San Pedro de Alcantara holiday apartment "Venalmar, Benamara"

We have just returned from a 3 weeks stay (first 3 weeks of August 2010) at Andrea's apartment.(Me, the wife, and our five kids ages 13 to 8 month)
I will try to write a detailed review of the apartment and the complex;
The apartment is located in a stunning and private complex, behind the Crown Plaza hotel (that has a public internet loung should you need it). The complex is within walking distance of a rediculous number of bars and restaurants, reducing the need to drive. The complex sits close to both Estepona and Marbella town, as well as Porto Banus.
The complex is extremely well kept, the pool and pool area is stunning. The beach is just meters away from the pool, and a great park with toys is to the immidiate right.
All over multi coloured flowers are blooming and the smell is heavenly.
The apartment is huge!
You walk in to a large hall, small WC to your left and then large well equiped kitchen to the left. Ahead is a very large living-room (dining room table, sofas, TV Video DVD...), well lit, with a great terrace, furnished with dining table (extra one) and outdoor sofas.
To the right of the hall are 2 large bedrooms one to the right and one to the left, both have full bathroom and WC. Both have loads of closet space. At the end of the hall is the master suite, Huge with tons of closets and a very large and beautiful bathroom. They have crazy amounts of towels, and they even have a baby cot, so we did not need to 'schlep' that!!!
We came with friends who rented the top, one bedroom apartment (also beautifull and fully furnished and equiped), so we all used the incredible roof terrace (that comes only if both the 3 bedroom apartment and the one bedroom apartment is rented). Very large, stunning views, comfortable chairs, deck chairs, table, BBQ area..no words can truly describe it properly.
Andrea, the owner, uses the help of a couple that lives on this complex, John and Anista, and they were extremly helpful. This is a huge bonus, since they are so readily available to help with anything. They can help you get cleaning service as well (we had daily cleaning service and it was great to come up from the pool to a clean apartment, made beds and lovely smell - better then a 5* hotel!!!)
To sum it all up; the apartment was beautiful, the complex fantastic and the location great! What more can be said?!
Go for it, you'll never regret it!
Joe and Naomi + kids, Antwerp- Belgium

We were absolutely pleased with the apartment. Very spacious and all bedrooms and bathrooms were a lovely size. Especially the master bedroom. Very well equipped with everything you need and loads of cupboard space. The complex itself was beautiful and we thought John very helpful throughout our stay. Highly recommended.

I have stayed at this Villia a number of times and plan to return due to the location and size of the property. The Villa is more than well equiped and even has all the toys you would need for any children (2- 16) for the pool and beach. We even found our poker set that we left after our first visit! The Villa is great and very spacious, the pool was clean, deep and large enough for our needs and almost appeared as a private pool as there are not many villas as part of the complex. Locally, there are 3 supermarkets, loads of restaurants ranging from pub lunches through to fatastic steak houses, chineese etc. It has plenty of attractions ranging from Marbella which is only 15 mins away, go karting, swimming with dolphines etc to Gibraltor and the apes about 45 minutes away.

I have no hestitation in recommending this villa for those seeking a relaxing holiday with good food and pubs locally and those who want affordable yet large accomodation.