The Miramar is a great hotel in a great location, it is quiet with a great view of the city and it is a great location to retreat to from the intensity of the main tourist areas. The rooms are great, the shower in our room was so good I had to be dragged out of it, the staff are friendly.

Here are a couple of things I think this hotel needs to improve on:
1. The hotel bar could be such a great place, the views are perfect but for some reason the place is generally empty. If they could create a but of a buzz here it would be a fantastic place to
2. The hotel seems to have a general problem with water, when it rains staff need to put buckets at strategic points around the common areas as the rain come through the roof. Lucky for them that Barcelona doesnt get a lot of rain. In some of the rooms there is damp by windows or in showers.
3. The hotel breakfast is too expensive which is a real shame because it is a great location and their buffet is very good.
4. We did a couple of Spa treatments and although they were good again the prices we felt were higher than what we thought they should be even for such a highly rated hotel

Dont let any of the above put you off going to the hotel, it is really a nice hotel and I will go back to it.

Spent a fantastic weekend at the hotel during mid-december. The price for our spacious double room was a joke given the quality and stunning location of the hotel! Our balcony including nice outdoor furniture with cushions etc that actually made you want to spend time there had a beautiful view over both the city beneath as well as the ocean...not sure if many other hotels can actually offer that in Barcelona. Don't get too worried about the distance from the hotel to the city centre. It's an easy 5-10min walk down and after a long day out in Barcelona we always took a very affordable cab back. Taking cleanliness and the nice spa as a given the most striking positive feature was the great staff. In my experience Barcelona unfortunately increasingly develops Parisien traits when it comes to hospitality and giving it an effort to actually make tourists feel welcome. The Miramar staff was a refreshing exception! Very good English (I know it's sad that this is a feature worth mentioning...welcome to Barcelona), extremely friendly at all times and going the extra mile to make your stay more pleasant.

Especially during the off-season a great value-for-money hotel that will make your entire experience of Barcelona just a little bit more special.

What a great hotel! The registration staff was attentive and couldn't do enough for us. We stayed for 2 nights prior to our cruise and returned for a 1 night stay after the cruise before flying home to USA. Our first room was fabulous, beautifully appointed and very spacious, with a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean and the beautiful gardens. Our room on return was on the 5th floor, equally beautiful, with a balcony facing the pool and cruise marina. We had brunch in the restaurant which was absolutely wonderful, lots of delicious choices and a very attentive staff. The hotel, no matter where we went, from the gardens to our balcony or the hotel lobby was just beautiful, clean and very peaceful and quiet. I highly recommend it for pre- or post-cruising or a visit to the wonderful city of Barcelona!! Will certainly return if I have the opportunity,

Having had a really bad stay here during 2010 we were invited back, and we thought hey ho lets give a go for 1 night.

In fact this time we had such an enjoyable stay we decided to stay for an additional 3 nights.

We stayed in a room with a view over the city, this room had a large balcony which was the perfect place to relax and enjoy the amazing views.

Wow what a staff transformation - this time we found them all to be very helpful and personable.

We know where we will be staying on our next trip to Barcelona - many thanks everyone for making our stay so enjoyable :-)