The staff is kind, the location is good, the rooms are fine and even the breakfast is good. Noise is the only problem in this hotel. Our room was on the first floor and we could hear the morning chats at the entrance from our bed. I must say that this is a general problem in European cities, where many hotels are placed in buildings that were not built up as such. Compared to the smelly hostels that, by the way, are not much cheaper than this one, this place is heaven. Single glass windows are common in Spain so this place is no exception. I will definitely come back here instead of the noise.

I think this hotel was okay. A bit far from downtown, but perfect if you like to walk and enjoy the city. From the airport, you take the train and get off 3rd station (Barcelona Sants), and walk up there. Very easy to get there. The room was a bit small, but was clean. The receptionist was helpful, spoke a very good english. I would go back.

While traveling in Europe, I had a change in plans and headed to Barcelona for a few days, making plans at the last minute. Many hotels were already booked but the Medium Prisma showed rates of 49E/night for a single, and booking on their web site got free wifi thrown into the deal. The hotel is clean and even makes a half-hearted attempt at style in the lobby, but two factors trump everything: the noise and the location.

The walls and door to my tiny little room were so thin that every small noise seemed to be right in the room. The hotel has (admittedly, spotlessly clean) tile or slate floors, but this served to amplify sound even further. Breakfast dishes clinking one floor down sounded like they were above my head, maids moving furniture in the room next door might as well have been running jackhammers directly into my brain. At one point in the evening I was awakened by what sounded like someone crumpling paper in the hallway. It's that bad.

Location is terrible even for the intrepid. Subway stops are a good 15 minute walk away, and those on a line that goes parallel to the center, requiring an awkward changeover. I'm an avid public transit user and went online to figure out the bus system, but even that was a nightmare, with only one bus meandering towards the center of town from the hotel's street. There are a few restaurants nearby as well as what appear to be, er, gentlemen's clubs, but after about 10pm nothing is open within what seems to be a mile-wide radius. Taxis are not cheap in Barcelona and you'll spend about 5E to get to the center -- plus if you can figure out the night bus ("nitbus") routes, those aren't included, inexplicably, on your all-inclusive transit card. Go figure.

It was the "high season" for tourists in Barcelona, sure, and a non-skeezy, clean bed for under 50 euros a night is a damn good bargain, I'll admit. But if you can't sleep through the night because the walls are made of some sort of sound-amplifying cardboard, what's the point? And if you're going to spend 10E/day on cabs to get anywhere, you better figure that into your budget.

We booked this hotel due to the low cost (£250 for 5 nights) and wasn't expecting much.......but boy, were we wrong!!! The room we had was a very large double (admittedly, with 2 single beds pushed together, but for us this worked out rather well as we could both get a good nights sleep after a day of wandering around taking in the city). I seriously could not fault this hotel. The receptionists were friendly and the hotel offered a no-fuss approach to its customers. If you're after being faffed on, this hotel is not for you. If all your after is a good nghts sleep in a decent bed, I would highly recommend this hotel. The location is also fantastic. Yes, your a bit out from the main area, however if you turn right from out the door of the hotel and walk for about 10 mins down the road, you approach the 'sants estacio' metro stop, which gets you anywhere in the city for E1.35 (10 mins to the ramblas - placa catulunya). We did not try the breakfast buffet offered at the hotel, as there are plenty of cafes in the area offering a coffee and a croissant for 2 euros, which was great to set us up for the day until lunch. All in all, a highly recommended budget hotel and would definitely stay again if we visit Barcelona again.