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marble bathrooms, even have their own exercise bikes. You can dine in the modest terrace
garden.
HOTEL
HOTEL ASTORIA
from €103; ; Diagonal)
Nicely situated a short walk from Passeig de Gràcia, this three-star hotel is equally well
placed for long nights out in the restaurants, bars and clubs of adjacent Carrer d'Aribau.
Room decor and types vary wildly. The hotel has its own mini gym and a display of art by
Catalan painter Ricard Opisso.
HOTEL
BARCELONA CENTER INN
688; s/d €75/89; ; Tetuan)
A charming simplicity pervades the rooms here. Wrought-iron bedsteads are overshadowed
by flowing drapes. Room decor varies, with a vaguely Andalucian flavour in the bathrooms.
Some rooms have little terraces. Get a back room if you can, as Gran Via is noisy.
HOSTAL
HOSTAL GOYA
92; ; Passeig de Gràcia, Urquinaona)
The Goya is a modestly priced gem on the chichi side of L'Eixample. Rooms have a light
colour scheme that varies from room to room. In the bathrooms, the original mosaic floors
have largely been retained, combined with contemporary design features. The more expens-
ive doubles have a balcony.
HOSTEL
SOMNIO HOSTEL
d €87, s/d without bathroom €44/78; ; Passeig de Gràcia)
A crisp, tranquil hostel with 10 rooms (two of them six-bed dorms and all with a simple
white and light-blue paint job), Somnio is nicely located in the thick of things in L'Eixample
and a short walk from the old city. Rain showers and thick flex mattresses are nice features
in these 2nd-floor digs.
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