The apartment is perfectly located, just steps from a ton of restaurants and shops and easily walk-able to many neighborhoods and tourist areas, especially Las Ramblas. Like most people mention, the apartment is on a busy street and there is lots of activity below the apartment day and well into the night. If that is not your cup of tea, this (and, to be honest the whole neighborhood) is not the place for you. The bedrooms are on the other side of the apartment, so we never heard the noise once we went to bed. Thoroughly enjoyed this stay.