Fridays Flats Bright & Breezy

Welcome to a FridaysFlats experience!

Bright duplex, consisting of two joined flats (two bedroom + studio) that fit 4 people and share a breezy top floor terrace overlooking Barcelona’s most coveted neighbourhood: the fantastic La Villa de Gracia. Wake up and smell the sunshine in the heart of Barcelona’s most iconic district. In this unbeatable location (if you want to feel like a local) the best this city has to offer is now close by, waiting at your feet.

Welcome to Barcelona! We hope you have a wonderful stay in our flat. Please follow these simple guidelines: 1. Be respectful of the neighbors by keeping noise to a minimum after 10PM. Avoid slamming doors and making noise in hallways. 2. No parties allowed. Disturbances may result in immediate eviction without refund. 3. Upon check-out, leave keys on the table and pull the door shut. Always lock the door with the key when leaving the flat. 4. No smoking inside the apartment. 5. Turn off lights and air conditioning when leaving the apartment to conserve energy. 6. Additional cleaning and bedding can be arranged for longer stays, but please request this when booking. 7. Tourist tax of €6.88 per night per guest applies to those over 16, for up to 7 days. 8. Check-in is from 3PM to 8PM. Late arrival fees: €25 after 8PM, €50 after 12PM (paid in cash or by card). 9. Check-out time is 11AM. Luggage can be left in the apartment if no other reservations are pending. 10. Lost keys will result in a charge for changing the lock. 11. On your last day, please wash the dishes and take out the garbage.

Welcome to a FridaysFlats experience! If you’re here for the city If you had young friends living in Barcelona, and you’d ask them what the best neighbourhood to live in the city is, they’d probably all reply “Gracia”, or “La Villa de Gracia” as it’s sometimes called. Perched on a hill overlooking Barcelona and the splendid Mediterranean coastline, Gracia is considered to be a local oasis of tranquility and great quality food, vibes and entertainment. Legend says people who live in Gracia never venture outside their neighbourhood, because they have absolutely everything they need within walking distance. The Gracia vibe is just unbeatable. Its colorfully pittoresque streets are sprinkled with small local shops that sell organic food or sustainable living products, side by side with record stores, tattoo places, vegan bakeries, architect studios, pottery studios or contemporary dance studios. Often, these narrow streets fan out into cute little plaças, lined with terraces where you can enjoy the traditional tapas as you stop for coffee, cerveza or the local Vermut. Venture outside the neighbourhood a bit and after a few blocks come face to face with the grandiose Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s ultimate masterpiece, a UNESCO monument. Whatever your religious (or non-religious) affiliations, the architecture of this majestic monument will leave you speechless. If you’re here for the beach You’ll have to plan your trip accordingly if you want to do a lot of swimming or sunbathing, but it’s fairly easy to get to the beach. The Barcelona metro is fantastic in the sense that it’s reliable, cheap, and very well connected. Other options such as the local railroad make it easy to hitch a ride either to the city’s beaches (Barceloneta, Nova Icaria, Bogatell, etc) or to some of the more private ones outside of the city. If you’re here for nature Parc Guell is one steep but short hike away, just like many of the other parks of the Zona Alta, Barcelona’s elevated urban cluster. Just pack comfortable shoes and enjoy the splendid views. Many other locations such as Montjuic or Tibidabo are easily accessible by metro, bus or taxi. There are many places where you can enjoy the beauty of nature, wild colored flowers or fragrant bushes. Just to visit all the attractions of Montjuic could easily take you a week. Here you can find not one but two wondrous botanical gardens, one of them a picture perfect cactus reservation that’s one of the natural wonders of Barcelona, The Fundacio Miro, The Poble Espanyol, The Theatre Grec, Palau Sant Jordi or the former Olympic village are only some of the attractions on Montjuic, but neither rivals the panoramic view of the city and the sea you will get from up there. If you’re here for shopping Shop ‘til you drop! Or maybe not that much, but still, find local designers and cute boutique stores all throughout Gracia. If you go down a bit, past the Metro Station Diagonal you can easily walk to Passeig de Gracia or Rambla de Catalunya, both areas filled to the brim with shops and stores. If you’re looking for something more upscale, go to the Corte Ingles in Illa Diagonal, or to Diagonal Mar, Europe’s biggest luxury shopping mall. Pro tip: Hunt for the local Gracia boutique stores, and you will be amazed at the quality of both design and materials, in case you want to take home with you a small part of Barcelona. If you’re here for museums Rest assured, you can take the metro, cab or walk (downhill) towards Gothic, Born and Raval, which are full of museums, monuments and interesting cultural venues like Museo de la Marina, MACBA (for Contemporary Art) or the Catalan Cultural Center, plus some fun and interesting stuff for kids of all ages (Big Fun Museum and Museum of Illusions or the Wax Museum). The Gran Teatre del Liceu (Opera) is also a few metro stops away. Our favorite museum is called “Cosmo Caixa”(it’s a science museum that also has a planetarium) and is a little bit above you, towards Tibidabo. Head down toward the Marina if you want to see the Aquarium, and maybe stop at the Erotic Museum on your way 😇 - it’s close.

Welcome to a FridaysFlats experience! This flat is easily accessible from the airport by train (the Gracia station), shuttle bus (A1 or A2 to Plaza Espana and then a taxi (if you want to enjoy the views) or metro (the Fontana or Verdaguer stations are the closest).

Welcome to a FridaysFlats experience! The resting area of the main apartment has lots of options: one large bedroom with a comfortable double bed, one single bedroom in which 1 or 2 guests can sleep or rest in the privacy of a double bed, plus a living room with an extra comfortable sofa. The guests in this apartment share an open plan kitchen and the bathroom (equipped with a shower). Above this floor, the second flat has one sofa bed on which 1 or 2 guests can sleep, a kitchen area with table sitting for 2, and a bathroom with a shower. This studio connects the rest of the space to the jewel of the accommodation: a 15m² (161.5 ft²) private terrace designed with wooden flooring and newly-installed electrical blinds, overlooking the beauty and serenity of Gracia. Aside from comfortable seating and breath-taking views, where you can enjoy a glass of wine or a meal outside in a comfortable dining area for up to 4-5 people, on this breezy terrace you will also find a barbeque that can be put to good use all throughout the year. How cool is that? There is an AC unit in each of the bedrooms of the apartment as well as the living room and the upstairs studio. Traveling by car? If you are planning on driving to Barcelona, rest assured we’ll help you park your car safely. We typically recommend booking your parking spot ahead of time online, and offer a discount via parclick. Is this a work trip? Our apartments are equipped with reliable, fiber optic WI-FI and offer a very comfortable setup to work from home. Well, as comfortable as working can be. Last minute bookings ? Official check in time is from 3 PM onwards but for very last minute bookings, we might need to prepare the apartment and only have it ready at 4:30 - 5 PM!