Poor start to stay due to no check-in info ahead of time. ‘Lyana’ claimed info was sent but ‘they did not detect the email given by Airbnb was wrong’ (as if I was unaware that communication is not to direct emails, but through the Airbnb portal). I was surprised never to speak to ‘Lyana’ (the trilingual, Barcelona-dwelling individual of the profile), but instead to a few different employees of Aspasios, the apartment building management company.
We wanted a central base from which to explore the city and this was perfect for that (we did not mind the noise but be warned the double glazing does not keep sounds out). Two niggles: not enough warm bedding for six (luckily there were only three of us so we just doubled up the duvets); and showers had no diverters so only the handheld ones worked, not the overheads. Two pluses: the super-central location and proximity to the fabulous Estrella bakery; and everything was spotlessly clean.