The key to the apartment building is very sticky, making it difficult to enter. We told the building manager, but he said he was unavailable that entire day, so later that day we were stuck outside until midnight when a tenant finally let us in. We asked if he could give us a new key the next morning, but he said he was only available from 3pm-10pm that day. This meant that we had to cancel one of our travel plans to come back to meet him. He then gave us a new key and pointed out a separate entrance that is much easier to open. Worst part was he did not apologize at all for the inconvenience. He seemed annoyed that he had to come and help us. Be sure that they show you the trick to opening the front entrance and you try it yourself before they leave upon check in. Other than that, the apartment was clean and very close (5min walk) to the beach, 10 min walk to the Diagonal Mar shopping mall, 5 min walk to the Mercadona grocery store, and 10 min walk to the CCIB conference centre. One of the hop on hop off tour busses stops just a block away. The metro is two blocks away. The beach nearby is nice and quiet, not like the crazier Barceloneta beach. There is also a bike rental place just two doors down with good prices.