Facts
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Villa
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3 bedrooms
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Sleeps 8
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2 bathrooms
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130 m² living area
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50 m² terrace area
Services
The villa:
Has 3 bedrooms: 2 with double beds, 1 with bunk beds. There is also a futon sofa available in the dining terrace between the lounge and the garden patio. Please note: One of the double rooms is upstairs and is reachable by an outside staircase by the dining terrace. This bedroom has it's own bathroom and enjoys a beautiful view. There is also a cot available.
The kitchen is fully equipped and has everything you might need and more, very cooking friendly :)
The lounge is equipped with UK freeview, most of the international news channels and Spanish TV, a DVD player, a Playstation 2, and speakers you can connect to your laptop, phone or the satellite radio available. There is internet access, (wifi) available throughout the villa, as well as in the patios and garden! We would encourage you to bring along a laptop or phone that you can connect to the wifi. It would help with local info you might want, as well as the standard web browsing, emails, free international calls, streaming, etc.
There is a dining area between the lounge and the garden. The dining table comfortably seats 6 people, (there is also a breakfast terrace by the kitchen with a table that seats 4). Fresh garden herbs are available and you're welcome to use some of them in your own cooking :)
Beside the dining area there is an outside sitting area with a bbq, wooden decking and a beautiful pergola that protects you from the direct summer sun, (when it might be too hot to sit under, around midday). The pergola covered area is ideal for laid-back eating, barbequing and generally just taking it easy in the outdoors, during the day or at night. The garden sits just off the pergola covered area. It gets lots of sun and enjoys plenty of local bird-life. Ideal for children to play in and obviously enjoying the sun and the outdoors. There is a second covered "work & games patio" on the side of the villa, with a ping-pong table, dartboard, beach toys, a few golf clubs, etc... all available.
The Area:
San Pedro Beach is 200 metres away and enjoys the usual beach style restaurants, beach bars and sun beds. A few spots worth mentioning are...
Borabora (200 metres): Up-market beach club with a restaurant, bar, swimming-pool, sunbeds, and water sports hire.
El Ancla (400 metres): Restaurant with a big swimming pool overlooking the sea, serving some great food. Daily swimming pool pass €10, (probably the best option for a big swimming-pool near the villa).
Chiringuito Guayaba, (200 metres): Laid back beach bar and restaurant, offering the usual drinks, great tapas and locally caught sea-food. Prices are more affordable here. (Recommended!) Also has sun beds. Please note this chiringuito is only open June through to September.
San Pedro Promenade starts about 200 metres away. Enjoyable for leisurely strolls, a bit of sport or families with young children. Along it you'll find restaurants, beach bars and children's play areas. Sportswise... good for jogging, skating, dog-walking and cycling, (Bicycle hire is available from a shop in San Pedro. I'll put the prices up on here soon). There is also jet-ski's available for rent on the beach and a tennis / gym club about 300 metres away.
200 metres away there is a wood which gives the area a much appreciated green feel to it. Where the wood meets the beach is where the local fishermen moor their small fishing boats, about 250 metres walk from the villa. There are also some Roman remains within the wood.
San Pedro town centre is a 15 minute walk along a public garden footpath which goes past a large water fountain and a large children's play area. San Pedro is useful for all things you might expect from a village: shops, small supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, churches, terrace cafes, pedestrian streets, Spanish style squares and a street market, (every Thursday).
The area is centrally located on the coast. Everything you might need is within 5 or 10 minutes drive from the villa: Two major shopping centres, over 15 golf clubs, sport centres, Puerto Banus for it's restaurants and nightlife, cinema and casino, and Marbella for an evening out maybe, with its little streets in the old part of town.
Also within 10 minutes drive, there are over 20 different beaches you can visit. All slightly different in their own way... some bussier or sportier, some quieter and more laid-back, all with different types of beach bars and restaurants, (and prices). For guidance on these we can provide you with a little map on arrival.
The airport is 35 minutes drive to the East, picturesque in-land town RONDA is 35 minutes drive North, Gibraltar and kite-surfing capital TARIFA are about 45 minutes drive to the West, (Tarifa's definitely a good day out if the weather suits. All surfing gear, etc available for hire around Tarifa). If staying for one or two weeks in the Winter months you'll probably be able to catch 1 or 2 days of snow in SIERRA NEVADA, 2 hours to the North-East, near Granada. A great day out if you enjoy your skiing or snowboarding! Although you end up tired after the day is over, definitely a worthwhile day-trip. Locals do it all the time if there's snow up there. (All the gear you need is available for hire up in Sierra Nevada).
A rented car is not essential but would be much recommended, it gives you a bit more freedom. And for the price, it's worth it. If not renting a car however, you can call taxis and you'll be anywhere local within 5 or 10 minutes, paying between €10 and €20. There is a direct bus between Malaga Airport and Marbella roughly every hour, for only €5. It leaves you at Marbella bus station. from there you can take a taxi to the house which will cost you around €15. Otherwise a taxi straight to or from the airport should cost around €70, slightly more at night.
The weather:
AVERAGE DAYS of RAIN/ month for the MARBELLA AREA, taken from one of many weather websites:
January 7, February 6, March 5, APRIL 5, MAY 3, JUNE 1, JULY <1, AUGUST <1, SEPTEMBER 2, OCTOBER 4, November 6, December 6.