Luxury apartment rentals
in Barcelona and Madrid

Aspasios, which means "welcome" in Greek, is a company created in 2005 to offer high standard apartment rentals in different areas in Barcelona and Madrid. We are specialised in renting luxury apartments on a short-term basis, from five nights till several months, focusing on expatriates, executives, business travellers and other demanding clients. We carefully select our apartments, but our strength lies in a thoughtful and professional customer service, always with a smile. Our staff has a multicultural background with experience in different industries, and knows what is essential to feel at home in a different city: they have lived the situation themselves, be it through trips or personal and professional experiences.

Aspasios' team is:

Ezequiel Salzberg. Partner and co-founder of Aspasios, director. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in a family with Centro-European roots. At the age of seven his wider family moves to Barcelona, where he grows up and later on obtaines a law degree. He also studies a Master in Public Management as well as one in Business Administration at the renowned business school ESADE. His professional background is in operations in non-industrial organisations, both in the public and private sector.

Ann Sleebus. Partner and co-founder of Aspasios. She was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. After studying Romance Philology and a Master in Media and Information Science at the University of Louvain, she gains her first experience at the marketing department of a Belgian touroperator. Afterwards she travels extensively for several years through different continents, organising international medical congresses for the Dutch Akzo Nobel company. After backpacking for a year through Latin-America, she ends up in Barcelona, the cradle of her love for the Mediterranean. Ann has also been working as an official guide for Catalonia.

Montse Altamirano, a Barcelona girl born and bred, accounting department manager. Both her studies and her professional background focus on the administration and accounting business. In her spare-time she loves photography and travelling. One day she intends to improve her languages, though she can get by pretty well in English.

Suzanne Blaauw, assistant at the administration department. Born and raised in Alkmaar, in the north of Holland, where she studies Tourism as well as International Business and Languages. An addict of language studies - she learns to speak Spanish working various Summers on a camping - she likes travelling, reading and sports.

Carol Doelling, born in Germany, lives and works in Norway for many years after having started his carreer in Germany. Now he offers his services in Barcelona, as the head of Aspasios’ Maintenance Department. His knowledge and experience, his common sense and his handiness make sure all our apartments are in good shape.

Sol Rietti is in charge of the Agenda and of the 'Tips' and 'Aspasios Select' sections on our website. Born in Buenos Aires, she moves to Barcelona as a child, where she lives for almost five years. After returning to her birth place, she studies anthropology and obtains her degree in Journalism. She is currently studying Image and Sound and carrying on audiovisual projects. She has an illustrated blog of her own and is fond of “buttons”.

Marlies Rocher Bongaertz, born in Barcelona to a Catalan father and Dutch mother is our operations coordinator. As a child she emigrates with her family from Venlo (Holland) to Barcelona, which allows her to have a global vision of both cultures. She obtains a Graduate in Tourism and is fluent in several languages. Besides, she loves team sports, and volleyball in particular.

Adriana Rodriguez is our Marketing and Sales Manager. As a Mexican with a British mother, she moves to France to continue her studies in Philology and Legal Translation in Paris and Rennes. She spends most of her professional life in translation and interpretation in Mexico and France, where she lives over 15 years. She emigrates to Spain in 2007 searching for the Mediterranean climate and new opportunities, and she picks Barcelona as her landing basis. Before joining Aspasios' team professionally, Adriana was our client.

Lycke Veenendaal was born and raised in Holland. She is creative and dynamic, and is Aspasios' "face". She is the one who manages the quality control in the apartments and much more and who, above all, will welcome you at your arrival at your Barcelona apartment, always with a smile.

aspasion short rentals s.l. is entered in the Tourist Companies and Activities Register of Catalonia, number EB-00232.