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Barcelona Hotel Guide: The Princess and the Pea
December 18, 2007 at 12:09 PM | 0 Comments
Monica Guy, our own younger, blonder, more attractive but still curmudgeonly version of Andy Rooney has returned yet again. This time, she's giving us the lowdown on the Barcelona hotel scene. Enjoy.
The Casa Fuster.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (Barcelona) there was a beautiful princess.
She was born in the rich area of Barcelona, around the Passeig de Gracia and the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, where all the 5-star hotels are. But she couldn't settle. Glamorous, rich, a lover of luxury and a bit of a gourmet: where should she stay?
She tried her father's favorite hotel first, the huge, ugly Rey Juan Carlos I. But the clientele were all businessmen and she got lost in the corridors trying to find her apartment-sized top-floor Royal Suite out of the 432 other rooms. The road below is Barcelona's main traffic-clog, the Diagonal, and the hotel's isolated from any glitz and glamour. The colour scheme made her sick. Who designed the décor? Off with his head.
