We were very happy in Marcos apartment, we found the main bed and the settees very comfortable for sleeping. We kept the door open between the lounge and main bedroom to get the benefit from the AC. The road outside is noisy but the double glazing in the front bedroom is very efficient. Having the Carrefour opposite meant we were able to make use of the kitchen for our needs. Glories Metro is 5-7 mins walk, we bought the 10 journeys ticket for our 5 day stay, which was just over 30 euros for the 3 of us. We walked to the beach in 25 mins, the best route is through Glories Shopping Centre, walk out with McDonalds on your right, walk along Avinguda Diagonal for 2/3 mins to Rambla del Poblenou , which has many restaurants all the way down to the beach. We enjoyed a very good English breakfast near the start of Poblenou at Palo Verde on the left. We also rented bikes along this road from Pedal Bike Rental which is near the first roundabout, there is a Mercadona here also. We used the Metro every day and found it very easy to use. In the evenings we did hear the neighbours dogs barking, but we never heard them over night, this is to be expected from a residential apartment, but this is the choice we made as we do not like staying in hotels.