Lovely place! El Born isn't the place to stay for those who are very light sleepers -- the apartment is well-insulated but the nightlife is audible seven days a week. Still, I found this to be a nice, comfortable place well-located in the older part of the city, and an easy walk to numerous restaurants, the Picasso museum, the waterfront/marina area, the Cathedral and the Gothic Quarter, and lots of other sites. (I particularly enjoyed the local market, which was converted into a cultural center exploring the 17th-century part of town that was destroyed after the Siege of 1714 -- the rawness of the grievance is palpable in the text. Entry to view the site from above is free; for a few euros more you can see a more detailed exhibition of the finds and/or go down into the site itself.) It's also only a few minutes to the metro to get up to Casa Batllo and Casa Mila, and it's also easy to grab a cab for places where the metro is a bit more inconvenient (the metro line to Sants station is a bit of a shlep if you have too much luggage, as I did, but doable if your luggage is more mobile). The place was well-provisioned for a longer stay and the wifi was excellent for video calls. I enjoyed my stay here and would recommend this place!