The location of Alex’s apartment was perfect for our family of 5. There are endless restaurant choices, conveniences of markets and cafes, and easy access to metros and shopping.
There is only a washer, no dryer. But there is a clean and easy laundromat two blocks away that we used to quickly dry our laundry as we were in the middle of a 2-wk Europe trip.
The one drawback - Barcelona is a vibrant, late night city which comes with city street noise. The main bedroom faces the street (the other two face the courtyard) and you will hear late night conversations as people are walking home and the garbage pickup downstairs happens at midnight every single night (whyyyy?!?). Earplugs would likely do the trick (and we left a few unused ones from the airline for future visitors!)
This part has nothing to do with Alex’s apartment - but as we were loading up in a taxi right outside to head to BCN, a passerby created a diversion and threw some food on me as they walked by. As my family fussed over me they were able to steal one of our bags. We have had this happen before in Spain and we were hyper aware throughout our trip. Don’t let your guard down as you’re leaving! Even in residential Eixample!