Hotel Colon Barcelona

... in Greece. Just to add some adventure we spent early January in Egypt. After 27 hours travel time we arrived in Sydney (after our hotel locked up for the night). On January 31, we left our friends home near Melbourne for was to be a short flight to ...

Got upgraded to a really flash hotel in Barcelona..yay! They even have baskets of combs & eau de cologne in the ladies room (unfortunately I only found this out as I was not feeling good all day yesterday :( bit of a tummy bug last night and Kat did ...

Jen says:  Hola!  Barcelona is fabulous!  The heat is getting to these two Canadians, but don´t worry, we are mustering through.  This is just a Jen-centric blog, as Colin is an all or nothing knd of guy, and wants to wait until we ...

... beach, very very neat.  My neck is sore from swiveling and my side is sore from getting elbows from a topless girl beside me.  Barcelona Jen is crazy.  "you have been on the same page of your book since we got here." We then met one of Jens ...

I love this hotel for its location and its convenience to ...

... at Girona airport and took the hour's bus into town. We were staying at an unusually cheap hotel near the city's port, Port Vell, on Avenida Colon called Hostel Nuevo Colon. The location was great, but unfortunately found that our ...

... in terms of pickpockets, city in Europe) to take the taxi. Which drops us off, 25E later, at the foot of Regencia Colon hotel in the downtown Barcelona. We check in, change out of shorts and t-shirt and into jeans and long-sleeved shirts, and go out in ...

... luggage accounted for. In the airport we met up with the other Austin travelers. The Hotel Regencia Colon was a delightful little place less than a block from the Barcelona Cathedral in the gothic part of the city. There were also a number of shops and ...

... in the port areas and the south city.  Richard went to the beach, was late getting back so we rushed off to the airport to get to AMSTERDAM.  I liked barcelona very much - except for the Hard Rock - and need to return to spend more time ...

... (and of course the Sagrada Familia), Ramblas, Park Güell, great restaurants (feel free to contact me before you travel to Barcelona), Transpordador Aeri (there was a long queue and we had to wait for 30 minutes, not sure if it was worth it), Montjuic, ...

... our museum visit!   Its really too bad that some people are such bad travelers/such bad sports because I think them trashing Barcelona will deter other students from visiting.  Its a beautiful city with a lot to do and to see and, even after ...

... Montjuic.  The view both from the cable car and the Castell was breathtaking.  You could really appreciate the size of Barcelona, as well the architectural diversity of the city.  We wanted to take the cable car back down to the harbor ...

... espresso for dessert.  Great cuisine, friendly and attentive service, enjoyed in good company.    GRADE: B+  The Hotel Colon- Upon our arrival we thought we had the wrong hotel because the decor and concierge staff were far above ...

... get off to take photos and a tour!  It's way past our siesta time so it's back to the Hotel Colon. It's in the Gothic Quarter right across from the Barcelona Cathedral, which unfortunately is covered by ...

... of 2 on the hop-on hop-off bus tour (€30 for two days), did orange line first (about 2 hours). Had supper outside Hotel Colon in Gaudi Square (amazing pizza). Later in the evening walked down La Ramba, Jody & Phyllis headed back to hotel, ...

... I found the right line of subway. My destination? Drassanes. Step 2. After a small analysis of public transport in Barcelona I finally got to the hotel. I dind't even want to unpack my suitcase, just take a shower and change my clothes. A little more ...

... cases till last. Having cleansed my soul let us move onto greater things. The highlights of the day were: Regencia Colon is in a great locationand a nice hotel. To cap it all they appear to be invisible to taxi drivers who can sit outside it but not see ...

... Hundido as we had heard it was reggae night and was probably the closest thing to Salsa music as we were going to find...(The Barcelona guys wanted to salsa dance). We showed up and the place was busy and we got drinks and danced and drank til we ...