Jose is a fabulous host. He came to met us and describe all the necessary things and beyond. He came prepared with a tourist map, gave us great sightseeing tips and places to eat and it was very helpful to us being our first time to visit Barcelona.
From the airport, you simply hop on the orange metro line to Collblanc station. The apartment is a good 8 minute walk away. The neighbourhood has a few convenience stores, restaurants and bars, chemist, coffee shops bakery and supermarket. We stayed for 7 nights and it was brilliant.
The apartment firstly was very clean and no horrible smells so first impressions were very positive. It is equipped with all you need as described and decorated in a contemporary style which we loved. We bought local produced and cooked for 2 nights of our stay and the rest we ate out. The area is very safe and quiet, I think one night we came back around 2am and the streets were deserted with no unruly gangs of teenagers roaming the streets playing drum and bass music from their cars. The building the apartment is housed in however suffers from acoustic issues in that you can hear the front door close and peoples' conversations clearly although this did not affect us. In the end we were sad to leave as we had got very comfortable staying at the apartment.
The metro system is a very efficient way to get around to many of the tourist attractions. And we only used this although there are buses, trams and taxis if you want to use them. Otherwise we walked around the places we visited and discovered many places along the way.
Our favourite places were La Boqueria market for the food, the Gothic quarter because of it's charm and our favourite place to eat authentic tapas was Quimet Quimet. I'm sure there are other great tapas bars but we didn't find them this time.
Overall, Jose a great host, the apartment is well equipped, the neighbourhood is safe and there are good transportation options available. We would stay here again the next time we visit this beautiful city.