 The
Hotel Mesón Castilla is a simple two-star hotel, but for those
who are watching their budget, it is not only moderately priced, but also
well located and offers an old-world ambiance. It is on a small side street,
just off the Plaza Cataluña and steps from Barcelona's popular
Las Ramblas street. The mood is set when you enter into the reception
lounge, which is paneled (walls and ceiling) with a dark wood. . Here
you find colorful antique large wall murals, and stained-glass windows.
A lighter note appears in arched windows that open off the breakfast room
to a small inner garden courtyard. Each bedroom is individual in decor,
but with similar furnishings of ornate painted headboards and coordinating
chairs and chests. Although this is a "budget" hotel, the bathrooms
are newly remodeled and the rooms all have air conditioning, mini bars,
TVs, hairdryers, and direct-dial telephones. Just 50 meters from the hotel
is the new museum of contemporary art (MACBA). Another bonus-there's a
parking garage in the building. |
