Our family of 5 (parents and 3 teens) had a great time staying in this apartment for 5 nights in June 2016.

Location: all of Barcelona is easily reached via the metro from the 2 stations that are both about a 5 min walk. We like to walk, and explored the Jardins de Joan Brossa, Montjuic Castle, the Marina, and La Ramblas which are all walkable from the apartment. We took the metro to places like Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, and Camp Nou. There is a great Condi market 3 doors down from the apartment entrance which had all of the groceries we needed. There is also a terrific fruit stand (with local wines from the barrel) 1 door down. If you want to eat out there are great options along Parallel and definitely check out the options along Carrer de Blai, which is just around the corner along Margarit. Despite being on one of the main streets in Barcelona, the apartment is very quiet since it is on a high floor.

The apartment: we had been staying in hotels for the week prior with our kids all sharing a room - they were thrilled to each have their own room in the apartment. The apartment was outfitted with everything we needed for our stay, including a Nespresso machine and juicer (I highly recommend picking up some oranges at the fruit stand and juicing them yourself). It was very nice to have some treats waiting upon our arrival, including a nice bottle of wine, some nespresso capsules, and a box of chocolates. [While there is a TV in the apartment almost all of the programming is in Spanish/Catalon - which makes sense. This wasn't an issue for us as we didn't watch a lot of TV other than futbol.]

Logistics: Victor was very helpful throughout the booking process, answering all the questions we had and then sending us a questionnaire where we supplied all our arrival information. Flor is the local person in Barcelona who contacted us about a week prior to arrival. She helped arrange an early check-in for us, met us to give us the keys and an orientation, and was very helpful throughout our stay. She helped arrange a taxi pickup the morning of our departure, and helped sort things out after the driver went to the wrong address. She was a delight to work with, and we were very grateful for her.

We would recommend the apartment without reservation and would definitely stay here again.