Ana and her husband were such fine hosts... I must start with that point. Warm and gracious beyond any expectation. Our stay was a brief three nights but I must have 16 compelling stories I could tell you to exhibit my point. Our embraces when we said goodbye were prolonged and heart felt, we really appreciated the couple so much and will miss them .... still hoping they take us up on our offer to visit us in Washington DC or at least we are hoping their charming daughter decides to do her PhD near us!
As for the facilities, terrific... Our Spain trip was back to back beach homes and cliff homes for three weeks. Settings were beyond exceptional and, even among those tough competitors, Anna's house was standout. I can't tell you what a relief it was to arrive in San Sebastian and settle into the ease and luxury her house offers. My family didn't even realize how starved we all were for proper showers and water pressure and beyond that Anna's place offers all the high niceties you find in the Waldorf Astoria.
The setting was terrific too. A great telescope view of beach activities and eye on the rooftops of the city. Parking just below. A crazy fun curved Caribbean style pool... tremendous patio we left open at night to listen to the ocean.. etc etc.. Ohh, and delicious breakfasts or melon and o-jay and tomato pasted olive oiled toast creations every morning!
We took Ana up on her recommendation for an Italian dinner the first night and enjoyed a tremendous and well priced meal. We started our 10 year old daughter with surfing lessons the following morning and fell into a surf community on the other side of the city for the next three days and found the commute wicket easy and always appreciated returning to our 5 star hotel and new friends.
It was all awesome. Don't miss you chance to stay here.
Tedd
If you make it to the surf beach called Zurriola check out Berta's "Khaki Campbell" where we found the best tortillas we had ever had.