My wife and I stayed at this apartment with our daughters (ages 9&6) on a recent trip to Europe. While we stayed in top quality hotels in London and Paris, this apartment (although less expensive than our other spots), was by far our favorite accommodations of our trip.

This apartment was incredible - spacious, immaculately clean, stylishly decorated and stocked with much more than we ever could have expected including small appliances, complimentary beverages (water, soft drinks, juices, beer and wine) and fresh fruits for our children. I also suffer from bad allergies but had no troubles whatsoever in this apartment.

The location was as advertised, giving us a great view of the Sagrada Familia. This allowed me to strategically jump in line when we saw the wait was short and also have my family keep tabs on me from the porch and join at the last minute without waiting in line at all.

The apartment was a couple of stories up with the bedrooms away from the windows so that any street noise wasn't a problem. In fact, with the automated "black-out" shutters and great mattresses/linen, we were able to get the best sleep of our trip at this apartment.

And perhaps the best surprise of our stay was the graciousness of the host, Enric and his wife. This was our first experience with air bnb so we weren't sure what to expect but Enric was an incredible host who checked in with us daily and continuously went above and beyond in being a great help to us during our stay. He and his family lived here for years but recently moved, renovated the apartment and added it to the rental market. The reason that he is a success in the restaurant business was evident because he clearly gets it in terms of hospitality.

I have never written a review before but my children, wife and I all agreed that this apartment provided such a highlight from our trip that we should let others know about our great experience.