We love our apartment. It was exactly as depicted on the pictures -- bright, modern, immaculately clean. What we didn't fully appreciate from the pictures is just how awesome the location is: a quiet street off a main thoroughfare in one of the coolest parts of the city, surrounded by great restaurants, shops and attractions. We never seemed to be more than a 10 or 15 minute walk from anything -- be it the Rambla or the beach -- but for if we were, the apartment is just half a block from the subway stop. Between that an the public bus service, you can get pretty much anywhere you want in the city.