Q: Can you recommend any hotels offering cheap or discounted rates over the Christmas and New Years period in Barcelona? We want a double room in a hotel situated in the city centre with good transport links but also reasonable standard accommodation - are we asking too much?

A: Now is a good time to be looking for deals on Barcelona hotels. Many hotels are offering discounts during at this time. We did some searching around and found 4 hotels offering cheap rates - typically around 45 to 90 euros for a double room. The rates depend on the day you travel.  All these hotels are close to a metro stop and are in the City Centre.  The first hotel Hotel Silken Concordia is actually just around the corner from where we are based - we walk past it every day. It offers basic but good clean accommodation and excellent transport connection via the metro.

Hotel Silken Concordia - in Poble Sec and right next to Poble Sec metro giving you access to the very heart of the city centre  with just a 8 minute ride on the metro to La Rambla.  This hotel consistently gives excellent prices and at the moment they are offering double rooms for around 54 euros per night.  If you ever want good, clean and reasonable accommodation very close to the city centre I think this hotel is a good option. 
Booking information and rates for the hotel Silken Concordia

Nouvel Hotel (3 star) only a few minutes from La Ramblas  36 to 84 euros per night (depending on the day of the week you book)
Booking Information And Rates at Nouvel Hotel

Ac Front Maritim - This hotel is near the beach - it is a 20 minute ride on the Metro to reach the city centre but they have offers of between 56 to 93 euros per night for a double room which is 40% off the normal rates.
Booking Information And Current Rates at Ac Front Maritim

BCN Montjuic Hotel - This hotel is very close the Placa Espanya which has the green line metro very close by. Very close to the Magic Fountain of Montjuic and excellent transport connections at Placa Espanya this hotel is currently offering double rooms at between 42 to 52 euros per night.
Booking information and Current Rates at BCN Montjuic Hotel

Another tip for finding low cost accommodation in Barcelona is simply to go to Spainbookers.com home page and select your dates and then click the Go button. Do not enter any hotel names. It will then list the hotels in order of price. However make sure that the hotel is in Barcelona city centre because the results sometimes show hotels just outside Barcelona.

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