My family and I have been coming to Lanzarote for over 25 years. We know the island inside out. Just recently, we sold our own property and booked this villa as we still had flights booked. The area of Playa Honda is a lovely spot and the walks to Arrecife and PDC are ideal- no traffic to contend with and nice wide promenades, scattered with some great tapas bars and restaurants along the way. You will gets lots of aircraft noise though but we knew that.
This property is located with perfect views of the sea and opens out onto the walkway. Within minutes you are at some nice bars and restaurants all serving really great food at very reasonable prices.
The villa itself was OK - it needs some updating here and there - when we arrived the freezer compartment was pretty frozen and there was no BBQ or Iron, which we had to buy and even though the internet was brilliant, there was no UK TV available (which a cheap IPTV box would easily sort).
During the day with the sun out we were struggling to find some shade on the patio - we love the sun but sometimes its nice to eat lunch on the patio and relax, however when you cant escape the heat, we were constantly trying to move the table and loungers around to get a piece of shade. This wouldn't be a problem in the cooler months but at the height of season, it could be a real downside.
The biggest niggle for us, and it might not bother you, is that there is a sign on the front of the property advertising that it is a 'holiday let'. This is required due to the letting legislation in the Canaries however the huge downside is that pretty much every person that walked past seemed to want to look over the gate/ fence and peer onto the terrace. This did become rather annoying after a while - you couldn't sit on the terrace for long, or sunbathe for that matter, without having a head or two peering over at you. This is great advertising for the owner but at times, we felt like we were on show - hence the being in a zoo comment above!!
Being on the beach was great but this also meant that you bring in sand to the property - the brooms were pretty ineffective and whilst there was a mop, there was no mop bucket so if you are the sort of person that likes to sweep up and mop up after yourself, this may be a problem. It needs a mop bucket and decent broom.
We stayed 10 nights and would have liked a towel/linen change too.
This is a good property - space inside is ideal - it could be great with a few tweaks!