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Hotel Principal ***

Barcelona,  Spain

Phone: +(34) 933188970 Fax: +(34) 934120819 E-mail:: info@hotelprincipalbarcelona.com

Price: 49 - 250 € (Average)

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Rating by guests: 8.5 Based on 2122 reviews

We at the Hotel Principal are pleased to offer our clients a warm and functional atmosphere where the classical and the modern are found side by side. Modern conveniences such as WIFI, Internet, and a Solarium are in perfect harmony with the arabesque arches, elegant wooden doors, and Romanesque touches of the original 1866 hotel. Our philosophy is to make constant improvements. Our rooms have recently been refurbished to offer everything you may need to make your stay in Barcelona, the second most visited city in Europe, as pleasant as possible. Our team takes care of even the smallest details so you will feel the warmth of your own home at our family-run hotel

Room Services
  • Rooms: 110
  • Telephone: in room
  • Television: international channels
  • Hairdryer
  • Terrace: some rooms
  • Climate control
  • Safe
  • Towel changing: daily
  • Bed linen changing: every two days
  • Housekeeping: daily
  • Music channels
Main facilities
  • Rooms: 110
  • Parking (fee): nearby public
  • Elevator
  • Internet connection (free): Ethernet (RJ45)
  • Television
  • Terrace
  • Central heating
  • Lounge
  • Fire escape
  • Music channels
  • Air conditioning in common areas
  • Business Center
  • Coffee machine
General services
  • Rooms: 110
  • Extra bed
  • Safe at front desk
  • Crib
  • Luggage check room
  • Computer with Internet
  • Online reservations
Hotel Principal
Calle Junta de Comerç, 8 (08001) - Barcelona (Spain)

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Overall rating:  8.5 Based on the last 40 of 2122 reviews

Would you recommend this hotel?

  • Yes: 90%
  • No: 5%
  • I don't know: 5%

Rating by subject

  • Cleanliness: 8.9
  • Location: 9.3
  • Common facilities and services: 6.2
  • Staff: 7.4
  • Quietness: 8.2
  • Room: 7.4
  • Value for money: 7.8

October/2015 Someone from Nevada, USA thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.6
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Borda! He was very welcoming. The central location easy walkig to Picasco museum and close to the bus.
  • Negative: The wi fi wasn't terribly reliable and the water system went out one night, so no water. The staff offered another room on a lower floor to shower.
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Couples
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Luxury
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 5
  • Staff: 10 Borda was very welcoming in the breakfast area and spoke several languages
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 5 This is a older building, the rooms were small, but adequate. Bathroom had a shower.
  • Value for money: 10 Not the fanciest of hotels, but all the basics were taken care of.
Stars it deserves 3

October/2015 Someone from Chicago USA thinks:

  • Overall rating: 9.6
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Nice hotel room, great breakfast, convenient location
  • Negative:
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 10 Close to places
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 10
Stars it deserves 4

August/2015 Someone from Aschaffenburg thinks:

  • Overall rating: 7.3
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Großes Badezimmer mit 2 Waschbecken! Angenehme Klimaanlage im Zimmer! Saubere Toilette und Bett! Internet im Zimmer! 24h Rezeption
  • Negative: Einfaches nicht abwechslungsreiches Frühstück! Computer im Forjee kostet Geld für Benutzung. Alte Einrichtung!
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
  • Cleanliness: 7.5 Toilette und Waschbecken sehr sauber. Duschtür kaputt und nicht sauber. Zimmer an sich sauber aber nicht staubfrei.
  • Location: 7.5 Nebenstraße zur Rambla also super Lage. Die Gasse ist nicht sehr schön und stinkt aber man muss sich ja nicht lange aufhalten. Supermarkt gibt es auch in der Gasse. Man kann sich auch selbst dort Sachen beim Bäcker kaufen und muss nicht im Hotel frühstücken.
  • Common facilities and services: 5 Alte Einrichtung.
  • Staff: 5
  • Quietness: 5 Reinigungspersonal schon ab 8 Uhr laut gehört.
  • Room: 5 Duschkabine kaputt. 2 Große Waschbecken. Es gab einen wasserkocher und Tee und Kaffee im Zimmer. Fernseher war vorhanden. Klimaanlage war gut.
  • Value for money: 5 Es ist nicht ganz den Preis Wert. Zimmer mit Frühstück ist 80 Euro Wert nicht 100.
Stars it deserves 3

August/2015 Someone from Canada thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.1
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Free WiFi, great location: close to Las Ramblas, across from grocery store, terrific tub/shower!
  • Negative: Slow check-in process: 3 men at front desk but only 1 doing checkin even though a long line and he was struggling with a new computer system.
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Budget travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 5 I like complimentary bottled water, especially on hot days!
  • Staff: 5 Didn't address line of people waiting to check in.
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 3

July/2015 Someone from Bonn thinks:

  • Overall rating: 3.8
  • Would you recommend it? No
  • Positive: Die Lage
  • Negative: Das Management
  • I RECOMMEND it for...
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Business travelers, Travelers with a car, Healthy lifestyle
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 10
  • Staff: Not rated Zimmer downgrade vom Romantic double zu einem Einzelzimmer, dafür die Rechnung höher als ursprünglich gebucht.
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 2.5 Abwertung wegen falschem Zimmer
  • Value for money: 5
Stars it deserves 3

July/2015 Someone from Der Schweiz thinks:

  • Overall rating: 9.4
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Sauberkeit und Geruchlosigkeit
  • Negative: Gerüche und Unreinheiten
  • I RECOMMEND it for...
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 10 War sehr sauber und Geruchlos Zimmer wie auch das Bett. Wunderbar.
  • Location: 7.5 Sehr nahe an der Ramla also zentral gelegen. Die Gerüche von den nahe gelegenen Baustellen waren zum teil beim vorbeilaufen unangehem.
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5 Prompter guter Service. Einfach aber sehr angenehm.
  • Staff: 10 Sehr unkompliziert und zuvorkommend, freundlich.
  • Quietness: 5 Gegen Uhr 23-24.00 war es durch das abladen der Ware vor dem Hotel relativ laut.
  • Room: 10 Sehr sauber. Wir waren zu dritt und es war genug platz. Sehr sauber. Angenehme Betten wie auch ein wunderbar sauberes Bad. Danke.
  • Value for money: 10 Ja absolut. Preis-Leistung stimmt.
Stars it deserves 3

July/2015 Someone from Madrid thinks:

  • Overall rating: 6.7
  • Would you recommend it? I don't know
  • Positive: La temperatura
  • Negative: La poca presión de la ducha
  • I RECOMMEND it for...
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 10
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 5
  • Staff: 5
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 2.5
Stars it deserves 2

July/2015 Someone from Denmark thinks:

  • Overall rating: 9.1
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Nice people and helpful
  • Negative:
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Families, Couples, Budget travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 7.5
  • Common facilities and services: 7.5
  • Staff: 10
  • Quietness: 7.5
  • Room: 7.5
  • Value for money: 7.5
Stars it deserves 4

July/2015 Someone from Amsterdam thinks:

  • Overall rating: 8.8
  • Would you recommend it? Yes
  • Positive: Location and value-for-money
  • Negative: none
  • I RECOMMEND it for...
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST...
  • Cleanliness: 7.5
  • Location: 10
  • Common facilities and services: 10
  • Staff: 7.5
  • Quietness: 10
  • Room: 10
  • Value for money: 10
Stars it deserves 4

June/2015 Someone from Russia thinks:

  • Overall rating: 3.9
  • Would you recommend it? No
  • Positive: In general it was OK, nice breakfasts
  • Negative: Too noisy outside, bad windows
  • I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Peace seekers, Budget travelers
  • I recommend it especially AGAINST... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Healthy lifestyle
  • Cleanliness: 5
  • Location: 7.5 Palau de Guell, Boqueria and Ramblas street is close to the hotel
  • Common facilities and services: 5
  • Staff: 5
  • Quietness: 2.5
  • Room: 5
  • Value for money: 2.5
Stars it deserves 1
Hotel Principal Calle Junta de Comerç, 8 Barcelona 08001 Spain
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