Manuel's apartment is a wonderful and classy place to stay in Barcelona. It is close to many of must see spots in the city and right next to the subway.
What I say next is nothing against Manuel or his amazing hospitality, but I should mention it just so you know what to expect if you are traveling like my family: the air conditioning in the apartment will only cool the living room and the rest of the apartment stays very warm even if the air conditioning remains on. We noticed a twenty degree difference (F) between the where the air con was, and the other end of the apartment. This made sleeping at night rather difficult as we were all very warm and it took most of the night for the rooms to cool off. There were also five of us, so we did have to each go in different rooms.
Again I need to stress that this is a personal preference that was not exactly compatible with the five of us, however, this may be something that other travels will have no problems with.
Manuel and all of his accommodations are second to none in a city like Barcelona.
It is also worth noting that during out stay, there was a taxi strike in the city. This made it very difficult to get around. Manuel let us know about the strike before we got to the city and had very clear and easy to follow instructions for us to reach his apartment. We were very tired after traveling that day and Manuel went out of his way to make sure that we knew where we were going and helped us get to his apartment in a timely fashion.
Manuel is a five star host and a very generous person.