Our plane arrived late to BCN and put us behind schedule. My phone was not on so I had no way to communicate with the hosts but never fear! Conchita one of the property managers was there to greet us and was nice enough to walk us through the map of downtown Barcelona. She also left business cards with food recomendations for us too! The flat itself is located in Les Corts and is located on a side street just off the main road. Very quiet and peaceful at night. I didn't even need ear plugs in the morning. There's plenty of restaurants and a pizza place + market just up the road. Brooklyn Cafe was super cute and a good stopping point to grab some coffee or a croissant before you head out for the day. There's also a department store called Courts Ingles just up the road that has anything you might need in terms of quick shopping (Think Macy's or Sears). The only roadblock we encountered was grabbing a cab. Since Spain does not have Lyft or Uber we figured out quickly that you have to call ahead for a cab to come get you and that you can't snag one off the street like say in, SF or NYC. Being that this is a very quiet area there were virtually no cars on the road besides taxi's going to and from calls that came in. FYI a cab ride to and from the beach or a club is about 15 minutes away and 10-20 euro. Once we got wise to this we had to tap the shoulder of a neighbor to translate for us on the phone and plan out our cab rides... my new years resolution is to learn conversational spanish so I don't have to do this again!
Otherwise, a fantastic stay in a safe, very clean apartment. We felt like locals during our stay... the other tenants in the building are very quiet and we even saw a few people taking their dogs out for walks, grabbing food, coming and going. It was nice to stay in a buidling with local residents.
I would recommend to anyone looking for a low key spot... that's also a light sleeper. This is your place!
Thanks again to the White Flats Apartments for being super accomodating and helpful during our stay.
Stephanie