Location location location was amazing! You walk about 10 steps and you have a view of Sagrada Familia. There are plenty of souvenir shops, grocery stores & restaurants close. Shopping & Casa Batllo are about a 20 minute walk. We actually didn’t take a taxi or the metro during our entire stay but generally had a 20-30 minute walk to a lot of places we went (wasn’t bad at all!) Laura met us when we checked in to show us around the apartment & called a taxi for our early morning departure. She was very communicative and a great host. Highly recommend!