Even traveling the first time with airbnb, we decided to stay 14days in BCN. Brave decision.

1st: Being an architect helped to choose Poblenau as the district to stay. Poblenou means "new village" in Catalan. Until the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 this area of Barcelona was mostly factories and was known as the "Catalan Manchester." Today Poblenou is more like the Catalan Silicon Valley. It's a modern residential area and home to the hi-tech business district and many new residential buildings, offices and hotels. It is also close to Barcelona's beach area. When it comes to walking, jogging and bicycling Poblenou residents have many choices including palm tree lined Avenida Diagonal which crosses the Rambla de Poblenou.

2nd: Nothing could fit any better, than looking for a loft to stay. Attracted by the pictures we decided to stay at Rosas brand new loft. 108 amazing reviews for her as a host shouldn’t be able to lie, should they?

Dear Rosa,
I couldn’t wait to write the review. Thank you and your partner for making us feel welcome, hosting us like being friends since years and caring so much. You are a wonderful host and made our vacation to become perfect. Hope we'll have a chance to see you again.

Congratulation to you and the architects to transform this apartment into a nice design loft. Everything was perfect and as shown in the pictures: nice kitchen to cook, great bathrooms, high ceilings, free fast WIFI and a lovely patio.
There are two easy to access grocery stores and the subway station near by. The apartment felt safe, was super clean. Highly recommended!

Architecture in the neighborhood you shouldn’t miss:
Torre Hotel Building by Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Fish by Frank O. Ghery; Forum Building Museu Blau by Herzog de Meuron; Diagonal ZeroZero Tower by Enric Massip; Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel; Vodafone building by Dominique Perrault; Media-ICT by Enric Ruiz-Geli.