travel42 Hotel Review: Hesperia Barcelona Ramblas

Hesperia Barcelona Ramblas travel42 Professional Hotel Review

In a prime location, one block from La Rambla and the Liceu metro station, a five-minute walk from the area's leader, Le Meridien, and peppy Hotel Espana, this is property has a smart modern lilt and little else.

Capping the end of a relatively quiet residential block, the hotel's most notable feature is perhaps its youth; it was constructed from the ground up in 2009. This translates to new plumbing, dependable Wi-Fi and excellent soundproofing.

Recent renovations have left everything loo...