We travelled to Barcelona with 2 adults and one baby (14 months old). We were expecting to check into a nice hotel. Therefore we booked the hotel acta Millenni, the romantic package. This package should have been included the suite with bubblebath and kingsize bed. We had to pay 200 euro per night. On the day of arrival quite late in the evening we arrived at the hotel. We spent a 170 euro taxfare from the airport to get there. They brought our lugguage into a small room without babycot. They warned us not to go outsite in the evening because of burglers. So no save surrounding! First we had to wait on the babycot we especially had reserved, our baby was screaming of exhausting. When the friendly man went to find a babycot I saw that the room was just a small double room. So we had to go back to the reception to DISCUSS! that we had booked the romantic package suite. Unfortunately the receptionist didnt know what that was. But...after a while discussing we achieved to check into the suite eventually. We had to move our bags into the suite on the lower ground ourselves. It took us 30 minutes to get us what we booked for. When we saw the suite, there was a regular (small) double bed, approx. 140 cm and the mattras felt like wood. Also the bedlinnen was old and worn. Honestly I was afraid to lie down in this bed. Ok I told myself no problemo, bad luck. The baby cot at least seemed to be ok for the baby. I am graduated from the hotelmanagement school in the Netherlands so I knew that there were differences in standards and for some people would this be more than acceptable. So I went to the bathroom. The bubblebath was dirty, black OLD dirt. When I looked around the toilet didnt stop flushing and the cealing was dirty. Also the walls in the bathroom: old greasy dirt. On the bathroom floor old greasy dirt. That left a very ugly impression on me. We decided not to stay at the hotel and booked a suite in a 5 star plus hotel. When we told the receptionist to check out because of the dirt the man told us to pay the first night. Normally this would be no discussion but in this case the hotel shouldnt get any cent. He was telling us that he would call the police if we left the hotel. So we told him to. After a while he shouted at us and we did shout back in between the baby was crying. We felt like criminals. Also another guest at acta milleni stand interferred contra the hotel. After 30 minutes waiting with our screaming baby at the police to arrive he irritated told us that he contacted the manager and that we were "free" to go whithout paying the first night. But after three days they they booked the first night off our creditcard anyway. Since then the creditcard company tries to manage the payment back.

Conclusion: A big booooooo on your service Acta Millenni!!! Worsed hotel/ location Ever!

A good hotel for a fairly good price. Located in one of the more rough parts of the old town. The Raval part of old town has perhaps more down and outs but we never felt unsecure. The Guradia Civil has one of its locations close by on the street that leads to La Rambla de Raval, a nice open long plaza in the middle of the Raval quarter on your way to the big La Rambla of central Barcelona. On foot it's about 15 minute walk from hotel to La Rambla in central Barcelona. We never had breakfast in the hotel but ate in the cafes across the street from the hotel which was great. The are did not feel at all touristic but more with a touch of local life. I Can recommend the hotel if you look for a nice place to stay for a city break. We did not use any facilities so I can't say anything about them. The staff of the reception was kind and helpful.

We stayed at the hotel for 4 nights and it was good. The staff were excellent and spoke English well. They helped us find some good restaurants in the area that have good sea food and not the touristic ones that will serve less authentic food.

The rooms and hotel was very clean and the furnishings looked new and there was nothing broken or anything that needed replacing. It was close to the metro which we recommend taking rather than the bus. The buses are confusing, the metro is very clear and takes you everywhere.

We stayed at this hotel on the tail end of our honeymoon. Even though we showed up mid-morning on the day of our arrival, they were able to get us checked in early. The hotel and our room were both very clean and we felt like we were the only ones staying there (it was a Monday night, but we only a couple other guests the whole day). The room was small, but fine for us. Our only complaint was noise could be heard through the walls and people on the street could be heard as well during the early parts of the night. The metro was only a block away and the tapas restaurant across the street was great! Would definitely recommend based on our experience despite the noise.