I really liked Laia's Barcelona apartment. The location is excellent, in the center of Eixample part of town, only about 4 blocks from Paseo de Gracia. This part of town is not as touristy and crowded as for example La Rambla area, but has great architecture, shopping, fine dining and nice bars. The apartment is on the first floor (one floor above ground floor) but noise from the outside could not be heard at all, especially because there are double windows. The apartment also has a nice balcony looking out onto the street. Even though this is a one bedroom apartment, the rooms are very spacious. Especially the kitchen/living room combo which are open to each other. It seemed like everything in this apartment was spacious: great big table in the dining room, lots of kitchen counter and cabinet space, great big fridge in the kitchen, more than ample closet space with huge closets in the bathroom and the hallway, nice big mirrors, plenty of counter space in the bathroom for all the toiletries, and a luxurious big bathing tub. Also the bed was very comfortable and that is extremely important to me. The apartment has a lot of charm and nice personal touches such as paintings and other decorative objects that truly make it feel like a home. I also loved the brick and wood beam on the ceilings and brick finish on the walls that give the apartment a cozy, intimate feel. The apartment was very clean, the host responsive, and check in/check out was seamless. Would definitely stay here again when in Barcelona.