Here in a vacation and wanted to live the gym atmosphere. This one is right off La Rambla de Catalunya. The place is new, equipment are new, but a number of them are under maintenance! The place is squeaky clean. I paid €15 for a one month membership, which ain't bad.
The hours of operation are ok. 6-midnight on most days but the guy closes at earliest sign of a bank holiday or religious occasion. It's often closes on 9 pm, on weekends, for example.
Bring your own water/energy drink bottle. It has no water cooler of any kind. Not even tissue or napkin dispenser. Rather frustrating. There is a soft drink machine which has some kind of energy drink, I assume, but it only takes coins; no tender, no credit cards!
The equipment, while new, is very, very limited, if you're into body building. One chest, one shoulder and one back exercises machines. That's it. There is the rope that hangs from the ceiling and it lets you do some additional back and abdomens stuff, but it's very limited in general. One bright spot is the cardio machines. They're everywhere and they span the whole spectrum.
It's a 2 1/2, really, but the €15/mo. rounded them to 3 stars. read more