GREAT LOCATION & FANTASTIC HOST!!! The apartment is close to everything: 70m to the Metro station and within walk-in distance to La Rambla or Placa de Catalunya. Many great restaurants are within walk-in distance or just a couple metro stops away. During our 5-day stay, we often just got out and started walking or taking the metro. It is so convenient for us to go to the places we wanted to go.
The host, Eduard, is super nice and accommodating. We asked for an early check-in at the apartment for we came to Barcelona with an overnight flight and a connection. Eduard first moved the check-in time to 2pm, and then to 1pm after communicating with the cleaning crew. We were so happy that he were able to do this for us and communicated with us quickly about the change. He is the best host I have been with! Definitely would always recommend his service!
As the apartment is on the side of a busy road, there is inevitably some degree of street noise in the apartment, like alarms, horns, brakes or people's shouting. The noise died down a bit in the night, but won't completely disappear. Our kids did complain about waking up once or twice in the night occasionally. This is expected for an apartment at this good location. Once we got used to it, it is no longer an issue.