This is not your average recommendation. We have traveled through out Spain and live in Spanish Santa Fe, NM. In 11/04 we were booked to cross on the Voyager. We booked into Rialto El for the week before we were to sail. Exiting the Picasso Museum I was mugged in the street. At 1:30 all of Barcelona was headed to dinner (US lunch?). I was mugged, my camera bag was stolen($120. point and shoot, nothing else in it). I landed on my head, unconcious. Shopkeepers, passers by, ambulance incredibly helpful. Awoke in Hospital del Mar. Neurosurgeon in charge, wonderful care. Rialto treated my husband like family and me when I returned, an outpatient for 10 days (missed the ship). It is just off Las Ramblas, walking distance to everything. Three *s,small rooms but comfortable. Having spent our youth with backpaks roaming the world, we like small, local hotels. Luxury isolates. Starbucks down the st. for breakfast, coffee in Spain, awful. We'd go back to Bac in a minute, our favorite Sp. city. Regent booked for '07 and into '08. No matter where you stay, Via con Dios, Babs