This was our first experience staying at a hostel, and it was a great one. The place is very clean, which is important. The staff is very friendly and helpful (especially the 3 guys that work there), they were able to give us some advice for sightseeing and restaurants.There is a refrigerator in the common area and a kitchen with dishes and cookware that can be used. The lockers are not in the rooms, but in a hallway next to the office with video surveillance. Some reviewers didn't like this, but lockers aren't exactly quiet so I preferred this. The common areas (kitchen, computers and living room) close at midnight. If you aren't being noisy, the staff will most likely let you hang out after that time, but if the noise gets too loud they might ask you to go to the pub across the street. I know that this was an issue for some. In my opinion, it is more important to be able to sleep when you need to than to hang out in the common area after midnight. There are a couple of bars really close where everyone can go hang out after midnight. There are 3 showers. this didn't seem like a lot considering that there are 2 or 3 8 bed dorms and a private room, but I never had to wait to get a shower. If you forget something, there are free toiletries to use that other travelers have left behind. The common area has 3 computers to use for free and there is also free wi-fi. There are outlets in the common area and in the rooms. Our suitcase didn't fit in the lockers, so we put our somewhat valuable items in there and then put the suitcase under our bed. There are also cubby spaces for each bed in the dorms. No key is given to the front door, so you have to hit the buzzer when you want to come in, but that is one less key to lose :).
We had no trouble finding the place. Look at the photo of the front door. The doorway is a big brown arch, which is different from the others on the block. There is a FC Barcelona (football team) store that sells jerseys, etc on the corner, and the hostel is on the same side of the street almost at the end of the block. The location is great- half a block from Plaza Catalunya, close walk to La Rambla (and La Boqueria), right by some bus stops and in between 2 metro stops. It's also close to the airport shuttle dropoff point at Plaza Catalunya. We will definitely stay here again!
A word of advice: please leave your passport in your locker rather than taking it out in town with you. You really don't need it anywhere. The only place that needs any ID is the casino and I think you could get by with your national ID (driver's license etc) instead of your passport.
Social and fun
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