Just back from a 7 day stay in Barcelona. I am not sure if i can do justice in this space to just how amazing staying at David’s apartment was for my family including a football and Messi crazed 6 yo boy. From the second David reached out to me I knew we were going to have a great experience. He has thought of every detail to make every traveler have the best experience in whatever amount of time they have in his city. He even offered to arrange airport transfers which saved us a huge headache and communicated with us the whole way even when we were stuck in a long customs line and were delayed meeting our driver. Even after a long trip meeting David in person and feeling his love for his city was contagious. He spent at least 2 hours making sure that my wife and I felt comfortable with not just the apartment but with the ins and outs of the city itself. He has put together a book which gives amazing tips on walking tours as well as restaurant and shopping recs that are better than anything I read in my research leading up to the trip. More importantly he brought out a map
Of the city and took time to outline his own personal recs for things to see and do most of which we took him up on. Definitely take advantage of this time with David! It is invaluable and worth more than the price you are paying to stay in his amazing apartment.
As mentioned in the other reviews the apartment is well located a block from the beach. The metro is close by and we used it daily to get around. For reference it is 6 stops to the gothic quarter from the closest metro stop which takes about 10 minutes. It was super easy and we felt safe even with our son in tow. Even when we ventured to the fc Barcelona and rcd Espanyol games that requires changing trains people were helpful and we felt welcome. We also used the metro bus as well as the hop on hop off tourist bus. Although it wasn’t running near the apartment when we were in town, in a few weeks the green line of this hop on hop off bus will run right by David’s apartment for the beach goers. Super easy way to see the city and you can jump between the 3 lines and get everywhere. Good way to get a feel and plan on things to come back to.
Finally I just want to thank David again for his hospitality. He was always available to answer any questions I had no matter how small. This saved me some major frustration by helping me find a place that could print my football tickets at the last minute as well as offer to mail some cards for me back to the states when I ran out of time and the Tabacs store only had one stamp left.
As I said before I can’t do justice to how great our experience with David was. We would come stay with him again in a heartbeat. If you are questioning staying with him, don’t. You will not regret it and will leave me amazing memories and a love for his beautiful city.