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March 10, 2025
First appearances weren't great! The front of our apartment door was badly damaged, on opening it we were greeted by a cockroach and then the balcony was looking out on to the road, which seemed quite noisy. General wear and tear within the apartment that could probably do with a touch up. We asked if there was a chance of moving rooms but were told there were none available. Then after going out for dinner we got back in the evening and there was loud music coming from somewhere. With that and the road I needed earplugs to sleep, but the bed was fairly comfy. However, over the week the apartment/hotel grew on us. We could actually see the pool and part of the sea from our balcony (floor 4) and kind of got used to the road noise. The shower was really hot and powerful, however flooded the floor. We did ask about this, as the water didn't appear to be draining away. Someone came round but it didn't do to much to improve it. I think it's just a poor design of the tray being too shallow. The cleaners did an amazing job, were in every day apart from 1 I think. The happy hour at the bar was a nice touch. We only had lunch there once, but again was good. The pool is great. Relatively warm and we had to drag our son out of there. Good amount of space, although don't know what it'd be like in summer. Not really any issues getting sunbeds, although there were the usual few people who insisted on putting towels out before the pool opened at 9 so they could get 'their' sunbeds. The hotel is on a pretty steep hill, which we did manage every day, sometimes two or three times a day, but we're pretty fit. I think it might be more of a struggle for people that aren't. But it's not too far to both the Commercial Centre and the beach/harbour. We did a walk over to Amadores for a day on the beach which was fab. The cat colony was also nice for us, being cat people. Loved watching them cuddled up or being amazed at how they jumped and climbed over near sheer rock face. Overall we had a great holiday. We probably would go back for the right price.