The apartment was great, spacious and well located. The terrace has a more spacious view than some of the houses we toured along Passeig de Gracia. Andrea's place is in a quiet, residential area and yet a five minute walk to the L3 line that takes you to the heart of the Ramblas in a few metro stops. Sants train station is just ten minutes away. From there, trains depart frequently for the airport, Sitges (a beautiful beach town 30 minutes away) and Tarragona. (Tip: Buy train tickets the same day from the machines. Don't bother waiting on long lines for advance tickets, unless you are traveling in summer when tickets may be scarcer than what we experienced in mid-October.) From Placa de Espanya, just a few stops from the closest metro at Placa del Centre, you can take a train to Montserrat and hike in the hills after seeing the monastery. Communication with Andrea and her assistant Gaby went smoothly from start to finish. Andrea left us a list of restaurants, including a superb one, Succulent, and we discovered another (Romanian) less than 10 minutes from the apt as we were walking to Sants station. It's called La Mama Acasa at 41 Carrer de Guitard, which is a good fast way to get to Sants. We celebrated my husband's birthday there after swimming at Sitges on Oct 25! The food was as good as any we had in Romania and the best we found that close to the apartment. Andrea's place has our highest recommendation.