Hotel Alba ***

July/2007 Someone from nürnberg thinks:

• Overall rating: 6.7
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Zentral und Sauberkeit
• Negative: Etwas laut
• I RECOMMEND it for... Handicapped
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Families, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 2.5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

July/2007 Someone from Australia thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.3
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Location - just down from the Ramblas Free internet
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Couples, Budget travelers, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Peace seekers, Handicapped
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 2.5
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 7.5

June/2007 Someone from mexico thinks:

• Overall rating: 10
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: la ubicacion, el servicio, la seguridad de la entrada, la privacidad, la amabilidad
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Couples, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Budget travelers, Healthy lifestyle
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: Not rated
• Location: Not rated
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: Not rated
• Quietness: Not rated
• Room: Not rated
• Value for money: Not rated

June/2007 Someone from Ireland thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.4
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Location
• Negative: Noise and lack of breakfast
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Budget travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Business travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10 Brilliant location!
• Common facilities and services: 5
• Staff: 5 Well they seemed nice but I don%27t think much services were offered really - just a bed!
• Quietness: Not rated Very noisy area
• Room: 7.5 Room was fine. Lack of airconditioning would be a problem in the hotter months (I was there in June).
• Value for money: 5 Good location but very expensive for no breakfast!

June/2007 Someone from Germany thinks:

• Overall rating: 4.2
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive:
• Negative: The Service was not really well. No English speaking personal. The establishment is on a small but loud street. But very near La Rambla.
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Business travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
• Cleanliness: 5
• Location: 5
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: Not rated
• Quietness: Not rated
• Room: 2.5
• Value for money: 5

June/2007 Someone from UK thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.2
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: friendly staff
• Negative: street noise
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Couples, Handicapped, Budget travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Luxury, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

June/2007 Someone from Dresden, Germany thinks:

• Overall rating: 3.3
• Would you recommend it? No
• Positive: It is situated in right in the city centre and easy to reach by public transport.
• Negative: We booked a two bed room. Finally we ended up in a so called double bed room with one large bed and an extra bed in a very tiny room. For that we had to pay 100 euros a night which is not justified at all. A reduction in price was not offered altough we didi not get what we had booked. I felt cheated in a way. Not exactly recommendable.
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Business travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
• Cleanliness: 10 The cleanliness was exceptional.
• Location: 7.5 It is situated right between the Rambla Catalunya and the Rambla de Raval.
• Common facilities and services: Not rated There is nothing except your room.
• Staff: 2.5 It took the clerk ages to organize everything. His English was poor. We arrived at around two o%27clock and the room was not ready yet.
• Quietness: Not rated This part of the city is not quiet at all. Not even at nighttime.
• Room: 2.5 The room was clean but tiny. There was no air condition.
• Value for money: Not rated This hotel is far to expensive.

June/2007 Someone from Japan thinks:

• Overall rating: 5.2
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive: reasonable price and location
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Budget travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Business travelers
• Cleanliness: Not rated
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 5
• Staff: 2.5
• Quietness: 2.5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

May/2007 Someone from New Zealand thinks:

• Overall rating: 7
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: central location
• Negative: noise
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Couples, Budget travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Luxury, Peace seekers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10 Friendly manager and staff
• Quietness: 2.5 Quite noisey
• Room: 5 nice room but only a fan for heat
• Value for money: 7.5

May/2007 Someone from Switzerland thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.4
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: the location and the design
• Negative: the noise
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Couples, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Travelers with a car
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Families, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Business travelers, Healthy lifestyle
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10 Due to the location it could be from time to time quite noisy.
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 10 It exceeds my expectations!!