Hotel Aranea ***

April/2009 Someone from London thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.6
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Good value, no frills hotel. Bathroom was spotless.
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Couples
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 5
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 5 Quite a bit of noise from other guests, but it was unclear whether this was from the room next door or conversations in the corridor
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

April/2009 Someone from madrid thinks:

• Overall rating: 10
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: la habitacion y el precio
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Couples
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 10
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 10

March/2009 Someone from Madeira, Portugal thinks:

• Overall rating: 5.7
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive: As condições do quarto
• Negative: O barulho da casa das máquinas do elevador durante a noite (7º andar).
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Couples
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families
• Cleanliness: 5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 2.5 O barulho das máquinas do elevador (7º andar)
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 5

March/2009 Someone from Germany thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.4
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Location
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

March/2009 Someone from Berlin (Germany) thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.7
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: hospitality, central located, cleaness
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Couples, Budget travelers, Business travelers, Travelers with a car
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10 the rooms
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 10

March/2009 Someone from Ireland thinks:

• Overall rating: 6.1
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Cleanliness of the hotel
• Negative: Lack of coffee dock Poor customer relationship in dining room Lack of lounge/reading room
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Peace seekers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Luxury, Classic style lovers
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 5
• Common facilities and services: 2.5
• Staff: 5
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 5

March/2009 Someone from Poland thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.4
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive:
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 5
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 2.5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

March/2009 Someone from lejos thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.9
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: trato correcto, limpieza bien
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 5

March/2009 Someone from Derbyshire, England thinks:

• Overall rating: 2.8
• Would you recommend it? No
• Positive: Location.
• Negative: The noise coming through the air vent near our bedroom door that kept us awake for two of our three nights. Paintwork needs retouching in bedroom. Starting to look drab. The view of a brick wall we had from our window. We had to wait at reception quite a long time to book in.
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 5 There was a creepy crawly under my pillow when we arrived and holes in the bed sheets
• Location: 7.5 Website says Tetuan is closest station but when i asked at desk the woman looked at me funny and gave us directions to Monumental which is three blocks away.
• Common facilities and services: 5 N/A we didn't use any
• Staff: 5 Answered questions when asked but did nothing extra
• Quietness: 2.5 It was very quiet during the day and on our first night. Next two nights kept awake by a noise (like someone having a shower) from 11pm-6am. I guess we should have complained the first night but it stopped in the morning so we thought it would be okay the following night. Wrong! We mentioned it on checking out and the man looked surprised and apologised. But that was it.
• Room: 2.5 Not very big. terrible view. Not as modern looking as pics on website.
• Value for money: 2.5 I guess it's the going rate in Barcelona but without breakfast and for what you got it was expensive. Wouldn't stay there again.

March/2009 Someone from Germany thinks:

• Overall rating: 2.3
• Would you recommend it? No
• Positive: price
• Negative: One can hear the breathing from neighbouring rooms. I have never stayed in a hotel with such a lack of sound insulation, making it impossible to sleep. The area is a good fifteen minute walk to the main shopping areas, the location is not great, only bars are the kind with scantily clad women. The hotel bar itself is only open during the day - forget this hotel. While relatively cheap for Barcelona there are much beetre hotels closer to the action where one can get a good nights sleep.
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Handicapped, Business travelers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 5
• Location: 2.5 Good walk to center, surrounding location a bit seedy.
• Common facilities and services: Not rated Bar never open in evenings
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: Not rated Loudest hotel I have ever stayed at.
• Room: 2.5
• Value for money: 5