Anyone know of nice, safe, cheap lodging in Barcelona Spain ?
It would be terrific if you could vouch for somewhere you have stayed.
I'm looking at about 10 days in April.
I'm not sure about cheap. Both times I stayed, it was in a vacation apt. Really roomy. But it was several years ago, before Airbnb.
Now I hear Barcelona is one of these cities which is trying to crack down on Airbnb. But there were plenty of rental agencies or owners renting out their flats.
Barcelona is more sprawling than one would expect. Beyond the old gothic quarter, all the Gaudi buildings are in the Eixample and beyond.
So location is important, to be within reach of most of the places. I liked apartments near Placa Catalunya, in the Passeig de Gracia. I think I paid about 110 Euros a night for like 2 bedroom apt. back about 10 years ago.
However, 10 days is a long time just for Barcelona itself. You may want to research renting a car and going north to Costa Brava, maybe up into France.
You can do day trips to Monserrat and Girona as well as Sitges so you don't necessarily need cars for those.
Alternatively, you can look at splitting time between Barcelona and Majorca, which is only an hour flight (there's a ferry but it takes half to a full day each way).
Majorca is pretty dry that time of the year. Not really weather for swimming but if you get sunny days, beautiful coastlines and mountains on the island.