The apartment is located in the heart of Barcelona – full of restaurants, bakeries, shops, and of course, tourists. If it's your first time in Spain, it's an amazing location. Look at a subway map and you'll see that Placa de Catalunya is the center. So many routes go through it which means it's easy to explore many other parts of Barcelona. The apartment is located between many great neighborhoods: El Born, Gothic Quarter, and Eixample. It was really great to walk to any of these from this apartment.
Okay, enough about location! The apartment itself faces the block's inner courtyard, which means that it's *quiet*. And that is much better than the alternative on this block. It gets lots of sunlight and the porch/sunroom is magnificent. The kitchen was a bit darker than we're used to, but there are windows that lead to a light shaft (and of course, lights you can turn on :) )
Esther was an excellent host. She met us to check-in and was attentive and quick to respond to any details we asked about. The apartment is well-stocked, mostly with IKEA things, but also with comfortable and nicely-designed furniture. All the linens, towels looked and felt new.
Esther even went the extra mile and supplied us with a baby high chair and baby bathtub! Given we were traveling, we obviously did not want to lug this in.
We had four adults + one baby and it was plenty of space. (Two bathrooms was key.)
Great little spot.