Our stay at Pilar's apartment was great. The description and photos were accurate and the neighbourhood of Gracia was excellent. I would definitely stay in Gracia again. The apartment is very close to Joanic metro station, an easy walk. There is a huge choice of bars and restaurants nearby and we stayed local to the apartment 2 out of the 4 nights we stayed.
Pilar had planned to meet us at the apartment but had to change the plans because of a meeting but she left the keys with a bike shop nearby and provided excellent directions and information as to how to find the bike shop. We had no problem getting the keys. Pilar also checked that everything was ok with the apartment shortly after we arrived.
Pilar also left a folder with recommendations and useful information and there were plenty of maps and guidebooks in the apartment which we found useful.
The apartment is very clean and spacious and we especially appreciated the huge bathroom.
We chose the apartment partly because it had a balcony, which is does, however it is very small and overlooks a lot of other apartments. This didn't matter to us though as we didn't have the best weather!
I would definitely recommend staying here.