This is a large and spacious apartment close to Malagueta beach with views to the beach and also the hills and castle.
I will start with the most negative aspect which is traffic noise. Even through the apartment is on 14th floor, it is extremely noisy indoors even with all windows and doors closed as it is right next to an extremely busy main road and there are two traffic lights very close to the building so vehicles accelerate away from the lights making a lot of noise. The windows and sliding doors need to be double or triple glazed to cut the noise but they are basic single glazed ones. We were working for many days from here and the only way to reduce the noise was to west noise cancelling headphones during the day and ear plugs when you sleep. If you are sensitive to noise you’re not going to enjoy staying here.
The noise aside the apartment is spacious for a family with kids or couples that want to work remotely and enjoy the sun and beach life.
The hosts were extremely nice and helpful and even arranged beach towels and an umbrella for us. Communication was easy and quick and Juan Luis also helped out with a phone call to the clinic to confirm the procedure to get test results of our Covid test when my basic Spanish proved to be inadequate.
There are two full bathrooms (shampoos and liquid soap etc included) and two bedrooms. There is a desk in the main bedroom and also a small kitchen table that can be used as a desk if required. The dining table is also fine but as it’s noisy I chose to sit near the kitchen behind multiple closed doors to reduce the noise as I had many phone meetings as well as need to concentrate on reading material.
TV in living room has all the local channels and chromecast as well.
The kitchen is well equipped and also has most basic spices and oil etc if you wish to cook.
Close to the apartment there is an excellent cafe/bakery (La Canasta) for breakfast & lunch needs and numerous beach restaurants (Chiringuitos) along the beach front. We only ate at Chiringuito El Cachalote and it’s excellent and has better reviews and higher quality than the others nearby.
Also an excellent little Italian shop/cafe Sabor e Napoles nearby is worth frequenting.
For cooked breakfast we enjoyed Cafe Central - great service, good coffee and good food.