This apartment is a Barcelona experience. It's on the 3rd floor (there's an industrial-age elevator) in a beautiful 100-year-old building with two 10-foot-high floor-to-ceiling windows that open onto a small balcony above the trees lining the city street below. The balcony is big enough for two people to sit at a table and enjoy breakfast or a glass of wine (I left 2 wine glasses for you in the kitchen cabinet).
The amenities in the listing are accurate and functional, including air conditioning. furnishings are simple and adequate.
The apartment is accessible from the airport by taxi, or metro lines L9S and L5. The north end of La Rambla is two blocks away. It's a two-block walk to the Provenca and a four-block walk to the Diagonal metro stations. Gaudi's famous Casa Mila is five blocks. Easy metro access to anywhere for those without a car. And there's a great spirits bar for a nightcap or fine dinner just one block away!
The hostess Pilar is fantastic - unintrusive but always responsive via text messaging to my questions, requests for good restaurant recommendations, etc.
There were no uncomfortable pillows or foul kitchen smells during my stay, as other reviews have mentioned. Honestly, I will try to stay here again the next time I visit Barcelona.