Cram Hotel

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Barcelona: Cram Hotel, a four-star in Eixample, fits that bill. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the…

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Barcelona: Cram Hotel, a four-star in Eixample, fits that bill. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out an in-house restaurant and reliable wi-fi as the small things that add up over a stay. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. The numbers behind the reviews tell their own story, well over 2,800 reviews, scoring strong on balance. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Expect to pay something in the region of €238 a night, a middle-of-the-road entry on the board, especially when stacked against nearby alternatives. The honest read on Cram Hotel is that it deserves a side-by-side look against the bigger Barcelona names rather than a headline of its own.