channels of television, but only 2 are broadcast in English. A SAP device would easily solve this. We spent little time in front of the telly anyway. Barcelona is all about drinking in the spectacular scenery, architecture styles, and the marvelous people who get to call Barcelona their home. This is a super hotel. Worth a visit.

Room was comfortable, with a great modern bathroom of granite and marble. Reasonable rate via
. Staff was terrific, helpful, multi-​lingual, and friendly! There was a very slight delay in getting into our room, and we found an «excuse me» small bottle of champaign in our room in the evening — an unnecessary, but very pleasant, surprise. Perfect location just across from the Sants RR station for our train reservations the next morning. Convenient to metro and able to walk to the Place d’Espanya, the «magic fountains»; etc. Would have given the hotel 5 stars if the room had been a little larger and the fitness center had better/​more recent equipment.

Hotel de 4 estrellas, no céntrico aunque situado al lado de la estación de Sants, decoración nada fuera de lo habitual para un hotel de 4* de ciudad, pequeña piscina y sauna a lo que ellos llaman spa… Y porque lo valoras tan alto? Te preguntarás.
Hay 2 cosas que me fascinan de éste hotel en particular.
Un día normal de turismo o de trabajo en el que llegas a la habitación corres las cortinas y te encuentras toda Barcelona a través de grandes ventanales, así que te metes en la cama y mientras cierras los ojos ves, como la ciudad se va durmiendo a tus pies. Y tal y como se durmió abres los ojos y que mejor forma de empezar el día que viendo como sale el sol y la ciudad se despierta contigo.
Imagínate que te levantas, te das una ducha y coges el ascensor para ir a desayunar; y cuando ser abren las puertas te encuentras con un precioso comedor prácticamente acristalado que te ofrece unas vistas de 360 grados de la ciudad impresionantes; y anonadado por tan espectaculares vistas te encuentras un buffé dónde el ejemplo de «es mejor la calidad que la cantidad» se cumple a la perfección: exquisitos minibocadillos, amplio surtido de pastas, frutas, y los habituales elementos del desayuno anglosajón (huevos revueltos, bacon…). Y desayunas tan distraído por la vista que el desayuno se te hace corto mientras de vez en cuando charlas con tu pareja o lees el periódico. Menos mal que aún queda el café!
La segunda es que ese mismo comedor donde hemos desayunado se utiliza también para cenas. Lo que llaman el restaurante panorámico Visual donde la gastronomía pasa a ser toda una experiencia de sensaciones, pero el comentario del restaurante, si me lo permitís, lo escribiré en otro post.
Un saludo!

We loved everything about this hotel, but especially the welcoming and friendly service that we received here. From the minute we walked in, Natalya at the front desk made us feel welcomed.
The price was fantastic for a 4 star hotel but for extra just 13 Euro we got upgraded to an even larger suite. I booked directly from the hotel’s website, and I think that was the best rate I found online. I don’t think I have stayed in a room as big anywhere in Europe.
The room was large and had a large wall size floor to ceiling window with very nice view of Barcelona. The bed was comfy, good linens. We were up on the 18^th floor so the noise level from the street was minimal. The bathroom was great as well with both walk-​in showers and a tub.
The hotel is situated right next to Sans station and Sans Metro stop. Very convenient, we took subway everywhere and it was nice an easy. The airport was only a 20 minute ride using the R2 line that is right across the street from the hotel at the train station. Additionally, the stop for the Hop-​on-​hop-​off bus is right across the street as well. It was also walking distance from the Magic fountain, which proved to be quite convenient.
I have not a single complain about this hotel. It’s large, bright, welcoming with great staff. Front desk staff spoke English perfectly. We chatted for a while and even got an amazing dinner recommendation.
Downstairs at the spa, which we did not use, we also chatted with Alla. She spoke a multitude of languages, including my native Russian. It was very pleasant.
I would recommend this hotel in a heartbeat to anyone!

Nice and clean hotel close to the Sants station in Barcelona with nice views from the room (above level 15).
The Montjuic Fountains are within walking distance and there are plenty of restaurants in the area.
The Visual restaurant on top of the hotel is also nice. They have a nice variety for breakfast, the food was fresh and the price was decent.

Perfect 4 star hotel for us. We were originally driving in from Madrid and at the last minute changed our mind and flew straight into Barcelona. So thankful we did as it was an exhausting flight. We arrived at the hotel around noon and our room was not ready yet so the young lady at the front desk offered for us to leave all of our gazillion luggage in a locked up secure room. It was awesome so we would not have to drag luggage around.
We of course went walking to explore the area. This hotel is not in a touristy area, It is right next door to the train station and a beautiful park area, with many shops and restaurants nearby. We had a wonderful afternoon walking around the city and just wanted to finally relax. Between jet lag and the 6 hour time change for us we were beat.
The lobby is very pretty, very clean with a nice gym, spa and computer room located on the bottom level. My husband had requested a high floor and again the very nice young lady made sure to get us a beautiful suite on the top floor. When we walked into the room I was very pleased. Huge living area, dining room, very lovely bath area with a huge California King bed with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the entire city from every room. It had marble floors throughout, extremely clean and even had a half bathroom. Plenty closet and drawer space as well. Also free wifi. Our bed was covered in rose petals with robes and slippers awaiting.
Around 8pm that evening I hear a knock on the door and hubby had ordered room service for our special occasion. Wow, what a spread. Champagne bucket with flutes, tapas, cheese, meats, chocolate dipped strawberries, oh it was beautiful. The hotel also included a gorgeous personalized printed card wishing us a Happy Anniversary. The guy set up our table with all that we needed. He was excellent. The food came from the restaurant located upstairs in the hotel. Everything was fabulous and so delicious, no complaints at all.
After eating and drinking I was ready to relax. Oh wait another knock on the door as I opened it a nice lady came in with tons of candles and told me she would be running me a bath. The bath tub was large and she lit candles, put them all around the tub, she then added bath salts and covered the tub in rose petals. Yes I was loving life and felt so utterly spoiled and pampered.
I took my Champagne and relaxed in the tub for about an hour. From the moment we arrived to when we left I was very pleased with the suite, and the service was wonderful. We stayed two nights and it was perfect. I enjoyed the location, easy to hop on a train or bus from.
The hotel does seem to be aging gracefully but they need to modernize it a bit. The outside needs some updating, although I loved the water fountains out front.
The bar and café area inside the hotel on the first level is nice with the outside patio but I would not suggest eating there. The food was not very good.
As far as prices for the hotel it is not cheap to stay here but well worth it. Classy, elegant, and very clean.
Thank you to the entire staff, we enjoyed our visit very much and you truly are a four star hotel. Your attention to detail did not go unnoticed.

Akzeptables Hotel, wenn man die spanische Sterneneinteilung kennt.
Dennoch war das Hotel für eine Städtereise völlig ok, man kann ja auch für einen günstigen Preis keinen Luxus erwarten.
Das Mobiliar ist abgewohnt uns zeigt dies mit Gebrauchspuren, jedoch das Personal gleicht dies mit der Freundlichkeit und Zuvorkommenheit locker wieder aus.
Wir waren in einen der gündstigeren unteren Zimmern und waren auch zufrieden. Den Ausblick genossen wir kostenlos jeden Morgen beim Frühstück, das im Pauschalpreis beinhaltet war. Frühstück nicht extra dazubuchen das lohnt sich nicht für dieses Geld bekommt man außerhalb besseres.
Wir werden wieer kommen, da die Lage des Hotels hervorragend ist.

Preis Leistung ist OK der Rest ist grade noch gut. Da wir unser Zimmer recht weit oben hatte war die Aussicht echt klasse ansonsten gab es die üblichen Annehmlichkeiten. Das Frühstück war nur Durchschnitt.
Die Lage ist günstig mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln ist alles schnell erreichbar. ICh würde wieder hier buchen

Good 4-​star hotel but check-​in is excruciatingly slow as the staff appear to have been trained to be unnecessarily finicky about everything. We got a room on the 18^th floor which would be worth asking for as it had big windows with a great view over the city. We asked for a double bed and were given twin beds covered with one double mattress and double bedding –not ideal, but acceptable (I cannot understand why there is such endemic scarcity of double beds in Spain –Spanish couples don’t sleep together, apparently). We decided to skip the optional breakfast and use instead one of the cafés on the station square –big mistake as their service was appalling and the food quality and choice dismal. Do have breakfast at the hotel, it will be worth every cent!!!

This is a very nice and clean hotel where I had a room for four nights during a fair last year.
The personal is very friendly, absolutely no problems.
The rooms are large enough, very clean and comfortable. There is an ice dispenser for your drinks on every floor. The bathrooms are nice, large and clean. Only air conditions could be to cool for some people, but you can change the settings.
Alltogether a place I can recommend easily.

Tolles und sehr komfortabeles Hotel in Messenähe. Sehr guter Service und freundliches Personal

Hotel de cuatro estrellas muy bien situado en la conocida Avenida Diagonal de Barcelona.
El hotel en si, tiene una decoración fina y elegante, las instalaciones están como nuevas.
También tienen un bonito SPA del cual podemos disfrutar, pequeñito pero acogedor. La habitación era amplia y equipada, con mucha luz, y con el más mínimo detalle ofreciendo una gran comodidad.
El precio está sobre unos 90 – 95 euros, pero la verdad es que están bien pagados, el hotel está muy bien.

We booked this hotel in 10 minutes flat whilst sitting in an internet café in Spain. Thanks to
and the feedback system, this was very easy, and like others we chose this hotel in view of it’s proximity to the main Saints station. For the traveller this is the right choice, as to move around Barcelona the Metro system is the only sensible option. A T10 ticket allows 10 trips on the Metro system and only costs 7.25 Euros. It was also very nice to return to a quieter area of Barcelona at the end of a busy day. The hotel was an excellent and typical 4 star business style hotel. Our room (801) was a large twin bedded room which had also had the benefit of a large walk in shower as well as a bath. The only couple of small letdowns, were the lack of tea /​coffee making facilities in the room and the mini ironing board which was almost useless. We did not use any of the hotel facilities, so we cannot comment on them. We also did not use the hotel restaurant or have breakfast in the hotel. Breakfast would have been 16 Euros per head, discounted to 14 Euros per head if you booked in advance, so we took the opportunity to go next door to a café where 4 croissants and two coffees cost 7.20 Euros. The café also supplied a cooked breakfast for around 5 Euros. The value of our two night stay was excellent. It may be because we booked last minute or the fact that it was in August (hot and few businessmen), but the two nights cost 199.02 Euros, with first night costing 96.30 Euros and the second night costing 102.72 Euros. I have no idea why there was a difference. The staff were extremely polite and efficient, and the information they gave us, as it was our first trip to Barcelona, was very helpful. I would stay at this hotel again if returning to Barcelona.

A bright, modern and friendly hotel in central Barcelona located right next to Sants train station.
Staff were friendly and very helpful — they took the time to share their knowledge of local attractions and wrote down useful information about getting about in Barcelona on arrival at the hotel.
The room was spotless and very well kitted out, with a good size widescreen TV, air conditioning, a sturdy safe and a huge bathroom. The bed was very comfortable although the sheets were a little thin for my liking.
Would definitely recommend this place as a base if you are staying in the city as the hotel is a very enjoyable place to stay and is also well connected to local transport links.