Cheap Hotels in Barcelona are clustered in and around the Barri Gòtic. Party travelers should stay on the Las Ramblas where hotel rooms may be quite noisy. The Ramblas has been the favorite tourist mile for the past decades and certainly its attractions and good hotels are recommended.
However, be aware when you decide to book a hotel at the Ramblas. It is advisable to do so at least four weeks in advance. Some of the best hotels are fully booked months ahead. If you do arrive without a hotel reservation don’t be surprised when you can’t find the cheapest prices. Try the low price booking service at the local tourist office on Plaça de Catalunya when you desperately need accommodation on the same day.

Cheap hotels in Barcelona are Pensiôn Ambos Mundos and Hostal Maldà

Use also the hotels.com search box below where you can find many cheap hotels in Spain offering good value for money.

Accommodation Barcelona

Accommodation in Barcelona has become one of the most wanted and therefore most expensive in Spain within the past 10 years. Apartments rental in Barcelona for instance has become a growing business and high standard hotels have updated their prices to the rest of Europe. Finding a cheap vacancy or even any availability at all has become very difficult around Easter, summer and during all the festivals and trade fairs. You are advised to book several weeks in advance at peak times especially when you have a particular hotel in mind. More about accommodation in Barcelona at Accommodation in Barcelona.com.

Hotels and Pensions

The Spanish government regulates hotels and pensions in a stricter way than probably any other Mediterranean country in Europe. The official categories of these hotels and pensions are rated and star-rated in a very straight forward manner. However room rates vary wildly. Ironically these star-ratings do not always give the traveler an immediate indication of costs, facilities, hotel services and location. With budget hotels reservations you should ask beforehand for an ensuite bathroom in the particular room you are booking for.

Room Rates

After making sure the accommodation has its own private bathroom the budget hotel might not be so notoriously cheap as once discovered. A cheap hotel in Barcelona sharing an outside shower for a cost of around 30 Euro might then go quickly up to 40 and 50 Euro when a hotel room with ensuite shower or bathroom is on your vacation wish list. If you then think of spending your holidays in Barcelona during the summer when it gets really hot and assume your cheap hotel accommodation to include air conditioning, TV, elevator or simply a calm and quiet accommodation to relax, you will have to add a fair amount on top of your "cheap hotel" budget - up to 60 and 90 Euro per night.