We loved staying at Manel's apartment. It was clean and spacious. Manel's friend met us right on time and was very kind and gave us all kinds of good information about Barcelona and showed us around the apartment. At the end of the stay, Manel let us stay a bit later and had the cleaners come later. He was a terrific host and easy to get ahold of via email. He has a terrific place to stay!! We took taxis everywhere so I can't say anything about the public transportation there. We enjoyed the nice Rioja he left is on our arrival. Great apartment and terrific host!