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Frommer's Exceptional

A smart boutique hotel within easy walking distance of La Ribera's shopping, cultural, and culinary attractions, the recently renovated Constanza combines style and a young vibe with a fair amount of substance for its price range. True, it doesn't have a rooftop pool or city views, but it's smart and comfortable with an upbeat, trendy ambience. The lobby is filled with white boxy couches and red trim, and there's a minimalist breakfast room decorated flower prints. The first-floor bedrooms are bright and fresh with clean lines and leather-trimmed furniture, throw cushions a-plenty, and white cotton sheets. All have en-suite bathrooms with showers. Some are rather small, and those at the front can be noisy, but if you can book a room with its own private terrace the place is a bargain.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Barcelona, 3rd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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