My husband and I have just spent a wonderful week at The Loft. The photographs show how lovely this accommodation is, the views are fantastic to wake up to and the internal rooms feel luxurious in their space and decoration. There is a road in-front of the apartment, but it is not busy and did not bother us at all. The pool is lovely, private to us and big enough for me to do my regular swim. There is table tennis and sun loungers to use, plus blow up beds and toys to use in the pool. The weather was glorious which my husband loved but as I prefer it a little cooler at times, I was able to escape into the apartment and enjoy the air conditioning. Unlike other places we’ve stayed, the air conditioning is throughout the whole apartment, including bedrooms, and this certainly helped sleeping at night in August.
The apartment and bed linens and towels are all clean and very good quality. You do need to bring your own beach towels for the pool/beach. I like to cook whilst on holiday and the kitchen is well equipped to do so. We were very pleasantly surprised with the amount of extras provided: bottled water, fruit (oranges, melon), honey, jam, biscuits, coffee, tea, sugar, salt, pepper, cooking oil, balsamic vinegar, children’s sweets and my favourite – an M&M machine! There was also plenty of washing up liquid, kitchen towel, washing powder, fabric softener, toilet roll, soap, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, as well as an extensive medical box. We’ve stayed in a lot of Airbnb’s and this was the best equipped for kitchen extras we have seen and was a welcome addition – it shows the thoughtfulness of the hosts to provide so much.
The Loft is well located, just a short drive and you are in Banyoles with the lovely lake and restaurants, and multiple supermarkets including Lidl and Aldi. We also went to Figueres and Roses beach and Besalu, great days out and not too far to travel with good roads. There is a restaurant below the apartment, very quiet, we actually didn’t realise it was open – its opening hours at 8.00am-4.00pm.
As the name suggests, The Loft is up a few flights of stairs with no lift, so not suitable for everyone, the stairs in the apartment are also open on one side so young children would need to be helped. There are 3 large bedrooms, the master on a mezzine with lovely views to the front of the property.
I cannot write this review without mentioning how helpful, friendly and attentative Victoria was. We don’t speak Spanish and Victoria doesn’t speak English but my husband and Victoria we able to converse in French or via email using translation software, so the language was not a barrier to us. Whenever we asked for anything, Victoria responded straight away to help us, and even made us some custard donuts with her daughter (they were delicious!).
I highly recommend staying at The Loft and I would not hesitate in coming back again. If you are like us and want peace, quiet, privacy, lovely rural views and comfortable spacious accommodation then you will like it here.
Thank you so much Victoria for a really lovely holiday, and we hope to see you again.
Tracy