My girlfriend and I stayed in Leia’s lovely apartment during our first visit to Barcelona in September of 2016. Our flight arrived quite early, and Leia was kind enough to let us drop our bags early at the apartment while it was still being cleaned. She extended the same courtesy at the end of the trip. She also provided us with a quite useful guide of the neighborhood, along with her own personal suggestions of the best sights to see and restaurants and bars to enjoy.

In short, she was polite, accommodating, and sensitive to our needs as guests. Not always a given in AirBNB experiences  The apartment itself is charming, clean, nicely decorated and well located. While we are enjoying staying in a hotel in Sevilla, staying in our own apartment, with full kitchen and a clothes washer, made our three week trip much easier, and frankly made us feel as if we were living in Barcelona rather than visiting. Leia provided some orange juice, wine, yogurt, bottled water and some pre-wrapped muffins for the apartment, but the best suggestion she gave was to visit Charlot Cafe down the block for breakfast, which we did each morning of our four night stay.

We can also recommend the following attractions, all of which were a short walk or cab ride (we never managed to take the metro in our short stay) from the apartment:

Amazing Tapas:
Paco Meralgo
Bambarol

Attractions:
Sagrada Familia
Casa Batllo
Park Guell

Not to Miss:
Bar Tandem
Amazing cocktails just next door to the apt. While the space was sleepy (we were two of perhaps six patrons in the small but well decorated bar) we enjoyed the level of execution of the bartender, who despite limited english was able to surprise and delight us with each of the cocktails he prepared. Don’t miss it - our favorite discovery.
Plenty of sexier bars in the neighborhood as well.