I want to give a shout out to this  hostel “Generator” in the Gracia neighborhood. I booked a room here several months ago, not knowing a thing about Barcelona. This place has it all going on. First of all it is reasonably priced. Mike and I have a nice (private) room on the 7th floor with a patio/balcony larger than our room overlooking the roof tops of the neighborhood. I can see the guy across the street sipping coffee. He has on a white shirt, I’m going to wave in a moment.

We can also see the tip tops of the Casa de les Punxes, (looks like a Harry Potter castle) but is actually a work by Joseph Puig i Cadafalch and is one of the most emblematic works off Modernism (Catalan Art Nouveau). On the other side of the patio we can see the very tips of Gaudi’s mother ship; Basilica de la Sagrada Familiar. It’s a quiet neighborhood. Down in the lobby the most excellent staff check people in and out, provide a more than substantial menu; breakfast, lunch and dinner and have some great “hanging out spaces”. A true home in the city for us.