Claude's apartment is absolutely beautiful, and it surpassed all our expectations!! As the final city in our 3-week (Europe) trip, I couldn't have imagined a better apartment and location to call our "home away from home" - super clean around the exterior of the building, well-equipped with essentials all throughout the apartment, & the comfiest beds to accommodate our group of five (which Claude graciously accepted with no hesitation)! In addition to that, we coordinated with his colleague, Edgar well before the original check-in time so that we could drop-off all of our luggage - this was a very sweet gesture that literally set the tone of this last leg of our trip, and was very much appreciated by each one of us! Edgar was very nice and provided us with a quick, yet detailed break-down of the apartment (i.e. WiFi network and password, how-to work the Air Conditioning, where to find the clean linen and dishes, & provided us with two sets of keys).
Similar to what has already been described by previous guests, the location is perfect. In a span of 20-25 minutes, we arrived at the beach (<10 mins) & arrived to the restaurant that we looked up for a wonderful seafood lunch (+10 mins walking down the beach). From there, it was <10 min walk to the "Gothic Quarter", which encompasses just about everything you need to see & experience about the overall culture. Trust me, you will instantly fall in Love with everything. Very accessible to just about anything & everything that you'd want to experience all throughout your trip, and the convenience of the metro was a HUGE PLUS (finding a taxi was fairly easy as well, but you can also use the "Cabify" app on your smartphone) - I highly recommend using the metro though.
To top it all off, we arrived back to the apartment to find special treats in the refrigerator - a lovely bottle of champagne and some beer!! :)
Overall, I highly recommend staying at Claude's 'Tranquil Apartment in El Poblenou'. As some of our first times traveling to Europe, staying here is one of the best decisions we made, and I guarantee that you'll have the same feeling. Thanks again Claude!