Itaca

Yuk, I did not like this hostel. The hostel and not the Apartment rentals were only one floor with 3 – 4 rooms of about 8 people each. Definitely a smaller hostel itself.
Location: located right next to the cathedral and walking distant to las rambas and the aero bus. Central location and fairly closed to the downtown area.
Hostel-​Rooms were decent sizes. A female and male bathroom (which I didn’t know because when I came it was late and I didn’t see the picture of a guy on the guys bathroom and used the guys bathroom during my whole stay there! And finally saw it on the last day… was wondering why I saw no girls using this one…) hahaha.
There was no curfew so you get drunk people walking in a 3am! The doors were weird and nobody ever locked it.
Wifi only works in dining and lounging area. Breakfast was your typical cereal and bread thing. They lock up the lounging area after a certain time.
I had a towel that was smaller than most and it looked like a hand towel, they took it by mistake and took them he next day to find it when it was just in their dirty laundry basket! I was mad! They didn’t even offer me another towel to shower or anything. I hung the towel in the room and try just took it. I finally got it back all wet still and she was like we can wash it for it, it was effing late and I was leaving the next day! Had to pack. But when they were looking for it they kept saying oh were washing it right now, turned out to be in their dirty laundry basket. So irritated. I did not like this hostel. It was okay, small, and iono something about it…

Très bonne auberge de jeunesse.
A 5 minutes du centre ville, personnel très agréable et l’hôtel comporte une cuisine équipée à la disposition des locataires.
Qualité prix défiant toute concurrence.

Itaca is a great hostel in the middle of everything in Barcelona. It is literally a 30 second walk from the Catedral and some great restaurants and shopping, and a 5 minute walk to the main street by the water and a really cool shot bar! The staff was really friendly and helpful in telling us places to eat and watch futball. We stayed in a 8 person dorm room which felt comfortable and cozy. There’s no curfew or lock out time or anything, so we were able to nap during the day and stay out at night! I’ve heard about a few bigger party hostels like Kabul, which might have been more fun and conducive to meeting other young people, but I had no problems with Itaca in terms of a place to stay.
The bathrooms weren’t the best, but they weren’t the worst either. The only real problem was that the showers were operated by a button that you had to press every thirty seconds, or the water went off.
I would absolutely stay here again if I were coming to Barcelona and recommend it to others.

Salgo a menudo y soy de las personas a las que no le cuesta conocer a gente nueva de forma espontánea. Vivo en el Gótico y esto es fácil. No soy una anti-​guiri en absoluto. De hecho… El discursillo anti-​guiri me empieza a tener un poco harta. El caso es que ya van tres veces que he conocido a gente que, mientras visitaba Barcelona, se alojaba en el albergue Itaca. Y las tres veces me han hablado maravillas. Aparte de estar situado en una calle tranquila del Gótico –un gran qué-​, las propietarias lo han creado intentando reproducir lo que más les ha gustado de los múltiples lugares en donde se han hospedado en sus viajes. ¡Y la cosa les ha salido muy bien! Itaca tiene una atmósfera joven, cálida y hospitalaria que hace que la gente se encuentre a gusto y lo recomiende.
¿En cuanto a los precios? Creo la cosa ronda entre los 12 y los 25 € por cama. ¡Pero, ah, che! Con sábanas y toallas incluidas. Con servicio de libros, cafetería, buena música, cocina equipada, desayuno, internet, taquilla con llave, guarda equipajes y… ¡Lo más importante! ¡Información turística de calidad! ¡Ah! Y si quieres habitación doble o un pequeño apartamento para 6 personas… ¡También lo tienen! No sé yo, eh… Mi piso es mono pero… ¡Me están entrando ganas tremendas de mudarme!