The apartment was very clean and well-equipped and the beds are comfortable. It's very close to the beach, which is great, and walking to the centre - or Barceloneta at least - is no problem if you're relatively active. Or of course the metro station is about ten or fifteen minutes walk away. Poble Nou is a great area to escape the tourist crowds. There is a market and large Mercadona supermarket nearby and the attractions of the local Rambla too. Lilia and her husband were great, very communicative and answered all my questions and phone calls in English although I think they were probably more comfortable speaking Russian judging by the number of Russian dictionaries in the apartment! I think the apartment is probably more of a place to sleep than a home-from-home - there isn't much room for more than three to eat in the apartment and it is on the ground floor of quite a large apartment building with no balcony. But that's fine - all the more reason to eat out!