I was genuinely shocked at how horrible this place was. My room was in a separate building for which I did not have a key so had to ask the staff to come round and let me in every time I came back. The room was badly lit, there were cigarette burns in the linen and the bathroom door looked... More

Booked for overnight sleep, because need hotel near the port for just few hours to sleep. Had single rooms, which preaty clean and simple, but comfortable for 29 Eur per night. Fast checked-in and slept well. Here is metro station Paral-lel oposit the hotel. Few bars and food shops around. Only hundred meters from La Rambla. Very central location. We... More

Important for Expedia users: on their site this was called simply "El Abrevadero" and listed and described as a 2-star hotel, rather than as a hostel. A horrible disappointment. (Perhaps 1 star for having toilets, and another for running water?) Otherwise, too much something out of the third world, as opposed to a cosmopolitan city. When we arrived, their computer... More

This is a rather cheap hotel, and now I know why that is. The room wasn't really clean, especially the bathroom. There is absolute no sound isolation between the room or to the street. Unlucky for me, I had loud neighbours. There is no airco in the rooms, and that's not so handy in summer. Breakfest is a no go... More

Shown to massive two bedroom location. Decorated in 1980s and needing renovation. Clean linen and bed ok. Near the underground Green line and five minutes from La Ramblas. Great value but no luxury.

Slightly odd place. It's in a good location, a 2 minute walk from the metro stop Paral-lel which is on line 3, just a few stops from Sants Estacio, and a few more from Les Corts - so very easy to reach the Nou Camp. Walking distance from Las Ramblas, about 10 minutes down the connecting street La Rambla. Thus... More

Hostal Abrevadero is excellent value for money. Make no mistake, it is a basic but clean hotel with friendly, helpful staff. We have used the hostel for school trips on seven occasions now, and fully intend to return again next year. Our students always enjoy their time here and appreciate the helpfulness of the staff. The multi occupancy rooms make... More

We only stayed for a night before flying out of Barcelona. We took the overnight train from Madrid in to Barcelona and arrived quite early at the hostal. We understood and had no problems with the 2pm check in. We decided to leave our luggage at the hostal and do some shopping while waiting to check in. We were then... More

We stayed for 5 nights. I was full of trepidation having read bad reviews about the area, grumpy staff and unpleasant rooms. Was greatly relieved when the man on reception was kind and welcoming! Not all that surprised to find that the room we were allocated didn't have any windows - correction, there were actually two windows, one in the... More