If you want to go to Barcelona and just stay in a hard to beat location, but you won't spend much time in the flat, this could be a place for you. The place is very spacious, high ceilings and spectacular views of Passeig de Gracia!!
The hosts are very responsive: check-in was a breeze, and they responded very well to the only problem we had, a leaking pipe of a recent work it had been done. As soon as I reported it, the same day the problem was fixed.
Other than location and raw space though, the place is far from luxurious. Do not get me wrong: I get some people just think as the location persé to be all that matters, but for me, the finishings, furniture, materials and general look and feel of the flat are very important. If you remove the location and raw space out of the equation, you are staying in a 2.5-3 star hotel. Bedrooms are quite outdated (especially the shower of the main room), the kitchen is pretty basic with cutterly for barely 4 max 5 people, no trash can with bags, no details or amenities as I have found in other top Airbnb I have rented. Air conditioners do work very well and will cool down almost the entire place (which is very spacious as said before).
Pros:
- Brilliant Location for general tourism.
- Beautiful building.
- Spacious.
- Great dining room.
- Good and responsive hosts.
Downs:
- Poor bed and bath linens.
- Outdated bathrooms.
- Outdated and barely equipped kitchen (cutterly for 4-5 people, lack of basic cooking ingredients such as oil, vinegar, pepper and a basic array of things that have been offered to me in other Airbnb). You won't be using the kitchen much.
- No amenities.
- Outdated overall.
- Slow Internet (for nowadays 5-8 megs is slow) - although with good coverage.
- Depressing TV set.
We had a good time this past 5 days in BCN, and it was amazing to stay in that corner of Passeig de Gracia. But, the main question: Would I stay there again? I think that Barcelona is so well connected and have such an immense Airbnb offer that I believe I would find somewhere else to stay that would offer more comfort overall, such a nicer living room, better bathrooms and linens, a bit more illuminated and probably a little terrace to enjoy this amazing end-of-September weather.