The apartment is exactly as pictured – great wooden floors, light, airy, and bright. The beds are comfortable, the towels are big and fluffy, the couch opens and allowed our family to sit and watch movies together.
The A/C works fine and is a welcome relief on a hot Barcelona day in July, but due to its location only really cools ½ of the apartment; the back bedroom is much warmer than the rooms with the double beds. The hot water for the shower comes up quickly, but doesn’t last very long, so take quick showers. The washer & dryer was challenging to use (since we don’t read Spanish) but we went on the web to figure it out; don’t forget to empty the water chamber on the dryer before use. Internet is decent -- 14.88 down / 2.48 up and allowed our daughter to use for her remote, online college class.
The apartment is in a great location. It’s just a 5 minute walk to La Sagrada Familia. Two metro stations are ~7 minute walk from the apt. The Barcelona-Sants train station is a 20 minute taxi ride (21 euros) away. The airport is a 21 minute cab ride (34.90 euros). Host wasn’t familiar with our locale and so was unable to suggest restaurants, but yelp & google took care of us. There are lots of close restaurants and markets.
Check-in was easy even w/o a lock box. The host provided us with a nice little “welcome box” at check-in. The kids climbed the stairs daily but the ~7 floors (front door is at -1 floor) was too much for mom & dad; we took the elevator. Host warned us that elevator has been acting up and so we shouldn’t put too heavy a load, e.g., no more than 3 people or 2 people & their luggage.
Overall, this is a great place with a great host and I recommend it.