Ribera del Marlin - Sotogrande

We had a lovely stay at this apartment back in early May for 12 days. The apart was big modern everything you need and beds very comfy. Nice with two terraces. The location is perfect mins walk from all the lovely restaurants and also the beach and beach bars. We had a few little issues which got addressed very quickly. Communication was good from the moment of booking. We did report the umbrella broken on the terrace off lounge but there was another upstairs. We did also have an issue with the hot water which fused on last day reported and advised this would be sorted. Would def stay again lovely position and great roomy apartment.

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It was ok struggle at the beginning and no guidance on how to find them.

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Excellent location, well equipped, very comfortable bed.

Terrace was dark by mid morning. I prefer more sun. Although the terrace was comfortable and private

On the positive side the apartment is a good size with nice views. The beds are large and very comfortable and the bathrooms worked well. Easy access to the marina and restaurants is a plus.

1. The supplied key did not open the door from the parking garage to the lifts and the person on duty in the concierge was not aware the lock has been changed. As a result we had to carry our luggage a long way to get round the problem 2. At least 8 light bulbs in the property were dead and one of the lavatory seats was broken. 3. For a luxury apartment the furniture is somewhat basic and the kitchen is poorly equipped especially regarding serving dishes/bowls and glasses (there are lots of some types of glasses and very few of others). Coffee pods were provided but did not fit the machine on the counter top (maybe they fitted a machine locked in the owner's cupboard?). 4. The description suggested to me that there was a hot tub in the appartment (in addition to the spa bath). This was because a) it was listed as an apartment facility Viz: "Hot tub, terrace, air conditioning, kitchen and washing machine" and b) the first words in the Booking description are "This apartment's special feature is the hot tub". It turns out the 'hot tub' was at the far end of the complex by the indoor pool. Even then it could not be described as a hot tub since the water temp was the same moderate temperature as the swimming pool's! 5. The wind out awning over the terrace outside the sitting room (featured in the photo 4/13 of the apartment) had been ripped off the wall by some catastrophic event and been replaced by a broken free standing parasol which was very unsatisfactory.