The apartment is just like it is on the website. Little balcony doors that open onto a quiet street - and Nicolas welcomed us with a bottle of red wine. This is a good neighbourhood if you want some peace, lots of local eateries where I discovered pinchos (little 1 Euro bites for dinner). I'm hooked!

It's a bit further from Las Ramblas than I thought, although the map is here, I could have checked better! However, we only wandered along there once as it's so heavily crowded. We could walk from the apartment to the shopping centre in the old arena and did some tours in Barcelona too. (Make sure you wander around the Gothic Quarter).

He's on the 4th floor, that's 8 flights of stairs, so be prepared for that if you don't like climbing. And yes, that shower is teeny and you have to turn sideways to get in and out.

Nicolas is a great host and this is a great location for neighbourhood living just off the main road of Para Lel. I'd thoroughly recommend it.