Enchanting villa secluded Cotobro, pool, spa, sauna, beach 500 m to Med, views

We had a great time here enjoying the fantastic views of the sea and the marina offered from inside the villa, it's terraces, jacuzzi and the pool area. The villa was beautifully furnished, very clean and supplied everything we needed. All bedrooms were very private which was great since we were 3 couples. It was located in a very quiet area, making it easy for all of us to relax and enjoy the pool and its surroundings. The beaches in the area were great and we found plenty of good local and international food. Parking was easy and right next to the villa. Al, the owner, took good care of us, assisting us with directions, suggestions of things to do and see and where we might find the best meals around.

We had a wonderful week in this fabulous home with an breath taking view on the sea-site and the Marina Del Este. The villa had everything we needed for a great holiday.
We wanted a special holiday with our 3 children and their friends , rented a home in the neighbourhood of Iznajar to visit Cranada, Cordoba and other special places in Andalusie and rented this villa to spent a week at the sea site.
The layout of the villa was just perfect allowing each couple privacy. The views from the Crow's nest bedroom are unbelievable, as are they from the pool side bedroom.
We liked the villa and the pool so much that we did not bother the beaches. Most of the days we had BBQ on the roof top terrace enjoying the sunset and the unbelievable views of the Marina Del Este and the sea. The owners were very helpful supplying any and all information we needed about entertainment, restaurants, and cultural activities.

Our birthday group of 7 adults stayed for 8 nights in this villa which is situated between La Herradura and Almunecar. If arriving for the first time, then finding it during darkness hours by car could be hazardous – there is a steep & occult drop just as you turn off the N340 after passing La Herradura, and the only villa parking available is adjacent to an unlit precipitous edge. The property was moderately clean but NOT well maintained. We found the listing description misleading, in that sleeping facilities in excess of the 3 private bedrooms were poor and very ad-hoc. We had serious issues with customer service, which overall was very poor.

Amongst the few things that we liked were: the views from the villa, particularly from the pool/hot-tub/sunny upper balcony breakfast areas; the relative proximity to local & regional areas of interest, such as nearby Cotobro beach and also local sailing charters from Marina del Este. Nerja, the Alpujarras villages, and Granada, were all within an easy 30-90 minutes by car.

Things we didn’t like: no initial answers to e-mail enquiries regarding the non-return of our deposit (3 months elapsed), and when challenged subsequently no evidence presented to support an inconsistent explanation and decision for non-return of deposit. Other things that we didnt like were: cockroaches-a-plenty in the bathrooms; insufficient hot water for (even staggered) morning showers; 2 of the 3 TV’s didn’t work; the smaller of the 2 kitchens only had a microwave & kettle cooking facilities; the initial unavailability of extra-keys (so that all guests could access the main kitchen); the oven in the larger kitchen was not fit for purpose and had a tendency to burn everything (its 2 functional temperatures seemed to be either ‘Off’ or ‘230C’); in the smaller of the 2 halves of the rented villa, the living room doubles up as a bedroom, with little or no privacy (saloon doors, adjacent to kitchen); the advertised ‘private staircase/path access to the beach’ (‘for the adventurous’) was impassable; heavy unsecured pineapple sculptures on the upper balcony were hazardous to persons below.

Overall a good location with a nice hot tub but we would not recommend this particular villa/property to anyone else, mainly because of poor customer service.