This incredible apartment was our home away from home and a pleasure to return to at the end of our long days of sightseeing. We have extremely high standards when it comes to cleanliness, so we were so relieved to discover not only an incredible postcard-esque view of La Sagrada Familia from the front balcony, but also an immaculately clean, roomy, well-appointed space to enjoy our 10 days in Barcelona.
Highlights:
1. Maria is a wonderful hostess. We so appreciated her prompt and detailed communication with us before, during, and even after our stay. She provided many wonderful, customized activity suggestions. As a result of her suggesting a Barcelona activities website, we discovered a wonderful Spanish guitar concert in Santa Anna, a beautiful 600+ year old Gothic church.
2. The view!!! You must climb steps up to what Americans would consider the 4th floor in order to be high enough to see above the trees to La Sagrada Familia, which is 1 block away and a MUST see attraction. Be certain to purchase tickets online before you arrive because the lines are long no matter what time of year.
3. Thoughtful amenities to make you feel at home: fast Wi-Fi, shampoo and shower gel, strong water pressure in the shower, comfortable bed with great linens (we only slept in 1 of the 2 bedrooms), lots of kitchen items provided (a pitcher, a corkscrew, plenty of glasses and plates, pots and pans, utensils, etc.), and a Nespresso machine. The 24 hour convenience store next door is small, but has the basic necessities like bread, milk, bottled water, snacks, and wine... FYI- you can’t purchase wine after 11 pm, no matter what time it is where you’re from. ;)
We feel lucky to have met Maria, a very kind and caring person. Barcelona was colder than expected while we were there, and we are spoiled by Arizona’s warm weather so we were particularly cold! Maria contacted us on our 2nd day in Barcelona to let us know that the weather reports were predicting a cold snap. She expressed concern that, because we’d packed so lightly, we may not have sufficiently warm clothing to weather the cold. She thoughtfully suggested a nearby second-hand store in case we needed to purchase some economical extra warm clothing. We tried our best to repay her kindness by doing an extra thorough clean up job at the end our stay.
Highly recommend!!!