David Sanders
Google
We did extensive research before selecting our Barcelona hotel and wound up choosing the Hotel10 Barcelona based on the excellent reviews we read on a variety of sites. This hotel earned all of these great reviews and more. We had a great stay and recommend the hotel highly.
It is a beautiful and modern boutique hotel in a beautifully restored older building. As others have noted, it is in a great location on a charming small street near the cathedral plaza in the old town. It is walking distance to many of the sites that visitors would want to see, and there are countless restaurants, shops and other conveniences close by (including several small food stores). It has a charming small bar/restaurant and dipping pool on the rooftop where you can also just sit and enjoy the beautiful view of the city. It has a nice on-site restaurant for breakfast in the lobby area, which we did not try. The premises themselves were immaculate.
The best aspect of the hotel was service at the front desk. We dealt with many of the desk staff, and everyone was great. To a person, they were friendly and helpful. They did everything possible to make our stay better, including great suggestions on what to visit, directions, helping with bags and wake up calls, exchanging money, etc. This was as good a team as I can remember experiencing in a hotel. The housekeeping staff was also first rate.
We booked a deluxe category room. It was wonderful -- the room was very large with a separate seating area, and was beautifully furnished. The mattresses were extremely comfortable, and the bathroom was very modern and functional. The air conditioning was great – easy to operate and worked very well, which was important to us because we like cool room. We did note, however, that our particular deluxe category room did not have any window to the outside, and instead overlooked an indoor plaza; as a result, we could not determine the weather outside or even if it was day or night. The room also did not have a desk in it, which meant that I could not easily work on my laptop, and it did not have a chest of drawers to unpack. We did not mind this, but mention it only to help other travelers select a particular room if these factors are important to them -- if so, you might ask about these factors when booking or arriving at the hotel.
The rates for this hotel were very reasonable for the location, room size and amazing service. We periodically visited the hotel’s website and saw a number of promotional rates that made booking this hotel a particular bargain. Readers may also wish to consider joining the H10 frequent guest program, which offers even greater discounts to members. But this hotel is a real bargain for its high quality.
In sum, we highly recommend the Hotel10 Madison.