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Overall Satisfaction
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8 |
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Standard of Accommodation |
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6 |
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Location |
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10 |
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Contact Person |
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10 |
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Comments:
The contact person - Rosa - was an absolute delight, she was very helpful prior and during our visit and made us feel very welcome. The apartment couldn't be in a better location. It's literally just off Placa Reial and therefore close to everything (especially las ramblas and many great restaurants). It's on the 5th floor with no lift and so be prepared for the walk, but my parents, both in their 60s felt the benefit by the end of the week! The terrace has a great view and a private table and chairs, but, think about how much time you intend to spend at the apartment as we only ended up using it very briefly as we spent all of our time out and about. The terrace could be improved with a couple of sun-loungers and most definitely with a light, as once daylight has gone you can't spend any time up there and that was the time we were in our apartment the most and the evenings were balmy and mild and it would have been great to sit on the terrace and enjoy a drink. The apartment itself is plain and in some ways dingy. It was clean with all the necessary linen etc and it also benefits from lots of windows (but no view, but that's standard) but the rooms are small and could benefit from some colour and comfort, possibly in pictures on the walls or rugs on the floor or even if the walls weren't all a dirty cream. There is one main bedroom with a wardrobe, the second bedroom also doubles up as the living room in some ways as it has a tv and a dvd player, but there is no sofa or place to sit apart from the bed and a spare single sofabed and there is no wardrobe. The DVD player only worked for half a film and then it cut out, it seemed to overheat and refused to play again for around an hour, so don't get your hopes up as we did and bring films for the evenings. We had a slight ant problem also. Ants would crawl from beneath an electricity socket, but we were vigilant with our mess and they didn't bother us. There was one other problem, it would seem that there is next door neighbour who doesn't sleep at night and can be heard very clearly through the second bedroom (my room) and sleeping didn't occur until earplugs were found. Just to warn you... However, please don't think I'm saying the apartment is bad, because it isn't, it's a perfectly liveable and likeable temporary home with its pros and cons. The main positive being its location which is nigh on perfect! We had a great time in Barcelona and would definitely come back to this apartment if we were to return.
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