Since we arrived early morning, Maria welcomed us warmly in the at the locker and bike rental service they run. We left our luggage there for a couple of hours and went for a short bike ride. The apartment looked exactly like in the pictures. Poble Sec, the neigborhood is within walking distance from the city centre, but much quieter. Carrer de Blai, a street full of tapas bars was just a few hundred meters from the place.