I stayed at the Barcelo Valencia with my two boys for a week in July, and we had a wonderful time! The location is great with buses right outside the hotel either to the beach or to the old town. You are also right opposite the City of science museums, and You have a wonderful view of it from the breakfast room. The breakfast in itself offers a huge variety in a calm atmosphere. There is also a restaurant and a bar downstairs. I would gladly return !

Decent, very modern hotel. Really large rooms, modern elegant design, good breakfast. The wifi access is not so good in all hotel places. Nice view of the city. I would definitely come again.

I noticed I forgot my battery charger in my room after I returned home.
My tour conductor said nothing will return if you leave something in a hotel in Spain.
But it was not true, the hotel returned my lost property with no charge but the postal charge.
This hotel makes me love Spanish people.

I won a 1 nights stay for this hotel on twitter, and i booked to make a weekend out of it. We arrived around 11am and took the metro (Green Line 5) to Amistat metro which took around 25 minutes then walked down to the hotel - they say its 10 mins but i would say more 15-20. But its a nice walk down the road. We arrived at the hotel and it looked lovely and modern from the outside and the initial impression in the lobby did not disappoint. Its all spotlessly clean and looks brand spanking new - and the hotel is 6 years old so all credit for the maintenance and upkeep of the building. Got checked in no problem and the male receptionist was so helpful in pointing out places of interest on maps etc for us and did it without making us feel like we were in the way etc... all the staff in this hotel have the same attitude, nothing at all is too much trouble. We were in room 814 which just about had a small view of the arts and science area - if you want a full view of this it will cost you an extra €15.00.
There is a taxi rank right on the door step of the hotel and a taxi to the town centre will cost around €8.00. If you do a left when leaving the hotel it is about a half hour walk down to the port and beach. The tourist bus goes from opposit the doors of the holiday inn - point 8 on the blue route map or outside the oceanografic point 4. Its €18 for 48 hours and we were on this all the time fantastic way to see everything. You can change at point 1 on the map and swap to the red route and see historic valencia which is what we did.
One thing we found really difficult in Valencia was to find somewhere to eat! We walked around for over an hour on a Friday night in the town centre for a restaurant and could not find one restaurant - plenty of tapas cafe bars etc... but no restaurant. So we took a taxi back to the hotel and walked down Avenida de Francia where we had seen an italian restaurant earlier in the day by our hotel called La Mafia - we got there around 21:00 and they asked if we had booked and we said no but they found us a table - we thought it was strange as there was only one other table eating in there, however, within 10 minutes the restaurant was almost full! We later found out that it opens at 20:30!! The food was spectacular, and the portions are massive! The pannatone bread with tomatoes and onions is to die for - we ordered one each on the 1st night we ate there and when it came there were 8 big pieces per plate! The 2nd night we ate there we just had 1!! The pastas have so much filling to them and the pizzas are so big they are bigger than the plate! The service is brilliant - a little slow at bringing the bill but then the restaurant was packed so i cant complain. 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 jugs of sangria cost us €55 so not too pricey. We liked it so much we went back on our 2nd night!
Breakfast at the hotel is perfect - spanish omlettes, sausage, eggs etc... plus loads of pastrys all freshly cooked, fresh fruit, cereal, cold meats and cheese, and a selction on breads and rolls. Hot and cold drinks. Its €18 per person but we had it included in our room rate. Certainly sets you up for the day!
Our bedroom was massive, lovely power shower, separate toilet, 2 sinks, mini bar, fridge, sliding partition which separated the bedroom from the shower area, beds were super comfy, massive window to see out of. Cleanliness was spectacular, could not fault one thing.
Checked out and left our luggage there at the hotel all day as we were not flying until 9pm.
I would 100% return to this hotel without question - i always try to stay in a barcelo when i am in Spain as I think they are the best brand without question.