This place is jaw-droppingly spectacular, a real marvel: spacious, elegantly decorated, with super-modern fixtures inside 16th-century stone walls. These walls are also terrific insulators that keep the apartment as much as 20 degrees cooler (Fahrenheit) than the outside. Location is good, too, high enough up the hill to be away from Girona’s inevitable crowds and very near the Cathedral. Marc, the landlord, is an excellent host who provides plenty of local guidance, including copious maps and brochures. He even drove us there from the train station.
But there are some minor drawbacks that to me total minus-one star. There is only one real window. The place is a bit of a cave. (There’s a nice little park outside with a great view, though.) It’s well enough lit, but if you wash clothes, drying them is a challenge. It needs a drying rack. The coffee maker consists of a single micro-sized Bialetti. The wi-fi doesn’t penetrate the thick walls well and only works full strength in the bedroom. And beware: you need a key to exit the building. This always makes me a little squeamish, and here it potentially puts you in the position of locking the keys in the apartment on checkout and being imprisoned in the foyer!
Finally, the adjoining parklet has a fairly dodgy feeling at times. You see spaced-out people hanging out there from time to time, but generally it seems safe if you keep your wits about you. My wife witnessed a theft there on our last day in Girona, when a young woman left her pack on a bench and someone ran off with it.
Still, I would go there again!