4 of us ( two couples) stayed at Joan's apartment for 4 days. It was a lovely, comfortable apartment that had everything supplied - even soap in the bathrooms. Joan even supplied a variety of food for our first breakfast there! There are little shops opposite the apartment where one can buy water, milk, etc. Lots of little restaurants in the street and surrounding streets. The main train station is just around the corner by the Arc de Triomf. It is an easy 15 min walk to the main tourist area in town - La Rambla boulevard - if one wishes to walk. In this area you can get the tourist hop-on/hop-off busses to travel around Barcelona and see all the sights. A wonderful city! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Joan's apartment and our trips around the city. Even took a train to Sitges and spent the day there at the beach and walking around the shops and eating at the restaurants. Joan is very helpful with information and supplies very good, clean and comfortable accomodation. I highly recommend his apartment and would definately stay there again if we come back to Barcelona.