Our 5 days in Barcelona were excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The location of the apartment is perfect with great transport connections nearby (metro and bus), plenty of great restaurants and shops nearby (Carrer de Blai is great for affordable and delicious pinxos and tapas), and the neighborhood felt safe and was clean. The host was very welcoming and nice and allowed us to use the kitchen if needed and gave great information about the city.
Some things to keep in mind about the apartment:
- Shower is at the complete other end of the apartment and requires passing through the family room which the host and her son are in most of the time (the floorplan in the listing shows this). The sliding shower room door is fairly flimsy and attaches by magnets which did not feel very private.
- Host invited family members to sleep one night and day which increased the number of people sharing the entire apartment to about six (including the 2 of us).
- Location of toilet between kitchen and living room was sometimes slightly awkward.
- Door of our private room did not have a lock.
- Host encouraged us not to shut our door since it apparently could get stuck and the noise could disturb the downstairs neighbours.