We had a lovely stay at Alex and Gemma's apartment. We stayed 3nights with our 2 teenage sons and the apartment was ideal. We opted for having the lounge as a third bedroom, which was great for us as we were out and about a lot, and we still had the large dining area.
The location is ideal - great to get into the city, Sagrada etc but not in a tourist area.
The apartment is large, clean, warm, has great facilities, good shower, and also had food essentials (tea, coffee etc) which was handy.
The neighbourhood is great. We really felt like we saw a piece if real Catalan city life. Alex recommended some local places to eat and they were great. The bakery and coffee shop across the street served lovely coffee and pasties. The friendly K-serol restaurant opposite is a charming little place and we ate there for lunch and diner- both were fantastic. Highly recommended and very reasonable.
On our last night we opted to eat at the Catalan Portoles restaurant around the corner. Genuine, basic Catalan food but very tasty and very reasonable. We ordered from photos which was a first. Give it a try! Not everyone's choice but we liked it.
So thank you for a great stay and we hope to be back.