We stayed for 1 week in Mary's appartment, with 2 kids aged 5 and 7. Mary's appartment is located in a quiet passage in the peaceful town of Sa Riera, in walking distance of the clean and charming, wide Sa Riera beach. The beach is nicely situated, on right side there is a sailing school and small port/docking place for small boats, some water pedalos, etc. The camin ronda starting from the Sa riera beach and leading to the adjacent beach platja Roca/illa Roja is well maintainted and a very nice to walk overlooking the coastline. Sa Riera village is nice. Not too touristy. Calm in the evenings with families. No camping grounds around. It has a good location to visit other platjas and calas closeby, all max 20-30 min away.
Mary's appartment is clean, ref to the pictures, and the bathroom has a good shower, and the kitchen has all needed appliances. The 2 rooms and living room are spacious and enjoy airco in the warmer months. The terrace dining area is quiet and private (treetop in front) and the living room and terrace overlook the lower-built houses & a green hill on the other side. The terrace is next to the living room & the master bedroom and it is nice for breakfast (morning sun at 8:30am) with 4 persons. The dry rack on the terrace is easy to dry beach towels. Dishwasher and washing machine also handy. Mary has put mosquito repellant machines in every room, which of course helps to keep them away.
The appartment is actually a one-storey double house built on a slope, so with only 1 floor (no down or upstairs neighbours). The nextdoor house, the only one that uses the same stairs & corridor leading up to the entrance door at the backside, currently stands empty and needs to be renovated. Take care of ants that enjoy to eat any tiny crumbs that you leave under the table outside. The passage & stairs leading up to the entrance of the appartment is a bit hidden and can be found with the instructions of Mary. Mary does not live closeby (keys are in a keybox) but she is very responsive over social media. Checking regularly how it is going.
Groceries can be done closeby, at supermarket Jodofi, crossing one street and up 1 stairs: it has plenty of fresh food, a bakery, fruits&veg, meat&fish. Very convenient. Sa Riera also has a good restaurant El Recer De Mar, close to the beach, that also serves home made pastas and has good menu options for kids. It also has 1 nice beach bar on the sand. Begur and Sa Tuna are closeby for other restaurants.
Overall we had a very nice time. We found the appartment well equiped. We find it a bit too expensive for our family of 4 (actually 2 extra persons could sleep couch in the living room) compared to other appartments we stayed, but the good location has convinced us.