Anna was very welcoming and showed us around the apartment as soon as we arrived, and the apartment is very similar to the photographs. Throughout our stay, Anna was very easy to contact too and always responded quickly.

As it was just myself and my boyfriend staying (21-23 years old), the apartment was ideal for us in terms of the room space - it is all one open plan room. The bathrooms could use a bit of TLC and the lighting is a little stark, but apart from that, everything was to a relatively good standard and clean.

The only thing I would say is that location-wise, the apartment is a bit out of the way if you are looking to do some of the more active, fun things in the city. It is only a 10 minute walk from the beach - but more than a half hour walk down the beach to the main bars and restaurants. Also the district surrounding the apartment itself is very very run down, with lots of vandalism and not many shops open at all. Very different from the gorgeous Gothic Quarter and central part of the city/beach area.

That being said, the apartment is very secure and we did not feel unsafe or troubled by this in our stay, it was just a slight inconvenience being a bit further out of the way (having to travel all the way back to change/shower) in a city which has so much to offer.

In terms of value for money, the apartment definitely has a lot to offer. We later stayed at another Airbnb apartment located far more centrally by Port Vell which was gorgeous (and significantly cheaper), but did not have anywhere near the same facilities as Anna's apartment - although for me, I much preferred the location of the second place. Anna's little touches like the smoothie blender, lots of clean towels, a washing machine, dishwasher etc. however really made her apartment homely.

The apartment is about a 10 minute walk from Llacuna station, which is very well connected to other parts of the city, and by far the cheapest way to get around is using the T10 metro ticket, which works out around 9 euros for 10 journeys! Using this made our stay a lot easier in terms of getting around, but it entirely depends what kind of holiday you are looking for!

We were up for doing as much as we could possibly cram into our stay so we spent the vast majority of our time out and about, so the apartment itself wasn't the biggest worry for us - but that notwithstanding, I was very happy with how hospitable Anna and her husband were towards us, and how easy our stay was made being in the apartment.

To cut to the chase, I would recommend this apartment for its facilities, but not for its location. Completely depends what is important to you in your stay!

Thank you Anna!