My 13-year-old son and I really enjoyed our ten-day stay in this flat. We found it to be more than large enough. Although on a fairly busy street, our sleep was not disturbed at all with windows closed and air-conditioning on at night. During the day with windows open the sounds from the street were never that obtrusive and the flat was always beatifully light. The flat had everything a family could want for a comfortable long stay. The Internet worked very well. We were able to heat up delicious take-away food easily and eating it at the dining table was a great experience. There is a good automatic washing machine and spin drier, so we were able to wash clothes regularly without the need to hang them up and \ or iron them. We didn't need to buy any of the usual day to day items, like detergent for washing clothes, as the hosts had provided all we needed. The living room and, particularly, the back bedroom offer good views. The building has a good lift, which helps a lot when staying quite high up in a building. Juan, who dealt with us most of the time, and his brother Jose were very helpful and friendly and their command of English is superb, which we found to be a great asset. There are a lot of shops, etc in the area, as one would expect near a prime tourist attraction, and Sagrada Familia metro station is a very short walk away. We did find the very nearby cafes to be a bit of a rip off, but a short walk away toward Verdaguer metro station there are plenty of cafes offering breakfast at a reasonable price. We did feel that Sagrada Familia is a bit far from the areas where we most liked to spend our time, i.e. the Gothic area and La Rambla, especially as underground trains were quite badly affected by a metro workers strike for half of our stay. We left feeling that we'd love to stay in this flat again, despite having to travel to our favourite areas by metro instead of walking to them.