Alexandra Barcelona, a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel

It’s hard to say if this is the best sangria on the planet, but it’s easy to say this is the best sangria in Europe. It’s hand made right in front of your eyes. They go out back and Virgins pick the oranges of the trees and squeeze them, it’s scandalous.
After the oranges are picked they go into the wine cellar for the best wine to make this magical piece.
This sangria is why Clintons had infidelity issues, it’s magic in a cup. Liquid playa.
If Europe doesn’t remain in the EU Union then im afraid this sangria will no longer matter, this review is my way of encouraging the people of the world to keep Europe together so that future generations can enjoy the magic of the double tree! God speed. Play on playa.

Good location, keep in mind this is in the heart of the city and comes with a certain level of street noise. The noise doesn’t go long into the night so it wasn’t a significant issue.
The service is good and everyone we interacted with was pleasant and knowledgeable. The staff had a great command of English so this was very helpful.
The room was nice, bed was very comfortable and the bathroom and shower were great.
Breakfast was included if you’re an Honors member. The breakfast was great and I loved the jamon Iberico, actually some of the best I had in Spain.
Tip: request a room away from the ‘office’ this is where the staff starts their day and store their supplies so there is a lot of activity in the morning.

We were guests of the Alexandra over New Years and had a great stay. My husband has a little status with Hilton so we were upgraded to a garden terrace suite. The room was spacious, a little living room area separate from the large (by European standards) and comfortable bed. We had a private terrace with comfortable seating area and a risqué out door bathtub (kinda fun). The shower was great, rain shower head, and the toiletries, a bit more upscale than your typical Double Tree. The hotel offers a daily breakfast which includes fresh baked goods, English breakfast items, cereals, juices, and great coffee. we had dinner in the bar area one of our last nights there and had one of the best carbonara’s ever! How could you go wrong with pork from Barcelona? We walked from Mirador de Colom back to our hotel through the Gothic quarter in under 30 min. It was great for the type of site-​seeing and exploring we like; not guided or planned. A great stay.

3.45 stars.
If it wasn’t for their timely breakfast buffet in a nice setting with lounge chairs and free newspapers, their rooms didn’t have have carpeting, which matters. Kinda looked like an office.
But central safe location to Main Street of shopping and eating, very safe and lots of locals.
Good bellboy service, helped with bags n called a minivan for our large stuff, so bonus tips for that.
When we checked in, nice touch with the warm chocolate chip cookie.
Gym kinda small, just 3 pieces of cardio.
Dark hallways if you’re scared late nite.
No ice machine so doubt a return.

Check in: fast and easy. All guests need to present their passports. This is standard in all hotels. I asked for an upgraded room and we were given a king bed corner room on the 5^th floor. Lastly, we received hotel info, breakfast vouchers, and the expected doubletree cookie.
The room: we were in room 521, which had great views of the city. The bed was huge and so comfortable! Everything is updated with new fixtures, convenient outlets and wood flooring. Our bathroom had a whirlpool tub with jets. I do wish there was a step to get in and out of the tub (which was also the shower). The windows open and provided a nice cool breeze at night.
Breakfast: amazing. Meats, cheeses, eggs, bread, the tomato spread which I fell in love with, fresh squeezed orange juice, nespresso machine, the works. There’s also sweet breakfast options like pastries and croissants. Fresh fruit is also much appreciated.
Service: we needed some recommendations, and the front desk was happy to oblige. We were also able to use the guest computers to print our tickets to tours.
Location: can’t be beat. You’re right in the middle of all the amazing shopping! Halfway to the beach and touristy areas, and halfway to the north (more local vibe). We were able to walk almost everywhere we wanted to go.

Just flew into Barcelona and looking forward to getting over jet lag in a nice, comfortable, cool room. (My typical experience stateside.).
I called the front desk to see why my room wasn’t cooling down and was told that the engineers that they decided not to have air conditioner going today and possibly not tomorrow. It is unseasonable warm today (not hot) but the rooms are uncomfortable for sleep. In the midst of jet lag, a terrible place to be.
I am a diamond member and this is making me decide to focus on other properties to stay at next year that are non hilton.
Really a shame.

Good clean Hotel in good area. The only thing is staff needs to make an effort to acknowledge guests. This is a huge no no in customer service… say Hola once in a while don’t pretend you don’t see Guests…

Rooms are small. They did not have many workers who spoke English. When I attempted to say something they pretended to understand but did not respond properly. This happended numerous times and was very frustrating. I reserved breakfast and was not informed about location/​times whenI checked in. I later called the front desk to get more details, was put on hold, then was told that I did not have breakfast included. Several hours later I was able to go to my email and confirm it. I called again and was told that I was on the list for breakfast. I asked him why he did not call to tell me about the correction and he did not answer. I believe that the customer service could have been better. They were not very accomodating to non-​Spanish speaking guests. The other web sites had directions for train, cab, bus in order to get from airport to the hotel. I wanted to use the subway and the website included the length of time but no specific subway directions. he positive was that the room service food was good. I was there for 2 days and towards the end of the week I needed another hotel. I could have returned there but there are many other hotels that are better. I went with a different hotel.

I enjoyed our stay but I don’t know if I’d stay here again in Barcelona. During our last visit we stayed in the Barrio Gotica and I preferred that I think. Quieter definitely. But there’s an amazing Tapas bar less than a block away which made this hotel a great choice!
The location is good; a bit far from things. It’s close to the Ramblas, and the shopping district and the Metro, but all of those things are a bit of a walk. Fortunately I like to walk but during our stay a few times we were resigned to take a taxi as it was just a bit too far.
Our room was stylish and attractive. A bit small for two people. There was no place to put our luggage at all, and things started to pile up. It was also very noisy from the street. We tried opening the window but either the vehicle exhaust was too much or the noise.
Not a bad choice for a short stay, if you don’t mind walking and a bit of city noise.

This is a really lovely hotel in the heart of Barcelona that makes it convenient to walk almost everywhere in the city you’d want to visit, but it loses a star or two as it seems all Hilton-​managed hotels believe it’s a prudent business decision to charge extra for average WiFi services that you then must reconnect to on a hourly/​daily basis. Call me cheap or old-​fashioned, but I think fast, easily-​connectible WiFi should be the same as electricity. I/​we rarely, if ever, even turn on the hotel provided cable television (which is a hard, ongoing cost to the hotel), but while traveling, we are at the mercy of WiFi and require it wherever we stay. I strongly believe this should be a chain-​wide policy change, and I’m certain I’m not alone in my wish/​hope.
Full-​dislcosure, we are also Hilton Honors members who enjoy free WiFi at Hilton Hotels, but this doesn’t negate my irritation and disappointment that Hilton doesn’t make the login process easier, without the need to constantly reconnect, and/​or take the lead and provide free WiFi to ALL its customers! Of course, if this policy changes throughout their chain, I’ll be forced to update dozens of my Hilton reviews! I’m okay with that though if you’re listening Hilton! ;-)
The hotel is beautifully furnished, modern, clean and well-​kept! The receptionists are all multi-​lingual, polite, professional and very, very helpful, which is always a welcome sight after a long day of traveling.

Photos of hotel are representative of the photos on there website. Rooms are small but quiet, clean and quaint. Room 401 has view of back of hotel any views facing front are more expensive. Photo of bathroom.
Most likely the next visit we take to Barcelona we will definitely find our way back to the Alexandra. Centrally located to all the best shops, restaurants and bus tour. We were walking distance to La Rambla and even some of the city’s best Tapas Bar around. We felt safe walking in the area at night after 1am and never felt concerned at all especially with the police presence. Staff is extremely friendly and gracious with assisting to showcase there city to foreigners. I just love Barcelona and can’t wait to go back again.

Great location and a really trendy, great-​looking hotel. Our room was small but I loved the tile floor, the beautiful ceiling, and the little balcony with a table and chairs. The breakfast buffet was tasty and we discovered two really awesome (but — we later found out — seriously overpriced) gins. The front desk staff was very helpful, friendly, and attentive.

I’ve never given a hotel 5 stars, however this one deserves it. I stayed here for 4 nights for $ 100 euro per night, which is an amazing deal. Centrally located on La Rambla, Alexandra is the perfect place for any tourist in Barcelona to stay. The staff is very nice, the rooms are very clean, the beds are comfortable, the internet is free, the breakfast is perfect –oh, and you get hilton points and a cookie when checking in. Furthermore, the metro is just a block or two away. This hotel is again on La Rambla, in walking distance to the Mediterranean Sea, in walking distance to the open air market, and in walking distance to La Sagrada Familia. It’s unfathomable to me why anyone would stay anywhere else.

great location, helpful staff, a bit overpriced, some mold issues in the bathroom, overall good experience — stay away from rooms close to elevators — if it’s possible ;)

Muy mala experiencia. Al llegar a la entrada nos cruzamos con un hombre que creimos era un cliente, el nos vió dirigirnos hacia la taquilla sin inmutarse, sacó un cigarrillo y se puso a fumar. Tras 2 o 3 minutos esperando al taquillero para adquirir nuestra entrada sin éxito, decidimos entrar al cine para preguntar. Detrás de una pequeña barra de bar encontramos a la que resultaría una de las camareras más groseras que nos hemos encontrado en mucho tiempo. Despues de preguntarle sobre dónde poder comprar las entradas, ella nos contestó con un tono fuera de lugar un tanto irónico -¿En la taquilla? –No hay nadie allí. Aleguemos, sorprendidos. –Pues esperaos! Estará en el lababo!, casi de forma imperativa. Al salir del cine ya con la idea de irnos sin dejar nuestro dinero en aquel local, vemos que el hombre que nos había ignorado al entrar no era un cliente sino el ausente taquillero, que había preferido ir a fumar que atender a su clientela. No nos resultó nada dificil acabar de decidir gastar nuestro dinero en otro establecimiento y eso queremos recomendar a aquellos que esten pensando ir a este cine, el personal del cual necesitaría con urgencia formación en atención al cliente.

Lo mejor: este multisalas ofrece la pintoresca oportunidad a los espectadores de levantarse una mañana y decidir, de pronto, que no les apetece ir a trabajar y que, en cambio, están más de humor para meterse en un cine. Los más vagos incluso pueden prescindir de prepararse el desayuno, y aprovechar la promoción «matinal con desayuno» para comer algo y ver una película por el módico precio de 5,70 euros. Existe también la posibilidad, si queremos aprovechar para dormir hasta tarde, y pagar todavía menos dinero por la entrada, de asistir a la sesión del mediodía, un verdadero chollo, tal como están las cosas, por 3,50 euros. Debo reconocer que nunca he aprovechado este tipo de ofertas, más por una especie de pudor –al cine se va el fin de semana, o por la tarde-​noche– que no por otra cosa, pero ahora que lo sé estoy más que dispuesto a probarlo, más que nada porque me temo que vale mucho la pena conocer al personal que asiste a una película a esas horas.
Lo peor: si el carácter de un pueblo tuviera que medirse por la forma de hacer cola, el nuestro quedaría a la altura del betún. En este cine es donde se hace más evidente nuestra absoluta incompetencia para el orden. No hablo tampoco de una idea germánica y rígida de la organización, sino simplemente de la aplicación de un mínimo sentido común para evitar el más absoluto desastre. Las colas para comprar las entradas en este cine adoptan formas geométricas completamente impensables y radicalmente opuestas a la línea recta. Los que llegan más tarde pasan primero, los que llegan antes quedan relegados al final, de repente abre otra taquilla y todo el mundo corre hacia allá, ahora pueden entrar todos los de la Sala 6, pero no los de las demás salas. El vaivén y el descontrol son mayúsculos, y si uno no está relajado porque aquel día las cosas le han ido mal en casa o en el trabajo, puede encontrar el caldo de cultivo adecuado –amen de todo tipo de justificaciones– para montar un buen número. Insisto en que no hay persona más contraria a lo cartesiano que yo, pero creo que sería recomendable, para evitar trifulcas y malos entendidos, que alguien pusiera algún tipo de discernimiento en todo lo que son los prolegómenos del acceso en la sala.

Hace años el cine Alexandra tenía una marquesina que soportaba los carteles de las películas que allí se pasaban. Hoy esa marquesina ya no existe (se cayó un día de viento y esto hizo que cambiara la normativa municipal) pero el cine sigue estando allí. Y continúa programando buenas películas.
El Alexandra es uno de mis cines favoritos de la ciudad (amén de los que han hecho famosa una calle de Gràcia). Allí he visto películas buenas, muy buenas, e incluso a veces he ido y no he visto nada de nada. Cuestión de ocuparse con otra cosa si la peli es mala…

¿Un buen cine en el centro de Barcelona? ¿Y con películas en versión original? (Aunque no todas.) ¿Cómo es posible? Pues es posible, amigos, y se llama Alexandra. Has de conocerlo, porque desde la calle casi no se ve –acostumbrados como estamos a lucecitas y grandilocuencia-​, parece la entrada a unas galerías.
Está renovado de hace poco pero ha sabido mantener una entrada clásica, con mesitas y una barra desde donde sirven el desayuno. Sí, éste es otro punto a favor: las matinales (a las que acostumbran a ir mujeres ociosas que viven por la zona, y tú si me haces caso) tienen un precio especial que incluye desayuno para que comas tranquilamente antes de la sesión, y no durante. Aunque el descubrimiento total son los mediodías, con un precio más reducido que algunos videoclubs (y, sin ánimos de parecer contradictorio, te puedes llevar un bocadillo y te lo comes silenciosamente durante la película, que con un poco de suerte verás solo).
Proyectan cine –muy– independiente, muchas películas que no tienen opción de publicidad, y suelen pasar también bastantes películas catalanas, en su versión original –cosa que es de agradecer en los tiempos que corren-​. También exhiben cortos, con el Festival Curt Ficcions, y hacen cine-​fórums ante una buena cena: el pack completo.

Estos cines de la Rambla Catalunya son bastante conocidos en la ciudad. Ideal para la gente que va de compras por la zona, ya que hay muchas tiendas y puede ser una buena forma de terminar la tarde. Dispone de cinco salas, y aunque no tiene las ventajas de comodidad y disponibilidad de los multi-​cines modernos, sigue teniendo ese sabor añejo que desprendían las salas de antes. Además, aparte de tener una programación habitual con títulos comerciales, también ofrecen películas de corte independiente y en versión original. Y si te gusta el cine en catalán aprovecha, porque siempre cae alguna. Algo recomendable son las sesiones matinales que ofrecen, desayuno y película a un precio razonable.

Hotel muy bien situado en Barcelona.
Su ubicación es perfecta ya que tiene cerca las principales atracciones turisticas de la ciudad.
Todo el hotel es moderno y acogedor, la habitación amplia y muy bien equipada hasta el más mínimo detalle, limpia y aseada.
El servicio en general era bastante simpático y amable.
El precio rondó los 60 euros por habitación.
Ideal para ir con la familia o de viaje de negocios.