Name: El Born Guest House By Casa Consell
Address: Carrer Comera 29 08003 8003, Barcelona, ES

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2025

Michael

Small but clean. The staff is excellent. Location is walkable to many attractions and transportation options.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2024

Shelley

Fabulous little guesthouse in great locations, walking distance from many bars. Felt quite secure and would happily return.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Sep 2024

Debbie

The bed is terrible. Luxury hotel prices with what feels like hostel accommodations. Online photos make room look much better than it is. The mattress was rock hard with a skimpy blanket.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2024

Olav Hoel

Great choice, perfect for solo as well as couples

I was overall very satisfied with El Born Guest House. The staff was very service minded, great location and cosy building. Central but quiet and calm. The bathroom was fresh and refurbished.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2023

Tori

El Born was perfectly located adjacent to the gothic quarter and across the street from train and bus stations. The metro and beach were also easily walkable. We would stay here again! Guillermo was super friendly and helpful. We felt welcome and that he would accommodate whatever needs we had. Water pressure was great and got plenty hot. The room was cool and the bed was comfortable.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2023

Anna

The room is too small. Way too expensive compared to other hotels in the area. We will not come back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2023

Kristopher

Location is the best for this property.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2022

Verified traveler

Pleasant stay

Easy to check in. We enjoyed the communal area with kitchen items, coffee machine, and complimentary bottles of water and small baked goods. The only downside was the very small shower (my husband is 6'3\" and had some trouble), but overall a great stay! Definitely recommend.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2022

Leslie

The place was centered in the heart of wonderful shopping, museums, and dining. The only drawback was the front door key was tricky so getting in proved to be a challenge at times and the shower was incredibly small and not easy to get in and out of.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2022

Verified traveler

Good location

The location is great. Taxi to the airport was about 35€ the room itself was small but had what we needed. The shower was extra small but it worked. The people working were very nice and helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Very Different

The guest house was nice. Different from our usual choice. We were looking for a different experience and we certainly found it. A little more expensive than I expected but overall a very nice stay. Barcelona was beautiful and the experience part of the adventure.

Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Aug 2019

Brent

Euro charm but BROKEN AIR in August.

El Born REVIEW:

I paid about $40 more per night for The El Born Guest House due to the rarity of its advertised air conditioning. It is the traditional smaller European size room, on the edge of the historic old section of the city. I went in August with two of my adult daughters. The small wall-mounted air conditioning unit DID NOT WORK all four nights there. Barcelona is hot and muggy in the summer. The nights were insufferably hot for us. Night air just as hot outside as inside. We couldn’t sleep much until it cooled down outside at 4:30am. This made our day touring difficult as we were all tired from lack of sleep.

The on-site manager seemed very sincere in his efforts to fix the air conditioning unit, but to no avail. The manager also said he would try to contact the owners, to see about compensating for suffering through not getting what we paid for. However, he did not secure any discount prior to our departure. If El Born does come through with some recompense, I will note that and offer some words of satisfaction in the face of this suffering.

We did not go to a different hotel because for the first three days while we were out, the manager called my cell to tell me the problem had been fixed.

Strangely, the manager told me that other guests were coming to stay in this sweltering room shortly after our departure. What is he telling them? Why would he want anyone to stay there?

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

The room with a twin bed was smaller than expected (about the size of a walk-in closet), but adequate for one. You have to maneuver to get out of the shower, as the bathroom was very cramped. Also, this room is located literally right behind the check-in counter and hotel front door, so you hear every guest enter/exiting/checking in, which affected my sleep. Other than that, all the basics needed for a single hotel room were covered. The check-in process can be confusing, as the door to the street is locked, so be sure you have the hotel phone number if the buzzer does not get you in. It also helps if you call the hotel and coordinate your arrival time prior, as I witnessed 2 guests sitting and waiting for the owner to arrive during my stay.

8/10

Excellent

09 Nov 2018

Eddieras

Very nice room, though a bit smaller than expected. Clean and comfortable. Great location and nice staff. Use of the kitchen and coffee in AM is a huge plus.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jan 2026

Alix

Chambre relativement petite. Impossible de fermer la fenêtre de la salle de bain, il y faisait donc assez froid (et je ne parle même pas du gaspillage énergétique pour chauffer).
L'acoustique est quasiment inexistante, on entend tout ce qui se passe dans le couloir et la cuisine, même les douches et les chasses d'eau des autres chambres.
En revanche, l'emplacement est top, et Ana a été disponible et s'est montrée très gentille avec nous alors de notre arrivée.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2024

Frank

Lite men praktisk og rent hotellrom. Balkon var liten men grei for to personer. Sengen var god.

Badet bar preg av å være gammelt og mye brukt. Skuffene på baderomsmøbelet var tydelig skadet av vann, dusjkabinettet var rustet der emaljen var slitt vekk i bakkant, dusjhodet for «regn» virket ikke da det var tett av kalk samt at det lakk på oversiden som resulterte i at vann sprutet på utsiden av dusjkabinettet og opp i taket.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2024

MONICA

Me gustó la ubicación a unos pasos de la estación de Francia

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2023

HUMBERTO

excelente Ubicación,