Tranquility with sun and sand

Like in 2017, my wife had to write a second thesis and I had to make some more miles on the racebike for my visit to Alpe d'Huez (France). So we booked a week in the appartment of Mr. J. Vincente as we also did last year. We "apped" our day and time of arrival and where warmly welcomed bij Mr "Junavi". We had a pleasant and comfortable stay. Mr Vincente spend some time (and Euro's :)) in IKEA, so the kitchenstuff is now quite complete! Marten & Hermiene, begin of May 2018

We were looking to find 2 weeks of serenity, space, and the independence of a comfortable apartment, separate from the touristic beaches. We found this excellent 3 chamber-apartment above the residence of Mr. Juanvi, which fulfilled all of the promises made on the website: a beautiful view on the sea and basin, within a peaceful village, including a complete kitchen, and all rooms (including the balcony on the roof) were splendid. We will certainly return here in the near future.

Spacious apartment, clean and neat, with a nice view on the ocean. The possibility of the open windows was very nice (in januari). Good equipment, comfortable beds. Quiet area. Good climate, beautiful and pure nature, nice (rocky) beaches. The communication with our host, Juanvi, was not to much (summary). It is convenient to have some phrases in Spanish ready. Shopping in Guatiza, Teguise. Nice restaurants in Teguise, Arrieta.

We are just back from a month long stay at this apartment and found it to be perfectly adequate for two people. As with all holiday rentals there are some plusses and minuses but overall we had a relaxing stay. Juanvi is a very pleasant person and lives downstairs with his wife / partner and we only met him on arrival and departure. Our Spanish is pathetic so what conversation we had was stilted and initially conducted through Sigrid, a German lady who lives across the road and was with Juanvi when we met at the cactus garden on the first night. I had a little misgiving about meeting a stranger with slump of cash in my pocket but it was totally unfounded. Whilst the apartment couldn't be described as superb, it is far from being a crock and everything works. For our own comfort we bought a few bits, kettle, coffee press etc from Ikea but didn't spend more than about €50 which is nothing if you are there for a month. There is nothing in the way of a bar or restaurant in the village and a car is essential. Guatiza is about 2.5 kM away and has a shop or two and a couple of bars and a restaurant which seemed to be pizzas mainly. We never used anything apart from the shop and took the opportunity for a trip out for the occasional lunch or dinner. Be aware the glass sided room and the terrace are North facing and at this time of year the sun is not on the terrace until midday. There is a parasol available which we used behind the steamer chairs as a wind break and it worked fine. This room is good at this time of year for reading or just watching folk come and go. Not sure you could get it dark enough for sleeping in. The main bedroom is large and has a good sized double bed and two large wardrobes. There is no safe anywhere but we just left the laptop etc in the wardrobe and locked the bedroom door when we were out and about. Los Cocoteros appears to be a very safe place and people frequently leave doors and windows open all day. Juanvi provided a fan heater which we used twice to take the chill off the bedroom before turning in. There is a lightweight duvet and bedspread but we only saw one set of bedding so part of our €50 spend was on another set from Euro Spar and we left every thing we bought for future clients. Wifi is fairly reliable and runs at around 2meg which allowed us to do FaceTime calls to our kids and watch UK tv via the Film-on app. So, overall it's not the Ritz Carlton but it is perfectly liveable.