It’s hard to say which was more fantastic - the location, or the apartment. LOCATION: You will be DELIGHTED!! You are on a safe, well-lit street at the top of the Ramblas, less than a block from the amazing Placa Catalunya and there’s amazing dining and shopping just steps away. You are less than a 5 minute walk to the AeroBus (24-hour a day airport shuttle bus), to the starting point for BOTH the open-top tourist bus companies, and to city buses as well as escalators/steps/elevators for all the Metro/Subway lines. The location will blow your mind!!! APARTMENT: I loved the glassed in gallery overlooking the wonderful interior courtyard; loved the elevator (5 stories from street level - the courtyard is quiet and sunny). Two bedrooms with 2 full bathrooms was so great. The kitchen was FULLY equipped with everything you could want and there were AMAZING grocery stores, gourmet shops, bakeries, etc all around you. The kitchen’s has a great full sized Bosch refrigerator/freezer, a quiet Bosch dishwasher, the stove & oven are easy to use, there’s a brand new microwave plus a great washer & drier - it made life easy and so wonderful. Bedding is great, plenty of everything and -oh my- the towels are fantastic. Esther, the host, has has given a lot of thought to everything! Having a really good scale was so nice as each of us were packing to fly home. Esther provided great maps and multiple city guides and even novels set in the city. I spent 70 days in this apartment and enjoyed every hour of every day. Being in the very heart of the city, surrounded by everything a tourist could ever want to see or do was fantastic. You will absolutely love staying in this apartment.