This apartment was the perfect home base for exploring Barcelona. The apartment is very bright and light and open and has a good layout. It is located in the Gracia neighborhood which had lots of cute shops and restaurants and was not very touristy. We ended up eating in the neighborhood frequently as there was great, reasonably priced food. The metro is a 2 minute walk from the apartment and there is a bus stop right outside of the apartment and plenty of taxis around. Aleix let us check in early because our train got in a couple hours ahead of check in and the whole process went smoothly. The only con is that the building is very echoey with the other apartment noises. However, this is only during the middle of the day and everything quiets down around 10 pm. There is a school right behind the apartment which can sometimes be noisy, but we found that noise did not reach the main bedroom. Overall this is a great apartment and we would definitely stay here again!