Barcelona Apartments from Habitat

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The other night, we stumbled across Habitat, a website advertising apartments for short-term stays in Barcelona. We ended up clicking around for a good half hour, ogling the tile floors, balconies, and ocean views. It brought us back to a brief trip to Barcelona several years ago when we were guests in an apartment on Passeig de Grácia. The place looked just like some of the older apartments pictured above, with shutters that opened onto a tiny balcony overlooking the street...

FIRST ROW
• 1 Casp Apartment
• 2 Vista Apartment
• 3 Vista Apartment
• 4 Art 1 Apartment
• 5 Born 2 Apartment

SECOND ROW
• 6 Atlanta Apartment
• 7 Ferran 2 Apartment
• 8 Ferran 2 Apartment
• 9 Banys Apartment
• 10 Banys Apartment

For more information from Habitat, click here.

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Me? I just adore 4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwklMgTGfYM

posted by Vanessa in New York on March 23rd 2009 at 11:39am
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Um... wait. Wrong article... :P

posted by Vanessa in New York on March 23rd 2009 at 11:40am
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Wow, it's like the one's over at Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. LOVE LOVE LOVE the wooden beams on the ceilings... Over here they're in a criss-cross pattern.

posted by Maroha on March 23rd 2009 at 11:42am
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That floor! Wow, I'm drooling!

posted by visualingual on March 23rd 2009 at 11:45am
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I would put up with white walls ANY DAY for a floor like that!

posted by tahoesuzy on March 23rd 2009 at 11:46am
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I loved the first one - then it went downhill from there...
...if it weren't for the views from the windows, some of them could be mistaken for room settings at Room & Board and IKEA.

posted by bepsf on March 23rd 2009 at 11:49am
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The bathroom in Number 4 is the largest I've seen in Europe. It's the size of most European hotel rooms (at least in my price range).

posted by heather77 on March 23rd 2009 at 12:05pm
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omg @ the ceilings

posted by Erin C on March 23rd 2009 at 12:12pm
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@heather77...I'm with you! That is a HUGE bathroom and it's lovely. I've stayed in a hotel in Barcelona and the bathroom we had was lovely but about 1/4 that size. Did you notice that the bidet has a lid on it? That's the first time I've seen that feature.

posted by Monica on March 23rd 2009 at 1:36pm
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wow!! Thanks for the tip!! I didn't know Habitat Apartments. I will totally use it next time I have to be in BCN.
Delikatissen

posted by delikatissen on March 23rd 2009 at 2:39pm
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AMAZING! How I wish I could have stayed at one of these lovely dwellings instead of my brother's college dorm when I visited Barcelona.

posted by bookgirl on March 23rd 2009 at 3:22pm
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Most European cities have apartments like this available for short term stays -- it is much more comfortable and affordable than hotels, especially if you have kids. (at the very least, there are laces for rent by owner). A really good one we use regularly is Praguecityapartments in Prague.

posted by mschatelaine on March 23rd 2009 at 4:13pm
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These are amazing! Love the mix of modern furniture with vintage detailing. My fiance and I are thinking about going to Barcelona for our honeymoon. These would be perfect, especially with the price range. Thanks for posting!

posted by Molly T on March 23rd 2009 at 6:57pm
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Does anyone know of a similar company that does this in France?

posted by little miss skittles on March 24th 2009 at 8:40pm
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I have close friends in Barcelona and Siges, and the simplicity,clean and calm is what makes this so special. Molly, I highly recommend this as a honeymoon spot. The floors and the ceiling is beautiful. I felt good just looking at the pics.

posted by deborah gunn interiors on March 25th 2009 at 1:50pm
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There is an agency called New York Habitat that offers furnished apartments in NYC, London, Paris and southern France. Not sure if they're connected, but it's a comparable service.

posted by StyleJunkie on March 25th 2009 at 2:33pm
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Yep, NY habitat covers Paris too. We've used them twice. Keep in mind that they just put you in touch with the owners and you have to work out all the details with the owners, not the company. We had one fabulous experience with a wonderful place in the Marias and one horrible experience where the guy forgot to show up with the keys in the middle of winter. So, it's hit or miss but you will save SO much money this way and really get to enjoy 'living' in the city.

posted by kikiclark on March 27th 2009 at 10:50am
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