Short version:
Great spacious place, 1 min walk from the beach, 2 min until you're lying down on the sand right in front of the sea! Host is super friendly, speaks German, Spanish, English, and Catalan without any issues whatsoever, parking space available along with at least 30 different restaurants right at the beach. Meaning that the sea and all those restaurants are 1 to 3 min walking distance away!
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Long version:
My wife and I booked an apartment over the weekend so that we could hopefully catch some sun and maybe even a dip in the sea (this was at the start of June 2021). Thanks to the weather gods we were able to do all which we wished for!
Once the apartment was booked for 2 days Helga was quick to connect with me over Airbnb by sending me a very kind message together with a lot of good-to-know information. That kind of reaching out is (at least by me) always very welcomed and respected.
From the very start I got the feeling that even if everything else would fail, at least I would be dealing with a host that seemed (later confirmed that's the case!) to be a super friendly human being.
On the day of the arrival to the apartment in order to make things a little bit easier on me (since I was driving for 3 hours) I asked Helga if it would be ok to switch our communication to WhatsApp. Sometimes it's just smoother and quicker than using the Airbnb platform. She understood the situation, and so we switched to WhatsApp and from there everything was a breeze.
I let Helga know when I started my driving and also sent her a small message 30 min before my arrival to the apartment. By doing so, Helga was able to meet up with me and my wife right outside the building in which the / her apartment is located. So that was just amazing.
And by the way, LOTS of parking space right in front of the building. So what I would suggest that you as a traveler do if you're going to use google maps, is just to put down the exact location of her apartment, and it will take you directly to all those parking spaces.
Note, Helga has a parking space available that's just for her / the apartment which you can make use of. But we didn't feel the need to use that specific space since we found lots of parking space right outside the building in such a way that when you're in the apartment itself, you can see the car right underneath you from the balcony. So that was just perfect.
Helga met with us upon arrival and told us everything we needed / wanted to know. Again, super kind of her. I did stress that I had to do some work since it was still Friday afternoon-ish, and I had to get into the apartment asap so that I could wrap up my work for the day. Helga understood the situation and helped us out with everything, in a super quick manner.
In the apartment, 4 people can sleep without any problems. The amenities that can be found inside the apartment are more than what the average light-traveler will need during their stay, so that's great.
The A/C we didn't use because we were out during the whole day and once inside the apartment we just kept the door to the balcony open (not during the night because that's when we closed that door and opened up the window in the bedroom where we were sleeping instead). By opening the window at night we felt that it worked perfectly for us. There was actually no need to have the A/C on, it just wasn't that hot yet.
That little boiler / water heater in the bathroom is a beast! You wouldn't expect it deliver so much hot water as it did, but boy does it do its job without any problems! Showering in somewhat warm water after a long day at the beach is something that you'll definitely need.
Look, even if you think that you're someone super cool, that don't shower in warm water during the summer you're just kidding yourself. You NEED to shower in somewhat hot water if you want to be able to wash away all that sun-screen from your body. Period. You can't do it while showing in cold water.
One thing here, please make sure that the boiler / water-heater is ON for at least 2 hours (if possible) before you enter the shower.
Fridge, freezer, kitchen, beds, all looked, smelled, and worked just perfectly. There's also a washing machine in the bathroom which we didn't use. But I know that the people who stayed before me used it because they stayed for more than a week or so. Pretty sure the washing machine works just fine there :)
The beds are (thank god) not too soft nor too hard. I would say that they are perfectly medium leaning towards sturdy. Somewhere there. And I could fit in the master bed without any issues with my wife despite me being 2 meters tall and 130kgs.
The neighbours we didn't hear / noticed at all. There are neighbours in the building but I think that at night me and my wife slept so damn hard that we didn't notice any kind of sound, from the streets or the neighbours.
All in all, great short stay. One is able to stay for two or three weeks there without any problems. So if you're into that, then Helga's apartment is definitely an option.
Helga, thank you very much for everything, it was a pleasure to stay at your beautiful apartment with that amazing balcony that has sea view!
The best,
///Goran & Milena