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This was the worst stay I’ve ever had in my life. I arrived and the apartment smelled like cat pee, I realized later that this was actually probably rat pee. The bathroom smelled of it the worst and upon inspection the top corner above the toilet has a crack and along the wall there are drips so most likely rat pee was dripping down onto the wall from the ceiling. Please for the health and safety of yourself and whoever is with you DO NOT STAY HERE IT IS VERY DIRTY AND NOT SANITARY.

Central location right in the Gothic Quarter, not far from the Ramblas - about 20 minutes walk from Placa Catalunya. Clean and functionally furnished. Ideal and sufficient for a short trip to Barcelona - good value for money. Didn't like it · Finding the second apartment at number 18 was complicated as it was hidden in the entrance to a closed hairdressing salon - after calling the emergency number several times, however, access worked - be sure to watch the access video in the access link before you arrive! Some of the fittings, especially the fittings and toilet flush, are defective and urgently need to be repaired - this didn't bother us because the door was closed and we were only staying for one night. Very narrow stairs in the entrance - be careful with luggage or if you have walking difficulties!

The building is in an amazing location. Right in the Gothic Quarter, maybe 15 minute gentle walk to Las Ramblas and all of the amazing restaurants in El Born. The apartment itself was spotless, a good size and the bed comfortable. Unfortunately the management company really lets it down. We arrived in Barcelona at 3pm and after a speedy airport transfer arrived at the building within half an hour. We didn’t get into our apartment until about 7-7:30pm due to the complete lack of communication from our hosts. The building is keypad/ app entry. There is nobody there to meet you. We received no communication ahead of our arrival as to what we should expect, no door code, no room number. Nothing. There’s a couple of phone numbers on the side of the building. We tried these several times to no response. Luckily, we had booked our stay through Love Holidays who helped us get to the bottom of the situation. We were put on high priority as we literally couldn’t get in the building! Eventually, after several attempts from LH, they managed to get into contact with the building management. We were given a door code. Excellent. We got into the lobby! Then after much back and forth we told them we still didn’t know what room we were supposed to be in or how to even enter. Then after a few hours Ainb got in touch with us, asked us to pay the local taxes and upon proof will send over room details. We got all of that, used the keypad on the apartment door (there’s also an app you can use but that didn’t work for us) and got into our room. As mentioned above, the room was clean, the bed comfy and I guess it was well enough equipped. Our room was a little rough round the edges- plug socket in the bathroom was left on the counter rather than in the wall where it should be, the laminate flooring wasn’t laid properly (gaps between each slat), bedside lamps didn’t work, the oven (which looked brand new!) didn’t work either.. I absolutely loved Barcelona and I want to return, but I just wouldn’t stay here again. Not only is Ainb completely disorganised and can’t send check in information in advance, they just don’t seem to care about upkeeping the place.