We could not have picked a better place to stay in Barcelona. A very roomy 3 bedroom apartment, nicely furnished, and well maintained. Edward, Andreas' friend was waiting for our arrival, explained the functioning of the apartment and gave many recommendations as to how and where to go - for restaurants, for food supplies, for transportation (metro) and directions to places we wanted to visit. It turned out the closest metro station was a few minutes walk from the apartment. From there tit was extremely easy and quick to get around the city. Though, quite a lot of places were close enough that we could also walked there, e.g., the old town and its regions La Ribera, El Raval and Barri Gotic, with their historic sites, museums, churches, old buildings and an infinite choice of restaurants. The Gaudi sites were just minutes away by metro. The apartment is so convenient to the attractions of the city that there is no need to rent a car. We did rent but at the end of our stay since we wanted to visit Girona (1h30 away), Besalu (1h30) and southern France.