**Location**:
The location for this apartment is very central, right in the historic Gothic Quarter, walking distance from Plaça de Catalunya (food, shopping, and the starting location to hop-on-hop-off) and a quick cab ride from a lot of places to visit e.g. a ~10 min ride from La Sagrada Familia. We found the neighborhood a bit unclean compared to our stay in other cities. And on the contrary, I found it nice and lively with kids playing around and folks hanging out.
**Apartment**:
The first thing I noticed was the size of the apartment - the living room is very large, the bedrooms good size and a good size kitchen. It has a beautiful decor, a wonderful old city feel. The apartment does NOT have a AC (as correctly advertised, but I missed it in the listing). Barcelona was pretty hot and humid while we were there, so this is an important thing to note. Each room has a fan, which definitely helps with the air circulation. From the furnishing point of view, we found the apartment very comfortable.
A couple of other things to note - Since this is an older building in an older neighborhood, the stairs to the apartment unit are quite narrow and some of them are not even and in some good need of repair. And since it does not have an elevator, this is critical to know if you have people who would find it hard to go two floors up. We found the shower very small and for a 6 ft. guy, I kept hitting the walls every now with my hand. Overall, if you read the listing well in detail, I think there would be no big surprises and for its central location, this is a good place to stay.
**Host**:
Matthieu and his colleagues were timely, polite and warm in their communication. We were given proper instructions before we arrived. We were greeted by a couple of people who were very jovial, they welcomed us and gave us the tour of the apartment and answered any questions that we had. A+ for the host.
****Wife's review****:
We were met graciously by a couple that gave us instructions and information. The apartment is okay-very humid. Luckily there were fans in each room so it help with air circulation when windows are open. The shower is very small so have to be careful to turn or even step out. All supplies were provided for so that was a plus.
The apartment building does not have an elevator as the listing stated. So if you have a lot of luggage, this AirBnb may not be the best. The stairs are in need or major repairs.
Note - I felt a little uncomfortable with the area initially from safety perspective.