The apartment is quite large and has everything you need, including a huge terrace overlooking the sea. The view from the kitchen is also wonderful as it overlooks the mountains to the north. The main problem was the location as it is a 25 minute walk to the seaside, and is close to an extremely busy polluted road that you must walk on to get to all 3 grocery stores or the El Pinillo train stop, about a 25 minute walk. The location of the apartment is in a very car oriented and noisy neighbourhood.
The apartment, while being on the top floor (3rd floor) is part of an adjoining group of apartments, similar to row housing. There is absolutely no noise buffering or insulation so you can hear everything around you next door, downstairs, and in other apartments. We suffered with our neighbour’s barking dog every day, a very noisy Arab family in the adjoining apartment in the next building who got up at 6am and went to bed well beyond one in the morning, making a lot of noise shouting, cleaning, cooking. We also had a very noisy elderly Spanish couple downstairs who would play flamenco music extremely loudly during the day. Not a very relaxing environment which is so unfortunate given that it is a nice apartment and the host is a very nice gentleman.
It should be noted that while the listing shows an outdoor pool, it is not open because the local city government passed a regulation that requires a fence directly around the pool, and not just around the property.
