Hesperia Tower Hotel Barcelona

Last minute work situation came up and we had to postpone our 4 day/3 night in Barcelona a couple of weeks. However, the hotel would not work with us. We had to pay for those days. We were even willing to pay a fee to change date, they said "No, you will pay for these 3 nights and pay full price when you come back in 2 weeks. We are not staying at this hotel when we go back.

No ice machines - you have to call room service to get ice. No water/soda machines - the minibar has water for $5 per .5L bottle

Floor to ceiling windows and amazing bathroom set. But pretty much everything reception did was wrong. They gave us a a two-single bedroom when checking in at 3pm even though we had been promised a king size when we arrived in the morning at 10am. Later the king was not available any more except smoking. No excuse, no compensation.

The hotel is a skyscraper in a cold design, the service is near by a good 3 or 4 stars, the cleaning even (if you try the baths near to the recpetion, you can see how it is destroyed). But the rooms are comfortable and with discounts is cheap and with the underground in 20 minutes you are in the center. It's a classic business location, but good for a quite holyday.

expect to pay for EVERY LITTLE THING. we chose this hotel for the "free shuttle service" to the airport and cataluna before we headed back to london. the airport shuttle runs in the morning and not again until late afternoon. NOT VERY CONVENIENT! then, the shuttle to cataluna will take you there, but not back. wasnt the worse thing because the metro will take you right back from there. but the worst of it was that they CHARGED TO USE THE POOL! then, if you wanted to check out one minute past noon, it was 10 euros per hour. lame....that being said, one of the most gorgeous hotels ive stayed in....but nothing around it at all, awful location.

Visited Las Rambles downtown Barcelona. We loved the location even though there is not much close to hotel. The train was walking distance and we didn't mind taking it the 4 days when we stayed there. The hotel Shuttle would drop us off downtown (10-15 minutes) in the a.m. or p.m. but we would only have to take the train back to hotel. You do have to pay a fee for the fitness center (inculded the pools). We didn't have time for this cause there is so much to see downtown Barcelona and that was our purpose for this trip. Staff was friendly and helpful. Restaurant was too expensive for us. We only ordered coffee for two and paid (U.S.) with tax about $8.00 the first morning. After that we ate at downtown Barcelona Cafe breakfast for much less. Would stay again at this hotel if we ever return.

2 nights early May 2011. We did the usual Barcelona sightseeing, but selected this hotel because it was a quick commute to the airport to catch our homeward bound flight. The rooms are fairly spacious, very modern. We had issues with the AC, but the hotel moved us to another room. We used the Metropolitan Spa at day's end to recuperate in the pool and sauna. The Tower Club offered snacks and beverages from 8 AM to 11 PM and we recommend purchasing this upgrade. Views from this high rise hotel are spectacular and the full body showers are a delight! It's about 20 minutes into downtown with the free hotel shuttle or the inexpensive Metro.

Close to old town and metro. Hotel was clean and room was ok.

The hotel itself was great: clean, friendly staff, has a shuttle into the city center, airport, and the beach even (however, these could are not as frequent as I would've liked). I just wish it was closer to the center of the city.

The hotel staff was extremely friendly overall. There were some issues with clarity. For example, I asked them if I could get ice for the bucket that was provided in the room and the front desk told me that I would have to call room service, which ended up charging me 5 Euro for a very small bucket of ice. Ice was available the whole time at the bar down stairs. The location is not near the main part of the city at all. It was about 15 stops on the metro from the nearest active part of the city. The hotel was extremely clean and the staff was as helpful as possible. Overall, it was a great stay, but I would recommend looking at something a little closer to the coast line or city center.