The apartment was in the perfect location for us: central enough easily to do everything we had planned – Metro just minutes away, and plenty best explored on foot anyway – but also in what feels like a safe, pleasant and authentic neighbourhood (Gràcia). Clean and comfortable, with some thoughtful extra touches such as clothes pegs to hang out some laundry by the window! Wifi was fast (you can find the key on the router) and air conditioning very welcome. We didn’t find an oven (there is definitely a microwave); there was a dual hotplate hob in the worksurface (although we didn’t manage to work out how to operate it and didn’t want to trouble the host!). We can recommend ‘La Pepita’ for tapas (C de Còrsega, 10-15 mins) and ‘Xativa’ for paella (C del Torrent d'En Vidalet, 5 mins). Our favourite supermarkets were Lidl about 5 mins around the corner on C de Bailèn and the Condis Express on Plaça de la Revolució (5 mins; there are similar even closer). Luis was a helpful, flexible and very warmly welcoming host. We would stay here again without hesitation if we are lucky enough to return to Barcelona!