I've taken my time to make certain I wasn't drunk on the holiday euphoria and took a good week out and the result is the same, the apartment was excellent. Cleanliness and homeliness abound. It's like staying at a friends home who's decor you really enjoy. Although I enjoy spending holidays in lovely hotels this experience was "warm and cozy" rather than sterile. The location was great (five minutes from the Metro), restaurants and cafés everywhere, lots of individual stores for variety, I'd even go as far as to suggest that Phil and Fiona paid the locals to be nice to us. The apartment in itself was a bonus and made the experience feel real. The choice of apartment is highly recommended for the next time we visit and hope to do so in the near future.
Barcelona is a beautiful city, a city too cultural, historic and diverse to get the most from one short visit. So who knows...