Apartments Marina

We stayed one night, post cruise, in these apartments. It was an excellent choice - clean, modern and well managed. We were too early to check in but our bags were safely locked away for us, to allow us to head out for the day. The apartments are barely 5 minutes walk from the Segrada Familia, and since we were there so early we were able to enjoy looking round before the crowds arrived. The whole area around here feels very residential and safe, and there are lots of places to eat. You could probably walk to the Ramblas area - but why bother? We walked instead towards the Arc de Triumph and a beautiful park and boulevard, ending up close to the Olympic village, where we took the metro back to the apartment. Our only slight disappointment with the apartment was that our anticipated view of the cathedral wasn't there! Instead we had an "interior" view into a courtyard surrounded by other apartment buildings. At first this was disappointing, but after sitting out on our balcony sipping a glass of wine and eating some olives for an hour or two, we realised that it was much better to be there than to be over the busy street in front! It would have been good to have some furniture on the balcony, but we simply carried a couple of the dining chairs out instead. In the morning we walked a couple of minutes to a lovely cafe/bakery where we had coffee, freshly squeezed o.j. and delicious fresh pastries for breakfast. On our return our taxi - which we had asked reception to order for us - was waiting, and we headed off the the airport. We would definitely consider using these apartments again - especially if we were in Barcelona for a few days. It seemed a bit of a waste to be only using the accommodation for one night! There was everything we needed - including a very large fridge/freezer and a dishwasher - and overall it was an excellent choice.

Jim , Scotland