Well where do we start, I guess from the beginning. As soon as we selected and booked Gemma’s and Alex’s apartment in Barcelona we have been impressed. They both were quick to respond to our many questions and made us feel very assured / comfortable with them. They were helpful when we needed to know about additional guests and most importantly the sites to see in Barcelona. The apartment was outstandingly comfortable. Both far away from normal tourist stops, but close enough to many historical sites, basically perfectly situated. At first we were concerned with the noise of a busy neighborhood, but soon realized the apartment was situated on the inside of the courtyard away from the street noise. Alex was great meeting us early in the morning of our first day in Barcelona, he stored our luggage and helped us start our day of site-seeing, only to make sure the apartment was ready when we returned that afternoon. As promised he met us as scheduled, and helped us settle into the apartment. Alex also called and reserved a taxi for four and our luggage on the day we headed to the cruise ship, the taxi was there on time, if not early. Alex also recommended a couple great Tapas restaurants for us to try, one was named La Bicicleta, this was a outstanding recommendation. It was a little walk to the restaurant but very doable and definitely all locals. Reminder restaurants open late in Spain, this one opened at 7PM.
There is an elevator which really helps, but is Small. Just big enough for two large luggage’s and a person, maybe.... we found the transfer of luggage both coming and going to be best handed without a person in the elevator, just calling for and sending the elevator back and forth worked best. The apartment is on the second floor, but after climbing the stairs, it seemed more like 4 floors! The apartment also has an air conditioner, which helped as the temperature was just getting warmer, in April. If our future plans ever include Barcelona again, we will sure hope Alex and Gemma will still have this gem ready to be rented.