PARK GUELL DOUBLE ROOM

Pros: Très bien, chambre propre avec un frigo, appartement tout équipé avec vue sur montagne. Notre hôte a été très sympathique. Une bonne adresse!

Pros: It is a place you share with the owner and other guests and - our favourite one - a beautiful cat. You can use the supplies and have some privacy, too, and all of this for relatively little money as for Barcelona.

Contras: There was supposed to be a free parking area nearby, but it appeared that we should leave the car on the street (all the parking slots were taken and we missed a lot of time trying to find a free one). There was quite chilly in our room.

Pros: The room is private and the apartment is clean. Good strong wifi. A lock is available for your door if you like. There is room to store your bags in the bedrooms and drawers for your clothes / belongings. Vallcarca metro is only 8 minutes away. Lesseps is twice as far but you walk past three grocery stores on your way back to the apartment and there is an escalator that will get you up about 1/3 of the hill. Fifteen minutes or so towards the Lesseps metro is the start of the very interesting neighborhood of Gracia with lots of old style charm, cute shops, good restaurants and bars but not touristy. Further south is Passeig de Gracia for ritzy big brands. The host is kind and caring with excellent English and hometown knowledge of the city.

Contras: Honestly, there was nothing to dislike. If you are mostly interested in the Gothic quarter and the beach then maybe it's not for you but there is a metro 8 minutes from the apartment.