F Liu
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Located in the night time red light district in La Ramblas (the lower end of La Ramblas nearest to the beach), this compact, trendy 3-star hotel is in a practical & handy location to the Metro stop Drassanes, line 3, exit Portal de Santa Madrona. Also nearby (5 min stroll away) is Palau Güell (one of Gaudi’s earliest projects).
The hotel’s reasonably spacious rooms are tastefully decorated & very simple with a small kitchenette complete with a 2-burner electric stovetop, kettle, tea & coffee etc. lock box under sink, fridge with complimentary water, small TV, desk lamps & handy table with chairs. We paid $308AUD pn (≠€170pn).
Unfortunately for the hotel’s location, it can get noisy at night, as at night time the area comes alive with revellers & different types of women of the night, in addition to, hearing the other occupants of the hotel moving around (floors would benefit from having soundproofing).
The hotel could also benefit with hosing down with water the surrounding pavements around the hotel as there are many homeless around there and the streets smell like urine, poop, waste & overflowing garbage. Like hotels in Thailand sweeping their beaches of rubbish each day, Sixties Rambles could hose down & scrub their pavements outside their hotel- this would certainly improve the quality of their hotel’s location.
Going back to the room review, the bathroom is modern & compact with a great rain shower, no body lotions, creams or additional toiletries provided- great for a short stay.
Buffet breakfast looked good €13, however did not partake.
Did stop for a €7.50 meatballs and potatoes in the restaurant, was delicious! Must try the rest of the daily meals.
Handing your key back to staff was a little weird, perhaps not as secure as preferable- however room cleaning was daily so they had access to your rooms anyways.
Staff are friendly, helpful, multi-lingual and unpretentious- which make for a very pleasant stay. Will return!