Manuel's place is fantastic. The location is up above a quiet street in the Gothic Quarter with several great restaurants and a cocktail bar mere steps from the front door. It's a 2 minute walk to the Liceu train station and 10 minutes to Plaça Catalunya, so you can get everywhere in the city from there. The roof deck is a huge bonus. It's got great views and it's really convenient to have an outdoor space to relax in.
The actual apartment is also very nice. It is clean and bright and spacious. The bathrooms and kitchen are modern and updated, but the rest of the apartment retains a rustic kind of charm with weathered doors and antique window shutters with metal hinge locks. The three bedrooms are not of equal size, but they are all comfortable, and each one of us had our own separate bathroom. And there is a pull-out sofa in the living room, just in case.
All in all, not very much to complain about, and we feel like we really got lucky to have found this place to stay in.