Wow, what a perfect host and a perfect place to spend out ten days in Barcelona. Sandro arranged for a driver to pick us up at the airport and greeted us with a full tour of the apartment and how everything worked. Sandro was very polite, efficient and professional in his orientation. The best thing is everything looked even better then the pictures, the flat was perfect for the four of us! The front and or back terraces were awesome for a glass of wine after a busy day or coffee in the morning, the beds were beautiful, the kitchen was very functional. What we soon realized is the Gracia district was the perfect choice for us. It had restaurants on every street, bakeries, grocery stores, and of course some quite little bars as well. It was peaceful however and not as busy as some of the surrounding areas like El Born, Gottic etc. We felt very safe at night with many people out walking every evening going to restaurants. The other sweet spot was the subway station was very close to our apartment and we used it everyday. It was super efficient and easy to use and made all our daily excursions easy. All in all The host Sandro, the apartment, and the area were perfect. We had a great vacation in Spain and Sandro even arranged tickets for us to a FCBarcelona game! what an experience.