The apartment was ideally located for safe access to the Metro, the old city area and other attractions, and with good access to bakeries, grocery stores and very good restaurants and bars...in fact some of the most highly rated in Barcelona. Our host was very helpful and gave us a wonderful welcome and introduction to the neighbourhood. And although she left on her own vacation the next day, she kept in touch with us to make sure we had everything we needed to make our stay in her wonderfully restored "modernista" (the Catalan version of art nouveau) apartment comfortable. It always felt as if we were coming home at the end of the day. The kitchen was small, but adequate to prepare the light meals and breakfasts we made, and was well equipped with a nespresso machine and large refrigerator. Hair dryers, soaps and shampoos were provided in the bathrooms so no need to bring your dryer. There were five of us, but it could have accommodated four more. The patio was lovely, but given our hectic schedule and some of the rainy days we experienced for part of our stay in late March/early April, we were not able to take full advantage of it. We would definitely stay with Julia again.