Jazz Hotel Barcelona

We stayed at this hotel during mid of March for 4 nights as a group of three. I reserved the hotel based on the reviews from tripadvisor. The first thing I want to mention is that the hotel is very conveniently located. It is just two very short ...

... . Fortunately all was calm in Iceland and we made it over to Espanya on our first attempt. Our first few days in Barcelona were nice and relaxing, catching up with Jo, Greg and extended family over some fantastic food and wine at the newly refurbished ...

well.....we are here in Barcelona thanks to <lufthansa.  can´t find the capital letters in spanish..will figure that out too.  the seats were so small that a dwarf would have problems sitting in them.  Very uncomfortable and a long ...

... . Sometimes train rides are pretty boring, lots of flat land and farms and trees....but the train ride from Madrid to Barcelona is absolutely spectacular.  The landscape changes from a city, to mountains, to snowy mountains, to valleys to little ...

... train was much better. It converts f/ seats to beds and there was one bed left open so I jumped in and slept the way to Barcelona. Kind of selfish but ya just gotta be sometimes. It's hard to write here. I decided to call Mel yesterday. We did a ...

... I did spend a while taking pictures in here, I wanted it to be worth my 6.50. So that ended my last day in Barcelona. I went back to my hotel early and booked my hotel and flight to Lisbon for the next day. As well as the hotels and flights for the rest ...

... things to see and do. A couple of relaxing days to myself was just what I needed before heading home.  On October 28th, exactly 365 days after leaving the US, I boarded a flight from Barcelona to Newark, New Jersey, homeward bound...  ...

... . The most dressed up I´ve been so far! Today the plan is for Andrea and I to take another ferry (20 hrs) from here in Barcelona over to Rome, Italy (yea, it sounds like we´re a couple or something, but she´s got a boyfriend back in oz). I´m ...

... beat michelle every time) before bed. Lessons learned: 1. bring your hiking boots to parc guell 2. wine is cheaper than water in Barcelona- we have the check to prove it 3. just because youre looking for it, doesnt mean youll find it- but you might find ...

... a very upmarket hotel where they had a regular Thursday night jazz session and had a glass of wine to the rhythm of the best jazz band in Barcelona.  Very nice. The next night, my last night, I decided to go to see the magic fountain of Monjuic. It ...

... performers and vendors. ________________________________________________________________________________ Catedral de la Seu- the first place we visited in Barcelona as our hotel was located directly across from it.  This popular spot is home to ...

... and on top of that, it is free! For your own benefit, save your money and stay away from MapEasy's Guidemap to Barcelona and Madrid. They are full of mistakes and mislabels. We tried three restaurants marked on their maps: One is located completely on ...

... a Paella dish. For example, last time when I visited Madrid, the Paella dish tasted so different from the one in Barcelona that I almost regretted that I did not have more in Barcelona.  This small but trendy restaurant is on the second floor ...

... , I thought we were adjusted but we both woke up at 3 am and are now in the lobby of the hotel on the computers! What can we say about Barcelona?  It is without a doubt one of the world´s greatest cities.  All afternoon and evening we wandered ...

... Even I booked a seat in a non-smoking cart, there were never short of any smokers. The high-speed train connecting Madrid and Barcelona just started a short while ago. Two years ago when my sister was in Spain, it took her 9 hours to travel from ...

... which turns into a sack and run. It's hilarious!! The famous architect/artist Gaudi has certainly left his mark on Barcelona. We visited his unfinished Sagrada Familia Church which has some amazing Gothic designs and features, and his home for 20 years ...

... another then back. Who knows?   Our next mission was to ensure that we had sufficient lubrication for the evening. Barcelona has many enjoyable bars but almost everything exciting is happening outside so if you fancy a drink then you need to ...

... not having email on his phone we don't connect. I was thinking with a 5:30am departure time that may have been a good thing as Barcelona parties late.....really really late! I still manage to clock some hours at a small bar that I have hit up a ...

... train trips in a row will no doubt take their toll on us, but not too much, I'm hoping. We've really enjoyed Barcelona - it is vibrant, attractive and spirited. Because I am a giant nerd, I also love the difference in language between regular ...