The apartment is in a very good location, 15 mins from the Gothic Quarter / Las Ramblas and with lovely tapas bars round the corner. The apartment itself was comfortable enough for 4 of us (2 adults and 2 children)
However, there are some issues which affected the enjoyment of our stay and I’d suggest checking these out with KeyBarcelona to see if improvements have been made before booking:
- The apartment is advertised as having a fully equipped kitchen but this isn’t the case. We had no glasses or cups at all, one fork and two knives, no spoons or teaspoons. A few random plates and bowls and some saucepans. So if you want to drink a glass of water from the tap, have a coffee in the morning or glass of wine in the evening you won’t have much luck! Let alone being able to cook and eat a meal, as the description says you can.
- The air con isn’t very good and doesn’t reach the bedrooms. There is only one fan so at least one bedroom gets very hot at night.
- The apartment could do with a bit of TLC, the shower door and table on the balcony are broken and while the apartment is clean on the surface, it’s filthy under the beds and furniture.
- Communication with KeyBarcelona was hit and miss. They did give us a partial refund for the lack of kitchen equipment, however they didn’t sort the issue out while we were there and we found we needed to chase them to get responses. The check in process is a bit convoluted and not very clearly explained.