During our trip we stayed in better hostels but aside from the smell in the bathrooms, this place wasn't that bad, Though this was our only choice as we reserved a day before arriving to Barcelona from Paris. The hostel is secure and very well located right by Las Ramblas, the staff was really helpful with directions and there is... More

I wouldn't say it would be the worst hostel you could stay in but it certainly not good! I stayed in a twin room with a bathroom room with a friend. The room wasn't once cleaned in the four days we stayed there. The bathroom was ay although the shower was ridiculously small - you could hardly bend down to... More

We stayed in this hostel for 3 days and is the pathetic hostel i have seen so far.There is absolutely nothing good about it. 1.Whatever they display on the net they wouldnt provide at all.For ex: kitchen,breakfast,neat hostel etc... 2.Hostel staff except for a new joined girl and an Indian(who ll come after 12am) , all others are rude and... More

If there were no Ilaria, Narcisa and other staff, this would have been the worst hostel I have ever stayed at. Although location is perfect, I felt mislead by information on the hostel world web page. At the time I booked this hostel, as facilities were mentioned internet access and breakfast. Truth is: you have to pay for the internet... More

I spent six days in Barcelona with my class at the Ideal youth Hostel in September 2011. It was quite the contrary to an "ideal" hostel! We were eight people in a fifteen square metre room with a balcony of one square meter. We slept in four bunk beds, instead of the slatted frame was a metal board and on... More

Me and my class stayed in the Ideal Youth Hostel for about 6 days because we wanted to visit Barcelona. We thought that it would be a good idea to stay in the Ideal Youth Hostel because its cheap and centrally located and in a sidestreet of Las Ramblas. But we were wrong. We had a very,very small room and... More

I have bed bug bites all over me. I actually found one crawling on me which was disgusting!! The breakfast is a very, very poor attempt. They served toast which is not toast but more like the dried croutons you buy at the store. Another attempt at breakfast was 2 small muffins.... Is that what you call breakfast? I asked... More

We were able to be with kids our age and became friends. The hostes is well, the staff is nice and there are many young people from other countries. We recommend it to people wanting to konow Barcelona and somebody.

This place was weird. It´s supposed to be a proper hostel, but you can feel there are many dodgy things about it. First of all, they take as much money for a room in one of their two buildings, in La Rambla, as for a room in their main building. And the building in La Rambla is old, extremely noisy,... More