We loved the location of this hotel, near the beach and the water and the base of Las Ramblas. The hotel is above a restaurant. There are no frills -- no wireless, not much staff, and our shower was tempermental. There weren't even any basics -- bring your own soap, shampoo and blowdryer. The television got maybe 3 channels and... More

Good points: -well located for Metro & 10 mins walk to Centre -cheap & very clean -staff friendly when there -close to Marina Not so good points: -noisy position on busy road & over noisy bar/restaurant. Ear plugs weren't enough for me. -poor entrance but that's unimportant -staff speak almost no English (why should they?!) -communicating with the hotel is... More

We stayed at the Marina Folch hotel for a week. We were at first a bit discouraged by the main entrance to the building, which smelled of damp, and were prepared for worse once in the hotel. But as we entered the hotel area and our room, we were relieved. The first night we were in a room with a... More

The Marina El Folch was recommended as a simple, clean, bargain place to stay in Barcelona - and it proved to be just that! We had 3 rooms between our party and they were all very clean, spacious enough and with en-suite bathrooms (with a bath) - our rooms also had balcomies which looked out over the marina (Port Vell)... More