B&B Boutique Ca la Maria

Everything was perfect! The location, the room, the terrace and the atmosphere. This is «the place to stay» if you are a few days in Barcelona. It is ideal for couples and small groups Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere at the terrace in between busy hours in the streets of Barcelona. Enjoy your stay👍

Lovely B&B. Great location; central but not too touristy. Avoid private courtyard suite (Lucieu) because it’s loud. It’s off the common area and over a restaurant. Late crowd came back at 3 am for nightcap and kitchen noise caused poor nights sleep.

Could not have chosen a greater location for our stay in Barcelona! Ca La Maria is close to popular sites, restaurants, transportation, and is managed by a very friendly and super accommodating staff! Guillem, who was present during our stay, demonstrated such sincerity, friendliness, warmth and service the whole time we were there! A very nice, savory breakfast spread was set out every day which met everyone's needs. Tables were set in the welcoming, spacious terrace or indoors. Great setting for just chilling, as well. :) We booked 2 rooms: the suite was spacious and met all our expectations. The Caneletas room was barely adequate for a couple. Outside the B&B, we found a very reliable, plentiful, and honest taxi service.

Don't. Their website badly misrepresents this property. Our room was not even at their address- it was down the block in another building. Room was not clean, polyester sheets, foul odor in the bath, drooping drapes, safe and coffee maker inoperable, no fruit at breakfast day 1, no breakfast available to us day 3, no service to fix problems, worn furnishings. Shower old, corroded, and poor. Not like their website portrays!

Getting into your room reminded me of the introduction to the 1960s American sitcom Get Smart. We arrived on a Sunday night when there was no one at reception. To gain access to our room, we received an email with a page of instructions , a link to an app we had to use, and 4 sets of passcodes that collectively allowed us to get into the building, into the lobby, onto our floor, and into our room. Here was part of the instructions “To open the glass door before the lift (not the street door) you will have to combine pressing the button on the intercom that says “2º2ª A” plus the “Next Door” option on our Akiles cell phone access tool.” Whaaaaat? The room was big (I think we had one of the more expensive rooms ) and once the air conditioning got cranked up, it was comfortable to sleep in for the next four nights. The breakfasts were satisfactory and included yogurt, bread slices, cheese, some cold meat, and then a warm egg dish each day. With that said, it was disappointing that in a city town full of bakeries, the BnB did not provide a selection of fresh croissants, rolls, etc. One day they did have a fresh looking cake which the front desk person said was left over from the owner's birthday party for her son. Yes, you are reading that correctly. We received seconds. The B&B provides wall-mounted dispensers of soap and shampoo in the shower – a nice touch. Our soap dispenser was empty. We removed it from the wall of the first day in hopes that the hotel would replenish it during our stay, but they never did. Outside of our room, the B&B had a Nespresso machine and a kettle for hot tea. This was a nice touch but the dirty dishes were not removed nor the supplies replenished for the first three days we were there. I do not mean to be nit-picky in my review but when you pay top dollar for an accommodation, your standards and expectations are higher.

The staff was perfect, friendly, fast and professional. But... The building 286 was absolutely hot. It has air conditioner, but that hardly helped. I could not sleep at all. Also the matresses were totally low quality, wobbly and soft like chewing gum. Absolutely no noise isolation. You can hear what kind of business your neighbours do on the toilet - in all details. For more bad news, check out the photos. Again, the staff is great - but the accomodation is absolutely low standard. Sorry to be honest. Would never book building 286 again.