From the very first contact communication with Maria was prompt, friendly, and informative. We could sense in the beginning that she had an honest regard for us having a pleasant stay in Barcelona.

Upon our arrival she greeted us warmly, helped us with our bags up the one flight of steps, and even presented us a wonderful bottle of chilled Champagne - much appreciated after our long travels from the US.

She was very thorough in giving us the complete overview of the apartment, neighborhood and areas surrounds.

The cool thing for my wife and I was the fact that we we off the beaten path somewhat from the tourist centers. That turned out to be a good thing as we explored some of the fascinating and beautiful locales. Our favorite was Parc Guell just a short walk away - wow, this is truly a Barcelona treasure.

My wife and I are both walkers and were not deterred in the least to walk to the city center about 2.5 miles away. The GOOD news is that it is all downhill! A quick taxi ride returned us to our comfortable home away from home at the end of the day.

The apartment was perfect for us - internet was a speedy 8mb/s allowing us to watch Netflix on the pleasantly large TV at the end of the day. Although we didn't do much cooking, the kitchen looked like a dream in which to prepare meals.

We thought we were going to have a slight problem hailing a taxi for our travels to the cruise port upon our departure since UBER is not available in Spain. No problem, I downloaded the HAILO app which works just like UBER only for Taxis in Spain. WE could even reserve a taxi for a specified pickup time. This worked like a charm - highly recommended.

Once again, let me say that we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Maria's AirBNB.

Cheers, David