If you're just throwing down your bags, exploring Barcelona, and sleeping, this may be best location in the city. A few steps to the right is the metro to all the sites and the beach, to the left one of the best foodie streets, and it's quiet at night. It's small, not clean, not comfortable, and not well maintained. No instructions at check-in, the water was out 3x, jackhammer construction inches from the back window. But you won't remember any of that stuff.