10/10 Excellent
John R.
12 April 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful apartment for a couple at the best location and at a price of sleeping well at night.
The majority of Barri Gothic 1's (primary floor, press P in the elevators) windows face the Carrer De La Portaferrissa which is a narrow street with perpetual pedestrian and vehicular traffic. This is an active street, day and night. It never really stops but slows down some late at night. Trash pickup is at 11pm and after that the street washers come. Closing the windows and the shutters muffles the noise a bit, but not much and one can literally follow a conversation that is happening at the street level. So, sleeping is tough, even with ear plugs.
On the very plus side, you step out of the apartment, and you are in old town and that is fabulous and amazing! You are 5 minutes away from the market, and withinwalking distance to almost everywhere.
The apartment was spotless and as depicted in the photos. Nicely painted ceiling and tastefully done.
It is a great size for a couple, maybe with a child, but the bathroom can only be reached through the master bedroom. Big and well-equipped kitchen, some simple instructions for using the W/D single unit and microwave/oven for those who are not familiar with the European models would be helpful.
The Ola Living team was very responsive and helpful throughout and during the lengthy planning process.
We opted to get physical key cards from the office (the weekend office is about 20 minutes away by taxi), rather than rely on the app for entrance.
We might ask for a higher-level apartment facing a quieter direction, if available
John R.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023
