Hotel Espanya

The best thing I can say about the Hotel Espanya is its location, it is literally right on the beach, that’s a plus point! Although separating the hotel from the beach is the main railway line to Barcelona, you have to cross the tracks at crossing points to access the beach, but you get used to that and it’s not really a bother. The train station is about a quarter of a mile from the hotel and the train service to Barcelona is excellent!
From the outside you can tell the hotel looks a bit dated, it’s nice when you enter the lobby, this area has obviously been recently re-furbished, so have the toilets, bar, dining area etc. Another plus point was the staff, they where all really friendly and nice, especially the waiters and bar staff.
Now to the bad stuff about this hotel: it’s a mainly German dominated hotel, the German teenagers who stayed on our landing where a disgrace, as were most of the other German teens in the hotel at the time, loud music, drunk, shouting etc. However a lot of the German families who we met where really nice people, it’s just the teens who spoil it for the rest, the hotel rooms where a bit dirty & bit dated, it’s 2 star but really it’s 1 star.
however the maids cleaned every day and left fresh towels, the breakfast was edible, some of it was actually nice, but if you like cereal, toast & coffee you’ll be o.k. The beer was o.k. to, 2.5€ a pint on draft, cocktails were about 4.5€, a litre of Sangria was 9.5€ and this was very nice, there is a pool on the roof but it was a bit smelly up there, smelt of a drains problem but was probably the astro-turf combining with years of dank water.
I wouldn’t really recommend this hotel for couples or families unless you are on a really tight budget, if your a gang of teens looking for somewhere cheap and basic near the beach then this hotel will do, I would not check in here again myself but I would call in for a beer or 2.