The location is excellent but overall it was probably the worst AirBNB experience I’ve had. First of all, the “hosts” are really just a rental company creation. If they even exist, they are completely unresponsive and their “assistant” met us and seems to meet most guests. He was nice but also unresponsive when we needed him. But honestly that wasn’t the issue at all.
1. The linens were awful and ruined our sleep. The apartment has 5 beds but they’re all small twins, so 2 were put together for a double. Except they just had tiny twin sheets for both sides. Awful. I was up all night hunting for sheets.
2. The AC was inadequate. 2 crummy Spanish-brand split ducts that weren’t in the bedrooms and weren’t enough to cool the apartment in the August heatwave. And they stopped and flashed error messages often.
3. One of the bedrooms is in the middle of the other bedroom. So the person in the bedroom #3 has to walk right through bedroom #2 (the double) to go anywhere — including the bathroom. In the US at least, you couldn’t even advertise this as a 3 bedroom. Because it’s kind of not.
4. Amenities were wholly inadequate. Minimal toilet paper (we had to buy more). No soaps except hand soap. (Most hosts including our other stay in Spain supply shampoo, etc). No laundry detergent or dishwasher liquid.
Location is good — all in all I’d prefer the other side of the Placa to be closer to the La Boqueria but the location is great for public transport and plenty of good food right outside your door.