Juanan and Montse made us feel welcome even before we got to Barcelona, giving us recommendations, tips and answering all of our obvious/dumb questions. When we arrived, it felt like staying at a mate's house - you could borrow suncream; take tea and coffee; towels for the beach etc.

The apartment is a large, bright studio located within spitting distance of our favourite quarter in Barcelona: Gracia. Being just outside of the city centre, it's really calm with minimal marauding tourists like us and lots of chilled bakeries, cafes and bars. The city centre (las ramblas) itself is a half hour walk or 10 minutes by tube (the appartment's 2mins from Verdaguer station).

Couldn't recommend this apartment enough. This is what airbnb should always be like - staying in a clean, characterful apartment and with hosts who couldn't do enough for you.