I loved this apartment. It was private,impeccably clean and functional and comfortable. We walked downhill to sagrada familia easily, took 4 euro taxi uphill in 5 minutes to parc guell. Walked to Gracia and Eixample on clean safe,streets night and day. The host Enric, gives excellent local restaurant advice (thank you!) and travel info to get you there as well as to get around. We bought and left a small fan for use in bedroom at night. It was 75-80 degrees day and 65 -70 at night . Closing the door to bedroom made it more quiet but stuffier so fan helped. Overall quiet place except for usual city noises that come and go and the intermittent long howl of a forlorn dog during the day maybe before the owner returns home from work. 2 flights of narrow stairs added to charm. Would like to visit here for 3 months! Wouldn't hesitate staying here again but might be hot mid summer. Very nice to be away from large number of tourists and be in a neighborhood that was populated with young and old locals.