The apartment is in a great location as far as distance to the beach, shops and restaurants; however, it is on the 1st floor next to a plaza and a road so it was very noisy when trying to sleep. You can hear the conversations of the people walking buy as if they were in the same room with you. You can hear every vehicle that drives by and every people that walks by the sidewalk. If you close the window, you miss out on the cool breeze, as there is no air condition (only 2 loud, old fans)