Barcelona holiday apartment to rent: 3 bedrooms. (60m2).

In Barcelona city centre near the Ramblas, with air conditioning, for maximum of 6 people. Private residential apartment available on basis of private contract. Also home swaps possible.

For rent for holidays, no agency commission !. (typical agency commission is 30% !! extra respect to these prices, = 20% of new total price).
It is possible to rent the apartment or just 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms and not the complete apartment.

This holiday apartment with 3 bedrooms is located in the historic centre of Barcelona so you can walk directly to all the city centre attractions and avoid the hassle, time and cost of getting a metro to the centre.
- the well known Ramblas (400 metres away) with its human statues
- the cathedral
- "the" contemporary art/culture centres MACBA (300m away) and CCCB (300m)
- the Rambla Raval (100m) with many bars/cafes/restaurants with tables outside
- all the city centre shops
- La Boqueria fresh food market ("Best Market in the World" *1) (300m)
- the many discos and live music venues of the city centre
- bars, cafes, restuarants
- the Gothico district (400m)
- the Maritime Museum (buildings from the year 1400) (600m)
- Plaza Real
- the popular Barcelona Magic Fountains (free) are only 20 minutes walk from the apartment
- metro stations for lines 1, 2 and 3 are all only a short walk away
- Plaza Catalunya, for direct train and express bus links to/from the airport, city trains,
city buses and all night buses; only 8-10 minutes walk.
- Sagrada Familia is 5 stops away on the metro, outside of the city centre
- the beach is really a bus trip or a 40 minutes walk (the frequent 64 bus has the beach as its last stop)


The apartment is very close to some of the many nice restaurants and bars in the city centre like Carmelitas, Ra , Dostrece, Almazen, Ovella Negra (the Black Sheep) , Imprevist, Marmalade. The centre is of course full of bars, cafés and restaurants.

*1 Selected as the best market in the world at the World Conference for Public Markets held in New York in Oct 2005.

The nearest metro stations are "Sant Antoni" on purple Line 2 (approx. 300 metres), "Liceu" on green Line 3 (approx. 450m) and "Universidad" on the red line 1 (approx. 400m). For full information see the Metro web site www.tmb.net ; this also provides the information for the Barcelona city bus services.

(Option of tennis, golf or photography holidays/coaching. Combining with a ski trip can also be arranged. Please ask for details).

Barcelona Accomodation. Price per night.

Details of the Apartment; Living Room/Dining Room

The large lounge/dining room is light and airy and this provides visitors with a good place to relax after visiting the sites of the sites of Barcelona. 16m2, (4.7m x 3.4m).

- 2 seater sofa
- single seater sofa, + 1 armchair
- new dining table (shown set up for 4 people or doubles in size for 6 people)
- Philips colour stereo TV (+digital receiver with multi language function, many films with English option, text, SD card slot, USB slot, FM radio)
- DVD player (plus some DVDs)
- Sanyo mini Hi-Fi (midi size; with CD/radio/cassette)

The DVDs include "Zorro", "Full Monty", "The Accused", "Emmanuelle").

Barcelona Apartment : Details of the 3 Bedrooms

Bedroom 1

receives lots of light since it has open space in front of it and the sun goes straight onto the double bed during the winter. (Small double room, common in Barcelona, 8.6m2, 3.4m x 2.6m).
This room has a great view to an old stone church/chapel.

- double bed (1,50m x 1,90m)
- 4 door wardrobe (with a large mirror)
- double glazed balcony doors
- small mirror on the wall
- wall mounted stereo Philips colour television, including radio.
- small balcony above the street, just 0.4m x 1.3m

The TV with digital terrestial receiver has text, FM radio, dual language facility, alarm, remote control and the DVD player can be easily connected if you want to watch a DVD in bed !.

Barcelona Apartment : Bedroom 2

is a small 'twin' room with 2 single beds. The 2 single beds can be put together to make a quasi double bed. Large double window to 'patio de luz' (patio of light), double glazed. (6.6m2, 2.4m x 2.8m).

- 2 single beds (can be separate or together)
- large original window, double glazed
- wall mounted colour 12" TV with built in DVD player
- wardrobe

Barcelona Apartment : Bedroom 3

Kitchen

Bathroom

Entrance hallway