After reading the reviews for this apartment, I had very high expectations -- and the apartment surpassed this expectations. Marta was extremely helpful as we were trying to understand which places to avoid during the demonstrations that occurred during our stay there. It was wonderful being only a block from Sagrada Familia since we were able to see it every morning and evening as we were catching the hop-on/off bus or the Metro which we used during our 7-day stay. We'll definitely stay here when we return to Barcelona.