Ten Budget Hotels in Barcelona below 100 Euros per night

Both business and leisure travelers are looking for more ways to save their money on upcoming travel to Barcelona and one of the best way to do that is to stay in a budget hotel in Barcelona to cut cost on expensive hotel room prices. As a budget conscious travel blog, we are happy to released a list of 10 Barcelona budget hotels with below EUR 100 per night room rates. These Barcelona budget hotels have also collected the best customer reviews and many are located near the city center and/or within walking proximity to metro stations and with their affordable room rates are a boon to both business and leisure travelers.

Although Barcelona hotels are known to be expensive, travelers can take relief that there are still cheap hotels to be found in Barcelona.

#1 – Casa Gracia Barcelona Hostel
Passeig de Gracia, 116, Gràcia, 08008 Barcelona

Just metres from Avinguda Diagonal and within 300 metres of Diagonal Metro Station, Casa Gràcia is a modern hostel at the top of Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia, 300 metres from Gaudí’s La Pedrera. The location and friendly atmosphere is complemented by the beautiful building and spacious rooms. Nightly rates in Casa Gracia Barcelona Hostel start from 44 Euros per night.

#2 - U232 Hotel
Comte d’Urgell, 232, L’Eixample, 08036 Barcelona

Located in L’Eixample, U232 Hotel offers stylish, air-conditioned rooms with flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi and a location just 150 meters away from Hospital Clinic Metro Station. Spacious rooms, comfortable beds and luxurious atmosphere adds up quite well. Room rates in U232 Hotel start from 68 Euros per night.

#3 - Hotel Denit Barcelona
Estruc, 24-26, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona

Located in central Gothic Quarter close to Plaza Catalunya Square and the Ramblas, Hotel Denit Barcelona has a great location which is walking distancefrom major tourist attractions. The quiet, clean and comfortable rooms, free WIFI and service offers a very acceptable price-to-value ratio. Room rates in Hotel Denit Barcelona start from 101 Euros per night.

#4 - Condado Hotel Barcelona
Aribau, 201, Sarrià-St. Gervasi, 08021 Barcelona

200 metres from Barcelona’s Diagonal Avenue, and a 10-minute walk from Diagonal Metro Station, Condado Hotel Barcelona offers a very good location in addition to lovely rooms, nice facilities and modern-helpful staff. Room rates in Condado Hotel Barcelona start from 82 Euros per night.

#5 - Aparthotel Acacia
Comte d’Urgell, 194, L’Eixample, 08036 Barcelona

Acacia Suite is located in Barcelona’s Eixample district. It is just 50 metres from Hospital Clinic Metro Station and offers a comfortable and value for money stay in Barcelona. Room rates in Aparthotel Acacia start from 87 Euros per night.

Sagrada Familia by night

#6- H10 Itaca Hotel
Avenida Roma, 22-30, L’Eixample, 08015 Barcelona

10 minutes’ walk of Sants Train Station, the AVE High-Speed Railway, Plaza España and the FIRA Exhibition Centre, H10 Itaca Hotel is slightly out of town but Metro makes everywhere accessible. H10 Itaca Hotel offers good sized room and bathroom for 99++ Euros per night.

#7 - Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal
Diagonal, 161, Sant Martí, 08018 Barcelona

Located 350 metres from Glòries Shopping Centre, in the modern 22th district of Barcelona, Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal has easy access to city center thanks to public transportation (ten minutes walking to Glories Metro station) and 20 minutes walking distance away from Sagrada Familia. Room rates in Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal start from 77 Euros per night.

#8 - Aparthotel Bonanova
Bisbe Sivilla, 7, Sarrià-St. Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona

If you want to experience the local life in Barcelona instead of the tourist character of city center, these apartments located in the residential neighbourhood of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi (10 minutes from Plaça Catalunya) will work for you. The metro is near so accessing tourist attractions is not a problem. Room rates in Aparthotel Bonanova start from 70 Euros per night.

#9 - Hesperia Presidente
Avenida Diagonal, 570, Sarrià-St. Gervasi, 08021 Barcelona

10 minutes walk away from Diagonal Metro Station, Hesperia Presidente is yet another Barcelona hotel offering budget stay with a very accessible location. You can reach Gaudi’s La Pedrera and fashionable Passeig de Gracia by a short, 15 minutes walk. All in all, the hotel is just great value for money. Room rates in Hesperia Presidente start from 70 Euros per night.

#10 - Hotel Barcelona Princess
Avenida Diagonal, 1, Sant Martí, 08019 Barcelona

4-Star Hotel Barcelona Princess is 10-minute walk from the beach in the Barcelona’s Forum area. The pools, Desigual Bar on 23rd floor, an excellent Sky Gym on 3rd floor and free mini bar complements nice and clean rooms. Room rates in Hotel Barcelona Princess start from 83 Euros per night.

Ok, we know this is a list of “below 100 Euros per night” hotels but we cannot exclude this one below even if the room rates are around 120 Euros per night. So this is our bonus hotel:

#10+1 - Hostal L’ Antic Espai Barcelona

This 2 star hostel in Barcelona has a great decor and atmosphere with its old, elegant and artisan furniture. The lovely outdoor terrace with plants and birds is great for breakfast or a drink and the hotel is in the centre of Barcelona where almost everything is within walking distance. Amazing breakfast and fantastic staff are also big pluses here. Room rates in Hostal L’ Antic Espai Barcelona are 120 Euros per night.

If you want an introduction to Barcelona’s neighborhoods, take a look at our post titled Where to stay in Barcelona?

Where to stay in Barcelona?

Barcelona, second largest city in Spain and the capital of Catalonia, is one of the most popular city to visit in Spain with its historic churches, buildings, open air markets, narrow streets, restaurants, food, cafes, shops and colorful night life. In summer, the city also offers nice beaches for its visitors which is quite easily accessible from the city center.

The best time to visit Barcelona is in April and May during when the temperature is 19 – 20 Degrees Celcius. The high season for Barcelona tourism is August but this is also the popular month for people of Barcelona to go on vacation. So it will be quite crowded in August and many shops and restaurants will be closed. It is also OK to visit Barcelona in the winter months as long as you do not plan your visit to rainy days, since the temperature is around 9 – 10 degrees.

To answer the question in the title of this post (where to stay in Barcelona?) we will look at the most popular districts of Barcelona and their orientation instead of offering individual Barcelona hotel recommendation. The most important place for tourists in Barcelona is its historic center called Ciutat Vella (meaning Old City in Catalan). This place is District 1 and is on the shores of Mediterranean Sea and is considered as the center of the city (see the map below).

Ciutat Vella and the adjacent Eixample are the best places to stay in Barcelona and many popular Barcelona hotels are located in these two areas. But the efficient metro system also connects many Barcelona hotels outside these two Districts well to the center so a Barcelona hotel near metro station or a tram line connecting to metro station will work well as a place to stay.

Before going into details of some of these Barcelona Districts, let’s take a look at the price range for different classes of hotels in Barcelona:

- $35 to $295 per night for up to 3 star Barcelona hotels,
- $68 to $552 per night for 4 star Barcelona hotels,
- $133 to $412 per night for 5 star Barcelona hotels.

Barcelona Districts Map

Ciutat Vella (Barri Gotic, La Rambla, El Raval, El Born)

Historic center covers La Barceloneta (famous with its beach), Barri Gòtic (the oldest neaighbourhood in Ciutat Vella), El Born a.k.a La Ribera and El Raval (historically infamous for its nightlife and cabarets, as well as prostitution and crime but has changed significantly in recent years and due to its central location has become a minor attraction of Barcelona).

The most famous and popular place in Barcelona is La Rambla Street. This place is popular with tourists as well as locals.  La Rambla is actually a series of shorter streets, each differently named (in Spanish it is Las Ramblas). Line L3 of the Barcelona Metro runs beneath the length of La Rambla and you can reach the street from Catalunya, Liceu or Drassanes station.

For a detailed list of Barselona Hotels in Ciutat Vella, you can refer to Barcelona Ciutat Vella Hotels page.

La Rambla el Raval Boulevard, Barcelona, Spain. Seen here is the entrance of Liceu metro station

Eixample

Once the city of Barcelona was just Ciutat Vella. Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu etc. were small towns near the city. And in between there was this large land behind Barcelona’s city walls, kept empty for defence purposes. Then in 19th century, Eixample (meaning extension) was built. The area is composed of these countless rectangular blocks and streets resembling each other. You can easily get lost here.

Many mid-range to luxury segment Barcelona hotels are in Eixample. It is very near to Ciutat Vella, it offers very easy access to the rest of the city and infamous Sagrada Família is here. Eixample is probably the best place to stay in Barcelona.

For hotels in Barselona’s Eixample District (District 2), you can refer to Barcelona Eixample Hotels  page.

Eixample is probably the best place to stay in Barcelona.

Gràcia

Gracia is 1 kilometer north of city center and is probably the most Catalan neighbourhood in the city. The life in this well-heeled place revolves in many squares and the place offers a good taste of everyday life in Barcelona as well as nice hotels to stay in.   Gaudí-designed Parc Güell is here.

For hotels and room prices in Gràcia, refer to Barcelona Gràcia Hotels page.

Sants-Montjuïc

Plaça d’Espanya in Sants-Montjuïc is one of the most important squares in Barcelona. The place is full of museums, monuments and festivals. This is another good place to find hotels in Barcelona.