Month of April ‘24 in Barcelona - what neighborhood, street?

We stayed at this VRBO flat in January this year. It is directly across form the Sagrada Familia with a great view of it from the windows of the living room. The street is LePanto which was very quiet. It has two bedrooms, a bath, kitchen and washing machine. When we told the management that we would be touring at the time they wanted to show us how to use the washing machine, they said they would wash, dry, fold and deliver our laundry to us for free--and they did!
https://www.vrbo.com/8455532ha?adultsCount=3&arrival=2022-12-26&departure=2022-12-30&unitId=4513534
If you tire of tapas, as we did, you might try Terra Mia which is on the way to Park Guell which we walked to. The Italian food is outstanding and the outdoor terrace was divine.

We walked in the main parts of Barcelona at night and took the subways without incident. Of course, we also take precautions and have our eyes and ears open as we would anywhere.

Interesting that you should post regarding the neighborhood of Exiample. It certainly is a ‘recommended’ neighborhood in the guidebooks and how awesome to be so close to Sagrada Familia on a daily basis! We were considering a rental right near where you stayed, but in the guest reviews, many people stated that it was 15 subway ride to the city’s historic area, Barri Gotic, El Born, etc. Is that correct? Or is it walkable from near Sagrada Familia to more tourist destinations?

I’ve being twice to Barcelona. I would stay on Plaça de Catalunya or as close to it as possible. From here, you can walk to most tourist destinations and there are lots public transportation options if you need to go someplace else.

Darlene, if you use the walking directions on Google maps, you will see that it is about a 30-35 minute walk from Sagrada Familia to Placa de Catalunya or the Picasso Museum and about 45 minute walk to the Boqueria Market.

Placa de Catalunya is more centrally located than La Sagrada Familia vis-a-vis the bulk of the tourist sights, but the LSF area could still be better for you if you prefer quieter surroundings.

It's always smart when making a first visit to a city to go to Google Maps, search for the location of your proposed hotel (or a prominent nearby landmark), and this ask for directions to the key sights you want to see. Click on the walking-man icon at the top to see the walking distance and estimated walking time. The latter is usually based on covering a mile in 20 minutes. Similar information is available for getting around by public transportation; just switch to the transit icon at the top.

Here's an example mapping the walk between La Sagrada Familia and the Picasso Museum in El Born:

Google Maps: Barcelona

Interesting that you should post regarding the neighborhood of Exiample

The Eixample is actually an entire district with multiple neighborhoods in it, so it covers quite a lot of ground. I think no single place in Barcelona is walkable to every major tourist site. FYI taxis in Barcelona are safe, plentiful, and cheap so they are a good alternative to public transport if you are only going to a few places that are a distance. If you want quiet you will have to stay further away from where tourists sites are. The neighborhoods of Sagrada Familia, Sant Antoni, Vila de Gracia, and El Poble sec will be quieter than craziness of the Ciutat Vella area but also a bit more of a walk from the action, so it's a trade off.

I’m particularly fond of the lower right side of the Eixample. Kind of between Passaig de Gracia and Passaig de San Joan, maybe bellow carrer d’Aragón, but that’s not a hard boundary. (Avoiding Gran Via, and a couple other arterial roads.)

Calm, green, local, but very convenient to almost all. Developed by/for the haught bourgeoisie, it's packed with architectural gems. (Which is really only comparative, as so much of the city is so pretty.)

We found our apartment on Maribelsguides.com website, rear facing so very quiet. Its name was Apartment Hispanos7Suiza or something like that . It was on a side street near La Sagrada Familia, and this apartment faced the back yard of the building, was not on the street side. It is in Eixample neighborhood. Maribel is an expert on travel in Spain and will answer questions sent to her.

Thanks to all for your responses. It was helpful. We ended up finding a beautiful apartment in a quiet section of Bari Gotic, about 4 blocks from Plaça Reial.