Great place and fabulous location!! You are a couple of streets over from luxury shopping (Louis Vuitton, Burberrry) and a few subway stops from La Ramblas area. Plenty of excellent restaurants nearby makes this an ideal location. The apartment was clean, spacious and has an elevator (bonus!!) It says second floor because that is what it is labeled in the actual building but it’s more like 4th floor. While the elevator is old, it works and my husband and I were able to fit our Texas sized bodies and our luggage in with no issues.
There is a full sized fridge with freezer bottom and a cooktop and oven. There is also a washer and a dryer. The people of Barcelona are generally very friendly and we were able to stop at a mercado along the way and the store owner sold us a cup of washing detergent from a bigger bag (he opened it right then and there and put it in a small baggie) so we were able to do a few loads of laundry. There is also a drying rack, iron and ironing board in the apartment.
The television is internet connected so you can watch Netflix, YouTube, HBO Max, etc.
There is air conditioning but there is a trick to it. It can run for 10 hrs at a time. So if you find yourself in for the evening at 8 or 9pm (like us Americans) you just need to turn off the air conditioning right before you go to bed, then turn it right back on the reset the 10hr timer. The first night we didn’t do this and woke up in a hot and stuffy apartment. We thought the air conditioning went out/stopped working LOL!
The bathroom is spacious and is a tub shower combination. Literally spotless!
I can’t say enough good things about the place…it was far more spacious than we expected. There is a livingroom, a kitchen/dining area that is generously sized, a good sized bedroom (we literally left our suitcases open on the floor instead of unpacking and we were still able to maneuver around the bedroom with no issues) and bathroom (with clothes dryer, plenty of counter space, sink, toilet and tub/shower.
Since it’s an old building there is no self check-in. You have to be checked in by the host so make sure you are able to receive messages. We were in a train and our service didn’t work and we didn’t receive messages from the host asking us to let her know once we reached the Barcelona train station so we had to wait and coordinate to meet up for check-in.
I wouldn’t hesitate to stay here again or recommend to anyone looking to visit Barcelona. Perfect for a couple!