Twentytu Hostel Barcelona

These days, hotels are a very pricey option if you want to do a city breaks holiday and are not planning on spending much time in your room or ordering room service. We decided to try twenty tu hostel as we want to travel more with the kids, and thought the hostel experience might make things more interesting, whilst also help to be able to save some money and allow us to do other things in the city. This was an excellent place to stay. It served as a great base to come back to. The rooms were safe and decent....and cook. There is a great communal area to cook and eat. There is a supermarket next door to buy stuff you need too. The only reason that I didn't give a 5 out of 5 was because the video games were not available due to updating the amenities and the live music guy on Thursdays was on holiday. The people who work there are super friendly and helpful. We will recommend this to anyone coming with kids and who want to be out all day walking the city curbs.

Family of 4 staying for 1 night. Obviously this hostel is more targeted at younger travellers who are used to basic hostel facilities but nevertheless the stay was pleasant and offered almost everything we needed as a family with young kids. Most importantly it was spotlessly clean, in a good location, and a good price compared to many other places in Barcelona. Breakfast offer was cheap and decent to start the day. The roof terrace was fantastic with brilliant views of the surrounding area. Minor grumbles would be the need to buy towels and the push button on the sink tap with no temperature control but I appreciate this is pretty standard in many hostels and I can understand the logic so it wasn’t a massive issue. The free lockers after we checked out were really helpful as we had later flights so had some time to kill during the day we were leaving. All in all I would say it was a great stay and suitable for families of all ages as long as you manage your expectations.

The hostel is nice. Friendly staff. The rooms are really small for a group of 4 with 4 bags. Seriously. Not comfortable. Location is good, but you have to walk a lot to get to the good neighborhoods in Barcelona.

Electricity went off in the evening and again in the morning. Bedlinen were included, but not towels. Room was clean. Expensive hostel, 260 eur/room/night. Overall: service quality and price does not match.

It does the job as far as a hostel goes, but isn't a pleasant overall experience. Room when we got there wasn't clean and there was sand encrusted all over the floor. Air conditioning for our room didn't work at all the whole weekend even though it is advertised online and in a placard in the room. The real issue was the two guys at the front desk were so unbelievably rude to some of us, one of them making fun of us when we had an issue and just being overall unhelpful. If you can find another place to stay, do it. This place isn't great.

Great if you are out all day, shower last 17 seconds and you need to be pushing again for another 17 seconds and so on. Lights are turned off at 12:00 am

We stayed at this hotel at Barcelona and it was a new experience. Pros : The hotel has a Lobby with 2 attendants 24 hours which is good. They were nice and informative. They allow you to keep bags at the lobby inside lockers with keys in case you check in early or need to store your bags after checkout for the rest of the day. Price, wasn't cheapest option but was below average at this high season at the city. CONS: 1.Rooms are Very small. It felt more like a narrow cell. Like sleeping inside a Walk In closet. A narrow 1 m hall with 2 bunk beds leading to a bathroom. If you have luggage and use the hall to open it, you have to jump over it to move. 2. Bed was hard, not comfy. Pillows flat. 3. Light turns off every certain amount of minutes. They have timers and all is controlled from the front desk downstairs. At 12 they come off. Even if you are using the room. You have to call the front desk and ask for them to turn them on. There is no phone in the room. You have to go outside to call. 4. The rooms are not Sound Proof. All the street noises come in to the room: cars, people talking,, trucks, bangs... Etc. Even though the street. Really disturbs your sleep. 5. You can't control room temperature. Another thing the front desk controls is how cool your room is. If you feel to hot you got to ask them to turn it down. So many things that supposedly claimed to be "Smart and Green" are really annoying and uncomfortable to the guests. They keep their Costs low. 6. No drinking water fountain. You can buy from a vending machine or serve yourself a glad of tap water. 7. No Towels. You want one? Pay 4 euros at the front desk for each. Im sorry, but I didn't enjoy my stay at the hotel. All the modern features save money to the owners but it comes with sacrifice from the guests.