Our stay with Xabier was very enjoyable! Despite the language barrier, xabier managed to give us a tour around his apartment in English. He is very friendly and the room allocated to us had a balcony that could look out to Tibidabo (if I'm not wrong). Location is great, 5mins or less from urquinaona st. 10mins to city centre placa de Catalunya and there's a food Street nearby too with lovely atmosphere. The only flaw would be the lack of an elevator to his apartment which is on the 5th storey. Quite a hassle to climb up and down if you want to head downstairs to convenient store for something or head back to grab something. All in all a great place to stay. Definitely recommend the place if you're fine with a little stairs.