Day 17: Lisbon to Barcelona

Left for the airport to head to Barcelona, sad to leave Lisbon and Portugal behind, we have definitely added Portugal to the list of ‘must return to’ places. Since we had to return our hire car at 10am I had several hours in the airport to catch up on my emails and do a little work. Took off at 1pm and arrived in Barcelona around 3.30pm.

Picked up our next hire car and headed for our hotel located in the city and named 987 Barcelona. I was excited to see this hotel as on the web it looks very modern and a little quirky. As often is the case the hotel did not live up to it’s web presence. While modern, the rooms are looking tired; there was no storage space (1 tiny open fronted wardrobe with 5 coat hangers), and although it had ceiling lights and bedside lamps it was a matter off all on or all off which was a little annoying. No ironing facilities were available as they want to alleviate clients of the trouble of ironing their own clothes and are happy to do it for 4€ on average per garment – ouch! Car parking was available for guests as noted on their website but for an additional 27€ per night.

Settled in and took a walk around the city which looked very pretty at night.