First of the positive aspects:
-safe building
-very close to Park Güell (perfect for watching the sunrise/sunset), the metro station Lesseps, grocery stores and the lovely little streets of Gracia including delicious restaurants
-accurate pictures
-AC
-stylish and spacious apartment, felt like home
-balcony!!
To be improved/not so pleasant:
- too expensive for the location (you need a metro ride to visit the main attractions), „entrance room“ was never used by us so unnecessary qm2 you pay, extra fees for everything
- kitchen hardware (spoons, forks, glasses, plates,...) were dirty and had stains on them - had different expectations when paying a cleaning fee
- not enough toilet paper and salt, so we had to buy it ourselves
- stressful communication concerning check-in because our flight was delayed by 3 hours which is obviously out of my control, threating to having to pay late check-in fee of 40€ (I do get that there is a fee but this was not because we i.e. wanted to save money by taking a later plane but because there were technical problems, circumstances out of my control) we ended up beginning our vacation stressed and running up the hill to the apartment which was in total completely unnecessary & not a warm welcome
- girl who cleans will show you the apartment & hand over keys, but be prepared as she doesn’t speak a word of English, extremely difficult communication
overall I would still recommend Mariona‘s place if you stay there with more people and therefore share the costs and don‘t care about the location