the apartment is on the ground floor with a spacious patio where you can sit in the morning shade and have a quiet breakfast. on the other side of the fence is the alleyway of the adjoining hotel which tends to attract some morning traffic of guests or maid service, but the view is more or less blocked by the plants that grow against the fence (limited privacy). the apartment is spacious with large kitchen/ parlor, one of the walls being a patio door that provides lots of natural light. you go through a door to the well-sized bedroom which has a bathroom en suite. the shower is not a separate part of the bathroom, but the floor tiles have the right slope to the drain, so not too much water to mop. you get to the (pebble) beach by crossing a byroad and through an alley, about 1' walk. when you reach the beach there is a cafe bar on your right and a pastry shop on your left and everything is really so convenient! i had a very restful and easy week at marilen's and highly recommend a stay there.