Silken Gran Havana Hotel Barcelona

The beaches are warm and clean. There are umbrellas and lounge chairs you can rent for 8 euros each. Some of the women do not wear bikini tops, some do. The beaches do not have many shells and the sand is smooth on the feet. The waves are very relaxing and the tide doesn't pull hard.

Four stars overall may be a bit generous. Lovely exterior, nice attempt at a contemporary fusion in the interior (though it already has a dated feel). Staff by and large were friendly and helpful, but could get short with you if you asked too many questions. Very tolerant of late rising, which is important in Barcelona. We upgraded to the Club room, and were glad we did (though at check-in a misunderstanding about single or double beds almost had us downgraded back to the regular rooms without a rebate - I had to query the sudden loss of perks such as free coffee and pastries in order to discover the mistake). Roof-top terrace was a lovely way to end the day, but could be better staffed. Meal sized tapas available, but no snacks to go with your drinks. Bizzarely, any drink ordered (from a tripple gin and tonic to a caraffe of sangria for two) cost 10 euros. They annoyingly pushed us to add on the breakfast. It was not included and regular price would have been 18 euros for the buffet (they offered a special of 14 euros for our stay). Alas for them, coffee and pastries on our own schedule was exactly what we preferred for breakfast. Don't get me wrong. Overall it was a very good experience. And the location can't be beat! It really can't. But we got the distinct impression that just a little scratch of the surface would reveal an unpleasant odour of cost minimizing and profit maximising. It's the sort of place that you may the value at full price, but are really, really pleased to have gotten a special rate. Yes, I would stay there again, but we are both of a mind to go one step up and find a 5 star next time.

The hotel staff were friendly, the room was always cleaned well, extra little thoughtful things done by staff eg chocolates in pillows, good views from the rooftop terrace, close to Plaza Catalunya, buses, trains, metro, etc.

Kind and friendly staff but my room has no view and it was extremely close to elevators which meant that I didn't have a quiet nights sleep As with Barcelona everything is easy and convenient to get to from Silken Gran and as I said staff were mostly very friendly and helpful

good central location, walking distance to old city

good stay but hotel torre catalunya is better quality and value

Friendly staff, clean elegantly appointed rooms, and great location. The only negative and reason that this did not get a 5 Start review was that the wireless Internet service was slow at peak hours. With that exception, this was a great hotel and I will definitely stay here in the future in Barcelona. In fact, they seem to have Silken Hotels all over Spain and if they are all like this then you can't really go wrong.

All in all the staff and lobby seating areas were wonderful. Sometimes the information at the desk was not always totally correct but the staff was wonderfully polite and helpful.

hôtel confortable, bien situé dans le centre de Barcelone, petit déjeuner copieux et excellent, chambre confortable bien qu'un peu bruyante côté rue, on aurait pu attendre un peu plus d'attention et d'implication face à nos questionnements de la part du personnel de la réception ( le réceptionniste ne nous a pas indiqué qu'on pouvait acheter nos entrées pour la sagrada familia via la banque caxia et ainsi éviter la file d'attente)

Trevligt hotell med bra standard. Trevlig personal