For a first trip to Barcelona, this is a great place to stay. It's busy enough, but gives you a more authentic local experience. Its a short walk from Park Guell and Sagrada Familia, we also used public transport to get to/from the airport (40 mins). The apartment is great, exactly like the pictures - there was 4 of us staying there, and we didn't feel cramped at all. The hosts are wonderful, it was lovely to meet Aleu when we first arrived and nothing was too much trouble. The only thing was that sometimes the place can be noisy, but that's just the locals having fun/dancing in the square opposite. Will definitely be coming back to stay here!