Location of this apartment couldn't be more perfect. Literally across the street from Malagueta beach and the view from the living room is absolutely stunning. Apartment is located on the 8th floor and there are elevators. All the windows in the apartment opens up so you can get unobstructed view of the ocean with a nice breeze. Old town is also within walking distance or a short cab ride away.
Apartment is very clean and updated. I saw in some recent reviews regarding the air conditioning leaking but they worked fine for us and there is one in every room.
The kitchen has a small pot and a frying pan, lots of dishes and cutleries. Salt and pepper are provided but nothing else. There are several supermarkets very close by and a butcher on the ground floor of the apartment. If you plan to do much cooking (as we ended up doing), you would need to bring or purchase things like oil and other condiments.
There are 2 washrooms in the apartment with showers. Lots of towels, hand soap, shower gel are provided. The only thing I did not like about the bathroom is the water temperature tend to fluctuate but I did find this in other areas of Spain so perhaps it has something to do with old buildings, not just this apartment.
You cannot take the towels from the apartment to the beach so bring your own beach towels. There are shops around where you can purchase them as well. We spent 4 days here with temperature in the high 20s and perfect sunny days but the ocean was freezing at the end of September.
Communication from the hosts could have been better. We had to send several messages via airbnb and texts before receiving a reply. We were scheduled to arrive few hours prior to check-in time so we had inquired about luggage storage, which they said was possible. We never received a reply despite the fact we sent couple follow up messages asking about it. We did not receive any checkin instructions 24hrs prior; instead finally got a message saying someone will meet us at the apartment at the time of our arrival. However, no one was there when we arrived which prompted us to send another message. We were told someone will come for us shortly. One of the hosts met us an hour later.
I understand that we arrived before the scheduled check in time but it would have been nice to receive some instructions on luggage storage or know that early check in is not possible so we could plan accordingly. It was stressful and did not appreciate the wasting of time waiting with our luggages in front of the building. Thankfully, we had no other issues during our stay so we did not need to communicate with the hosts until check out.
There was a sign asking us to respect the neighbours by reducing noise and there is an apartment directly next to this one. We all went to bed quite early every night and let's just say.. the neighbour did not. Because of the location of the building being directly across the street from a very touristy and busy beach, there are lots of noises (garbage trucks, horse carriages, traffic..etc). If you are a light sleeper, you could have a problem.
We picked this place purely because of the location and the view (which I think is unbeatable) so overall we were satisfied.