Alimara Hotel

A perfect hotel for a short stay in Barcelona. Rooms are well presented with TV, radio, mini-bar, air-conditioning or heating and are kept very clean, as are all the public areas.
Nice sized bathroom with lovely big, white, fluffy towels. The only thing missing was tea/coffee making facilities, but we took our own travel kettle and purchased milk from the large supermarket opposite the hotel.
Breakfast offered a good choice, with cereals, toast, rolls, hot and cold food, fruit juices, coffee/tea and a great fruit salad bar (our package included free breakfast, but would have cost 11 Euros if not).
The TV also gave you the option to check on your bill at any time and could be used for express check-out.
Set back just off the motorway, you could hear traffic noise if the windows were open, but they were sound-proofed when shut.
Most of the reception staff were pleasant and friendly and were very good at giving tourist information, including a great pile of literature to read up on everything you could ever want to know about Barcelona!
The Alimara is almost at end of the 'green' line on the Metro system which, depending on where you wanted to go, took approximately 10-20 minutes into town and all the tourist attractions.
Running until very late (and all night on New Year's Eve) the trains were punctual (every 10 minutes), clean, safe and very easy to navigate. A single journey ticket on the Metro was 1.20 Euros, but far more reasonable was a T-10 ticket costing 6.65 Euros which gave you 10 journeys anywhere on the system
We had a very pleasant stay at the Alimara and would definitely choose it again if we revisited Barcelona.