Originally Posted by
Radiation Station
The EDITION is very good - I stayed there twice last summer. I also quite liked the W last summer - if you want to be near the beach, the W location is better than the Arts IMO. I walked extensively around that area as we are big walkers. Arts is very close to the kind of clubs I would pay to avoid, but then I’m not a big fan of nightclubs or the kind of clientele these particular venues seemed to attract.
Unless you specifically like the beach or want to go clubbing/gambling, the location of the EDITION is vastly superior for a city break and sampling the more authentic and desirable parts of Barcelona.
+1 on the clubs -- I'm an early morning runner -- and at 5am there are many amazing things to see next to the Arts at the club exits -- and also on the beach - by the time I would get to the W and back most of it was gone -- via police or ambulance....