Really great location, especially for our family of four with two young children. The area felt safe, with lots of great restaurants, bakeries, a choice of grocery stores within a block, and maybe the best English language bookstore I've ever come across only a few blocks away. We like to be in nice areas that locals live in, and this place definetely felt like you were part of every day Barcelona life. We found walking to key sights enjoyable, even though some of them may be farther than some people want to walk.