We spent a month in Marta's apartment. It was our second time in Barcelona, but we had never stayed in this area previously. It is a charming area, mix of families, typical Catalan, gay friendly and young professionals. It is literally a 2 minute walk to one metro line - red, and no more than 5 minutes to the other - Poble Sec, green. You can walk to everywhere you need to go, and in fact i advise you to do that as you find all these little lovely places to visit, and you can admire the nice buildings. It only takes approx. 15 minutes from the apartment to las ramblas. There are lots of little shops, butchers, pharmacy, green grocers on your door step, theres a lidl and a mercadona close by too.

Marta's apartment is exactly as is shown in the photos. Very homely, doesn't feel like a holiday rental but an actual home with everything you need. We met with Montse as she is the house keeper, she was a very lovely, warm and welcoming woman. We were also in contact with Marta, as and when we needed, and she was always very helpful and quick to respond. We liked the school and sports centre behind the apartment, it was nice to sit on the balcony and watch people play sports. The wifi worked great (we work from home)! Spanish tv but approx 5 channels can be put in english audio. You pay for electricity, and it was a bargain, especially considering we work from home, and we used the fan at night as it was still warm for us Brits! Marta's apartment is such good value for money, i would book it again in the future! I couldn't fault it, thank you for a wonderful stay!