The apartment was even bigger than it looks in the photos — really expansive and roomy. The place is spotless and fresh and full of beautiful art and extra carefully curated touches everywhere. It is 7th floor so the balcony has tremendous views of the city, we woke up and had coffee and breakfast there every morning, a magical way to start the day. (And making breakfast couldn’t have been easier — the supermarket is directly across the street and is open until midnight, and the kitchen has everything you need). Step two of the magical mornings was the spa shower in one of the two bathrooms — again, photos do not do it justice. Rosa and Nicolas were super responsive from the first contact through the last. They met us at the apt and spent almost an hour with us, Rosa explaining the apt amenities and Nicolas walking us through everything we need to know about the city, orienting us and explaining transport etc. He has already marked up a large map with recommended places and how to get there and after asking us a bit about what we wanted to do and see he further marked up the map with restaurants and cafes that would suit what we wanted, and extra sights and excursions that we were interested in. His restaurant recommendations were spot on, and in fact he sent us to a tapas place that is apparently a well guarded secret fave of the locals, whenever we were asked by someone in the city if we had tapas and we mentioned where we went their eyes went wide and they said it was the best place in the city. And it was. The apartment location is also amazing, we walked into the center every day, it’s about 15-20 easy pace walk to the Gotic area and Rambla, and a few short blocks from metro stations in each direction. The area is also very safe — we had read a lot of scary things online and were concerned, but the apt is in an exceedingly safe area, and on a wide and well lit street with cafes at the end and a supermarket open until midnight right across from the building door. We never felt at all unsafe in the neighborhood. As an aside, we were vigilant on the subway and in the busy downtown areas, never saw or felt anything that made us nervous. Extra things in the bldg that we didn’t know was that there are two elevators and an all day porter stationer in the lobby. Rosa and Nicolas were available for questions throughout our stay and they arranged for our cab to the airport. They were thoughtful and gracious and really were hosts, above and beyond being the apt owners. Can’t say enough wonderful things about the apartment, the location, and our experience with Rosa and Nicolas.