Charming place in an old building inside the original walls of the city. Located on a very small street, Nadia's maps and images make this easy to find - bring them with you as it's a bit of a maze here until you figure it out
First off the internet speeds are amazing 250 Mb download - that's no typo its 6x faster than what we get at home in California - so it's easy to get maps/books/video
We choose this place as after a week on a cruise ship we wanted to do some laundry. There is a small washer ( and dishwasher which is unusual for Europe) in the kitchen. The dryer I had to hunt for. After a bit of a search I located it on the utility porch under a tarp. Plugged it in and it worked great!
We had a bit of luggage so wanted an elevator. There is a small one - fit inside the staircase as is common in old buildings- that fits you, a piece of luggage and your carry on. It's tiny but worked great
The apartment only has windows on one side so is a bit dark- but nicely decorated and has many lights so it's fine. Its decorated in cool/ artsy style - so a great calm place to return to after a busy day. One bedroom has a coat rack and the other has an armoire- but no dresser or drawers, but we mostly lived out of our suitcases anyway.
The bathroom is tiny but the shower has endless hot water Shower is a bit tricky and the floor is sloped oddly so if you are not sure of foot be careful!
Overall a comfortable apartment in the center of everything- just a block to Catalunya place where there is Vodafone for local SIM cards, metro, tourist info center, tourist and airport busses (every 5 min to the airport!!). On the street next to the apt are two pastry shops - perfect for breakfast, bars, tapas, markets and a pharmacy - we took advantage of all of them!
We basically slept in the apt and spent very little time hanging out but the time we were there we heard no one else. It's very quiet. However they were doing some construction directly across the alley and seemed the only way for the workers to communicate was to yell as loudly as thy could! But work was 9am to about 6 pm so not much of an issue - although we made fun of them for yelling so much.
Also, the alley / street out front is a somewhat busy night passage and at 2 am ish we heard, briefly, loud folks stumbling by - if you are a light sleeper bring some earplugs!
Overall a great place, super easy check in, central to everything!