This is the apartment you want to be in, once you are in Barcelona. Located in the middle of Eixample district, in a Beaux-Arts building, it is surrounded by a multitude of restaurants and elegant shops and located two blocks from both the metro and the rail systems at Passeig de Gracias, for easy access to other parts of the city and the airport. Located in the same block of Gaudi’s Casa Batllo, you’ll be afforded a good view of its back, particularly in the evening when it’s lit up.
The apartment is spacious, comfortable, well aerated, though the kitchen is a bit bare. There is a Nespresso machine though!
It is run by a company, so it might be missing the personal touches generally associated with the presence of an owner. However, they were always quick in responding.
Be sure you have sent them your passport info and the receipt of the city tax that the City of Barcelona requires that visitors pay, otherwise you will not be given the electronic access to the building and the apartment. I worked till the last moment and travelled and ended up doing it on my way from the airport. As it was after 9p it became difficult to find someone who could check the dotted i’s and crossed t’s and had to wait in the building for more than an hour before getting access to the apartment.
Once in the apartment, the boiler wasn’t working. I called the next morning and literally in 20 minutes, a plummer showed up and fixed the blown fuse in 5 min. Amazing.
Overall an excellent stay.