Hostal Mimi Las Ramblas

Thanks god it was only one night! One sleepless night cuz the noise was unbearable! - all the doors need fixing, as they make squeaky noises, and you can hear all of them in the room in the middle of the place - people arguing at night with the staff about cockroaches (tbh theese cockroaches didn't disgust me as much as the rest of the filthy things at this place) - a child moaning and crying all night at some other room - did I mention the banging squeeky doors? The staircase is extremely mouldy and dirty. The smell isn't welcoming at all! The whole place doesn't seem like the one on the pictures. Walls are dirty, and they need refurbishment like most of the things on this place. It wasn't so dirty in terms of dust or fresh stains on the floor or table, this whole place is a one huge old stain. It needs a proper deep cleaning!! The bathrooms are nightmare! I didn't decide to take a shower in that filthy, mouldy place, but my boyfriend did, and everything was falling apart. There was a puddle of piss next to the toilet and a dirty mop hanging on the wall.

The reason we booked this hotel was that it was along Las Ramblas and it was cheap. I should have known better what to expect in Barcelona for that price. This is okay for a short visit if you're used to roughing it, are travelling with own sleeping bag or don't mind a bit of grime in the sheets. I checked that at least there were no bed bug marks under the bed. The hostel is sharing the same shabby stairway with other businesses or apartments, and it doesn't give a good first impression, but the stairway is not a part of the hostel itself. My adventurous 9-year-old wanted to turn back when we stepped inside the stairway. The hostel has a beautiful interior apart from the grimy sheets and flaked bathroom surfaces. It was not allowed to put toilet paper in the toilet seats, probably old plumbing.