Disclaimer: this is our third stay in the Balmes this year. And probably our 40th time in the last decade. This hotel has everything that we want when staying in a hotel. The staff are superb, the location brilliant, the inner courtyard with swimming pool an oasis of calm in a hectic part of the city. The only minor point of complaint was that housekeeping would refresh the towels almost daily, even though we had hung them to be reused (and not left on the floor). Given the current water shortages in and around Barcelona, this really shouldn’t be the case. Aside from this, I look forward to the day that we have something to really complain. Also, We will be back in November, there is no better hotel in Barcelona