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10/10 Excellent
9 Aug 2022
This apartment it a dream for either a large group of friends / couples or like in our case two fami
Pros: This apartment it a dream for either a large group of friends / couples or like in our case two families of 4.
Plusses: This could be the longest of lists, but in short:
- The host and communication with her
- The view to the beach from the terrace and the pools. Also the view to the mountains and the sunset
- The pool set up with your own personal one and the communal pool with the neighbouring (other people renting them mostly as far as I can tell)
- The entertainment (TV's etc.) if you need a moment to chill inside
- The barbeque (not including cleaning equipment, or the lack there of)
- All the beach equipment the renters before or the host has left. Before bying your own stuff check out the garage as there are buckets, balls, shades etc. there as well
- Everything else not mentioned in the minuses.
Honestly this place is the coolest I've been on these trips
Minuses (and I'm being brutally honest, these two are ALL of them...):
- The layout of the house does not make it ideal for small children as the four separate bedrooms are in different floors and thus if your kids wonder a round at night there are quite a lot of stairs to climb before reaching the parents bedroom, but if that is not an issue you can't go wrong.
- The location especially for small children might prove to be too much with out a trolley, as there is quite a bit of walking to do where ever you might go.
On that note here are the biggest things related to the location, and some tips I wish I would have known prior to going:
The house/getting to the lift closer to the beach, is along on a fairly risky one-way serpentine road people seem to get a kick off driving up like rally drivers.
The nearest shop is the supermarcado that is the one next to the beach, but surprisingly that was not as much more expensive as one might think. It takes you 15 minutes to reach it even if you are fit and walk fast. There is a trolley provided by the host which helps in day to day shopping, but buying water in 6litre bottles requires your own car or a taxi which we used for that quite a bit. If you do that, right next the second closest train station to the house (Los Boliches) there is a REALLY good supermarket so you might as well go there for bigger amount of grocery shopping.
The same 15minutes will be spent on reaching the nearest train station (Terrablanco) and that is on top of another hill. As a tip, if going to Fuengirola center (3-5km.) You might as well order a taxi cause the cost of one (~5-10€) is nothing compared to reaching the station and then paying for single ticket (1.80€).. If going to Malaga or Benalmadena the train is a really good idea and doesn't cost that much at all.
Hope this review helps you make the right decision AND helps you to start enjoying it faster and not wonder what is where.
Our family is definately going back to Fuengirola one day and when we do this is the house we will come back to!
