Yök is full of character, beauty and earth-friendly clever design, which kept the original beautiful tiles and ceilings from the 115-year old building. Comfortable beds. Cute living room.

Petz the designer was a kind and helpful host. Our kids and we enjoyed meeting (and bugging) her and her staff member Geoff as we had our daily breakfast on the rooftop with an amazing view. She had good recommendations for restaurants. (Always make reservations in Barcelona! We learned it the hard way. Always call ahead as their hours are quite "flexible".)

I love it that the photos were honest (they did their own photos) and you know how big exactly the apartment was because it was specified right in the description. (By the way I love the floor plans with the tile-design from the original apartment!) There are two other apartments (by Yök) on the same floor, and the three shared a little common sitting area where you enter your own unit.

The building itself was a little bit run-down, but the apartment was very recently and nicely renovated. There is a hostel on the 1/F of this buidling. We bumped into some of the backpackers and they all looked friendly.

Do keep in mind that as it's situated at an intersection, it could get a teeeny bit noisy at times at night and early morning, mostly from traffic. But this also means you're only a 5-minute walk away from the subway and a decent supermarket at Arc de Triomf. There are red bikes to rent at Arc de Triomf too (self-serve).

You might want to bring your own supplies, or you can buy shampoo and toothbrushes from the cabinet in the apartment. You'll be provided with lots of recycling boxes right in the open kitchen.

Petz will start having workshops at the rooftop that involve utilizing recycled materials to make useful things. Sounds like fun!!

All in all a good experience in a not-so-touristy area, but very close enough to the action.