This apartment next to Joanic metro was lovely ~ just as nice as on the photos. For the sake of fairness, a few slight negatives first: i) the small (and otherwise quiet)i cafe under the flat opens its metal shutters around ( am, which reverberates loudly in the master bedroom; ii) we were lucky that it was unseasnably cool for late July, but even so, the rooms furthest from the sole AC unit (in the living room) were rather warm, especially the one where no fan had been provided - but it was not so serious that we felt we needed to contact the owners to bring us a third fan, so they had no opportunity to remedy this slight issue. The lack of AC inside the rooms did mean we needed to keep doors open to let the cooler air in, even at night.

The issues above are FAR outweighed by the positive aspects of the flat. It is very clean, and light. It was very adequately fitted out, and the double windows of the bedroom situated street side were effective at keeping out the street noise. The fact that it does have an AC unit is important, we rejected a few flats because they had no AC, and I`m very glad we did. Rafael was away, but his sister took care of us, and she was charming and kind; e.g. accompanying me to the nearby underground parking where I could safely leave our car (45 Euros for 3 days - apparently cheaper than many). As other have commented, the location is awesome, half-way between Sagrada Familia (easily reachable by foot) and Parc Guell, and also right on the Blue Line of the (highly recommended) hop-on hop-of Bus Turistic, and right next to the metro. Right next to good bakeries, supermarkets, good tapas bar, etc.

I highly recommend this appartment, the small inconveniences above notwithstanding. Many thanks to Alisia and Rafael.