Situated just steps from Barcelona’s main conference and exhibition centre, the Travelodge Barcelona Fira offers guest simple budget accommodation near excellent transport links to the airport and city centre. Rooms are of the clean, modern and no-nonsense variety, and feature private bathrooms, air conditioning, work desks, tea/coffee stations and TV’s. Early check in is possible for a small additional fee. Reception is open 24 hours, and Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel for a fee. A buffet breakfast is available every morning, while there are vending machines for snacks and drinks when feeling a bit peckish. Reception staff will be happy to offer dining recommendations for other meals. There is a metro station just steps away, from where you can be whisked to central Barcelona or the airport in no time at all. Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia Cathedral is 5.7 miles from Travelodge Barcelona Fira.
The hotel is close to the Fira Metro Station, which is on a line with convenient access to both the airport and central Barcelona. While guests describe the trip to central Barcelona as taking about 30 minutes, this doesn't seem to bother many, and they are grateful for the straightforward metro connection.
To be honest, the hotel does not get overall good reviews from guests looking for regular Barcelona street life and beach life. But it is very close to Barcelona's main trade fair grounds, and other venues, and guests attending events there couldn't be any happier about the location.
This statement came up again and again in reviews. Not in a negative way, but as a way of saying that guests accepted that they paid budget prices for a basic room some distance from the centre, and that is exactly what the hotel delivered.
While guests accepted that they were staying in a budget hotel, many did not find it acceptable to be charged extra for Wi-Fi. Considering the central importance of connectivity nowadays they felt it should have been included in the room rate.
A few guests pointed out that their rooms had no in-room temperature control for the air conditioning. Since room temperature is notorious for being very much a matter of personal taste, this did cause some unhappiness.
Unfortunately quite a few guests mention that they initially had to share their room with one or two of these, before killing them. There seems to be a plague of cockroaches in the area, and the hotel has not got a firm grip on the situation.
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