This Rambla hotel is bright, modern, and soundproof. Lodgings range from apartments with sitting rooms to one-room studios with kitchenettes and small dining areas. The rooftop solarium has views of Montjuïc and the Mediterranean. Across the Rambla is the tower over the Poliorama theater where George Orwell, author of Homage to Catalonia, was posted during the Spanish civil war. Ask for a back room over Plaça Villa de Madrid for a quieter spot set over a leafy square with a 3rd-century Roman roadway and tombs. Pros: central location, facilities and technology perfect. Cons: noisy Rambla a constant hubbub, apartments small and motel-like.
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