Hi, when in Barcelona recently i EVENTUALLY found a cool place to stay and thought i should share it with the world seeing as there is little info on BCN on this messageboard and frankly there are a lot of BAD hostels in Barcelona...

after staying 2 nights too long in a well known hostel in the city centre that was terrible, we chanced upon a guy (Steve) talking to some tourists near the information office. he told us about Ramblas *****, where for the same price as a dorm bed, we could sleep in our own private room in a large hostel-apartment with kitchen!! Free WiFi!! and 2 bathrooms.
the place is centrally located just off the Ramblas, its clean - cleaning lady comes daily - and has a good international atmosphere - mostly 20-30 yr olds.

the place has singles, doubles, triples, quads so it seems like any group can be looked after.
we had a large double room, with balcony and it was 17.50 each per night!!

their motto is kind of cool:
why sleep in a dorm with 20 snoring strangers when you can have a Ramblas Room for the same price?!

their email is: Ramblas*****(AT)gmail.com (AT)=@
or you can tel +34 620 *** ***