canuckuphereathome

Finally ready to book our room in Barcelona at the end of September. Now that another couple is joining us, I'm feeling a little more pressure to pick a good hotel. We are looking for central locale but reasonably priced and Lesli's recommendation of Hostal Central seems to fit the bill. Someone else mentioned they stayed there and got a good room one time and a not so good room another. So I'm trying to find out if there is a specific room folks have stayed in that they would recommend. If I can get a description I can ask for those specific rooms. Thanks.

Lesli

Canuck - I can look at my notes this evening to see if I wrote down the room number or not. But my room was a front-facing twin room with balcony and private bath on the upper floor of the hostal, and it was quite nice.

I believe there is only one other balcony room on that floor.

canuckuphereathome

Hi Lesli-nice to hear from you! If you wouldn't mind having a look at your notes, I'd appreciate it. In another post someone said to ask for "room at end of hall with sitting area and stained glass window"-so not sure where that might be in the hotel. So perhaps if there are two balconied rooms on the floor you stayed on, I could ask for both of them? Wonder if that would work?Can you refresh my memory-approx. how many rooms in this hotel?

Lesli

http://www.hostalcentralbarcelona.com/

The webiste says 13 rooms, which sounds about right. Now that I look at the photos again, it's possible there are 3 or four balconied rooms on each floor. The stained-glass is pictured; that room is on the lower (2nd) floor of the hostal, and may or may not have a private bath.

For what it's worth, I took a peek in the shared baths and they were quite nice and spotlessly clean.

A recent positive review here for the Hostal Girona caused me to bookmark their site for future reference:
http://hostalgirona.com/

I'll take a look at my notes tonight and reply back here to let you know what I found!

Lesli

Okay, Canuk, I found my notes, and although they describe my room in pretty good detail, they do not include an actual room number.

Note to self - include same from now on....

canuckuphereathome

Thanks Lesli...I saw some good reports on Hostal Girona but then one really bad on on another site kind of turned me off! So do you think if I ask for two rooms on the top floor with balcony and private bath at Hostal Central, I should be ok? Canuck

Lesli

Yes, your plan sounds ideal. You most likely would get my room and the one next door, which would work out great!

I thought this place was really good value for money, and the staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful.
Hope you have a similar experience.

Please report back after your return.