It was a well decorated apartment. good air condition. Very well equipped. The area was so crowded. although the windows were good, but if you are so sensitive to sound, your will be definitely disturbed by the pedestrians.In addition, metro line goes under the building, which might disturb you early in the morning. Host was a good English speaker, and cooperative. no place to park a car. don't even think of it! You cannot even stop there or enter the area with your car, cameras take your plate number, you will get the bill later on. not sure if it happened for me:-( , If you plan to visit Barcelona and Madrid I suggest you to skip Madrid:-), Spending 7 days in Barcelona might be enough to visit the city. We also went to Madrid , which we shouldn't have done it. It didn't worth it. Spend all your time in Barcelona city or at the beach.