“If You Want Location This Is it, But............”

Just come back from staying 4 nights at this apartment. Its location is great literally 200 meters from the old cathedral and gothic quarter and the town and shopping area from Plaza Catalunya within easy walking distance. The apartment is nice although the kitchen area is a token effort with fridge, microwave, plug in ring, toaster and kettle. Apartment has been done out quite cheaply particularly the bathroom that was already showing signs of wear and age. Neighbourhood is a little run down but perfectly safe and quiet after midnight. We were on the first floor so quite a bit of noise carried up from the passage, its not a street, but most of the noise came from the other occupants with an almighty row that went on to the early hours of the morning. Our apartment was not cleaned and the towels & sheets were not changed during our stay but that didn't bother us too much. Its fine for a short stay.

“Good location and nice room”

Good aparrtment-2mins walk from Picasso museum and 5mins from Ramblas. Clean and good quality apprartment. No bedding other than a sheet-eventually obtained blankets. People running the hotel difficult to contact-twice-no answer from emergency number-office to leave bags at intermittently open so was difficlut to leave and retrieve luggage on last day. Cleaned room once during 4 day stay. Good shower and firm bed. Few cooking facilities if you wished to prepare own meal.

“Apartment ok, but description is wrong”

I stayed in a Picasso Corders apartment (no. 5) for 3 nights, in September '11. The apartments are in a good location, easy walking distance from the metro (3mins from the Jaume 1), many local shops and restaurants, catherdral, park, a market, and the picasso museum. It is about 10-15min walk to the Ramblas or the seafront. The apartments are in the older part of town, which is a maze of narrow streets crammed with small shops, bars and restaurants. The graffiti makes the area look a bit rougher than it is, but it is safe enough. This was my 4th trip to Barcelona, and I prefer this part of town, rather than near the Ramblas which is touristy, crowded and overpriced. On arrival the apartment building was locked, but luckily another couple were waiting too, and had already contacted the representative who arrived shortly. Note that the apartments DO NOT have a 24hr reception, as described; to get your key, you need to contact the representative or go to their offices 5mins away. There is also NO bar or lounge. The apartment itself was clean and nicely decorated, but was a bit smaller than expected, and had no balcony or outside sitting area (shown in photos); I think the top apartment 6 has a outside area. The kitchen and cooking facilities were more limited than expected; you just get a sink, kettle, toaster, microwave and an electric stove top. It wasn't a bad apartment, just smaller than other places we'd stayed, and not a bad choice if you can get it at a good price.