We stayed in this apartment from August 3 to 11. It was our first time to Spain, so we were a tiny bit anxious and first time Airbnb users. Eli and Angus stayed in email communication with us several times leading up to the day we flew to Barcelona. Eli was at the apartment to greet us, and gave us an excellent primer on the neighbourhood and everything we needed to know about the apartment. It is in a beautiful area in a beautiful building. The apartment is better than what the photos show - it is large, very spacious clean and bright. The neighbourhood is very safe, and everything you need is a very shorty walk. Restaurants abound, larger supermarkets are less than 3 minutes away, smaller supermercats or variety shops are less than that. Urgell, the nearest Metro (subway) station is about a 4 to 5 minute walk, and you can take it anywhere in the city. Several Metro Busses pass right in front of the building and very close by. Barcelona was under a fierce heat wave when we were there and we are so happy that the apartment has 2 very modern central air conditioners, one if each bedroom. There are two very quaint balcony's that you can enjoy to see the view of the street, there is a bit of street and traffic noise but when closed, the balcony doors shut our all of the din . We very much enjoyed our stay and are very thankful form Eli and Angus for being such excellent and gracious hosts!