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Hotel Facilities

The Expo hotel Barcelona is a large hotel and has good facilities. These include a laundry service, a day care nursery on request, a car park some 50 metres from the hotel. A foreign currency exchange and a fax service. The hotel also has a swimming pool and roof terrace which is open during the summer. If you would like to hire a car or book a tour the hotel will be happy to help.

Business Facilities at the Expo Hotel

The Expo hotel has 7 function rooms. These can hold from 12 to 90 people, depending on their configuration. They can also be used to form one large room to hold up to 1000 people in a cocktail setup. The hotel can provide high-tech audiovisual equipment and specialized staff should you need them.

Rooms

The rooms are plain and comfortable, all have been decorated using a blue and ochre colour scheme. There are 435 rooms in all. All have TV with satellite channels, air-conditioning and heating, a desk, a marble bathrooms with hair dryer and toiletries, a small terrace a mini-bar and a safe box. The views unfortunately are just of the surrounding buildings and roads.

Hotel Location and Facilities

The Expo hotel Barcelona is just metres from the Sants Estacio metro stop and the Barcelona Sants train Station. On the metro you can get into the centre of town in 10 minutes and from the train station you can catch direct trains to the airport or other out of town places of interest like Sitges. There is a bank and a small supermarket 2 minutes walk away on Tarragona. If you need to use the internet there is a café just 5 minutes away on Numancia. You could also walk down to Plaça Espanya and Montjuïc in 10 minutes. For business travellers the hotel is closely situated to Les Corts business area, and the Fira events halls in Plaça Espanya.

How to travel from the airport to the hotel

The advanced booking transfers below are independent of the the public transport system. This means if there is a public transport strike these services will continue to operate as normal and you will not be affected by the strike action.

Minibus shared transfer (advanced reservation required)

A shared minibus transfer option is cheaper than the private transfer. You would need to make your way to designated meeting point at the airport.

Book your shared minibus airport transport in advance.

Private transfer (advanced reservation required)

With a private transfer service the driver will be waiting for you at your arrivals gate. He will have a board or a sign with your name on it so that you can easily identify him. The driver will help you with your bags to the vehicle and then drive you to your hotel.

Book your private airport to hotel transfer in advance online.

Public transport transfer options

Via Taxi A taxi from the airport should take about 25 minutes.

Taxi Fare: €30.00  - €35.00

Via Train The RENFE train leaves the airport every half an hour and will take you to Barcelona Sants (Estacio de Sants), in about 20 minutes. The Expo hotel is about 2 minutes walk from the station.

RENFE Train Ticket Prices
Single ticket: €4.10

Via Bus You could take the Aerobus from the Airport and get off at Plaça Espanya from here you need to take the Green line Metro to Barcelona Sants (Estacio de Sants). The hotel is a 2 minute walk from the station.

Aerobus Ticket Prices
Single ticket: €5.90

Car parks near Expo Hotel Barcelona

In a nutshell

There is no doubt that the Expo hotel Barcelona is still popular with tourists and business people alike. This must mean that whilst the hotel isn't the top of its game anymore it still provides excellent service and a comfortable stay with first class transportation connections from Barcelona Sants station which is just a few minutes walk away.

Expo Hotel Barcelona
Carrer Mallorca, 1-23
08014 Barcelona, España.

HB-003580

Metro: Sants Estacio (Green Line, L3) 3 minutes walk