Caleta de Fuste (El Castillo) holiday house: Caleta De Fuste

M&D Somerset.

We found the location,layout,facilities exactly as described and all pictures of the villa were very accurate.
Have visited the Island several times and stayed in various S.C.apartments but found the equipment both inside and outside exceptionally good not to mention all the extras of books, games, C.D/Dvd and TV,safe etc.
Eating out on either the front or back patio for every meal was a bonus and a lot of time was spent on the front patio just relaxing.
We had a very quick and smooth pick up from the airport with Janet and Darren who keep the property spotless and very well maintained and were only a phone call away if needed.
With my walking difficulties we were a little apprehensive about the walk down to beach and centre,but our fears were unfounded due to the adequate seating all the way down and of course the mini tren could be taken back up and its still only 1 euro ?
We think the property ideal for families with young children and teenagers or perhaps additonal grandparents. the private sunroof is a sunlovers paradise.
If you did not expect to do much sightseeing the use of a car would not be necessary and the local bus service into Rosario is a luxurious ride, frequent, quick and reasonably priced.
A few minutes walk from the villa takes you into the Monte Castillo centre,with shops,bars and restaurants, and a slightly longer walk in the other direction takes you down to the Mall with supermarket,cinema,shops etc.
We would like to thank Steve for allowing us to carry forward our booking from Nov.2007 which we had to cancel due to ill health and would like to say that from the minute we entered the property it felt so warm and friendly a " real home from home"

Location, location.

Ideal location... 10-15 min from airport, 10 min walk into Caleta town and beach, 2 min walk to nearest supermarket, and 5 min drive to the golf course! It was so nice to just relax around the property and go for walks... our hire car didn't move for the first 3 days!

During the shortest days of winter, the sun rose on the front patio at 8.15, continued from 10.00 ‘til 16.00 on the rear pool area, and set on
the roof terrace about 17.30!
Fuerte's pleasant winter temperature dropped to (chilly said the locals!) 18-20C during the day at the start of December... and it was sad to miss the 3 ins of snow that was falling at home!

The house was spotlessly clean and well maintained by local property managers Janet and Darren who had prepared the house for our arrival and were there to greet us and show us around.

The property is ideal for a family holiday. Whether staying for a week or a month it has all you will need.

We had 12 lovely days at the house, everything was exactly as described and it's clean, plenty of space for the 6 of us not to have to be on top of each, large front veranda where we had meals, drinks in the evening and breakfast in the mornings, the pool was great to cool of in, the younger ones in our party spent most of the time in there when we weren't at the beach, plenty of books to read which my eldest daughter and partner read avidly, CD's if you want some music, my eldest daughter and her fried loved sunbathing on the roof terrace getting some peace away from the rest of us, there was nothing we could think of that we needed that wasn't there. The house is near enough for a stroll down to the old town for meals and you can either walk back or take a cheap taxi, the best and largest supermarket is spa in the new shopping centre about 25 minutes walk but again taxis wait right outside if you don't want the walk back up hill. Best beach for sand is the one near the spa and for shallow water with lots of fish swimming around you which the kids love the beach in the old town. Plenty of restaurants of all types serving english and foreign food, best restaurant we found was Gambrinus in the old town for food and hospitality. The sports bar was also very good as we couldn't be without watching x factor and the grand prix, various shops to wander round. It's far cheaper to have a full english breakfast out if you want one than cook yourself as english bacon in the supermarkets is very expensive. No need to have a car at all. The property managers are on hand should you need them. We found that our 6 seater taxi falied to arrive to take us back the airport and it's the only one in the resort so Darren took half of us and the rest went by taxi, nothing was too much trouble. We though the house was good value for money and would certainly visit again and recommend to others.