El Sombrero Azul

The sizeable garden slopes away down to the beach, all 8km of it and pretty empty for most of the year. The garden itself is “controlled wild”; protected juniper bushes break up the large lawn, and several tall palms rustle above, their thin trunks moving gracefully in the wind. Atlantic Spain? Atlantic Caribbean? It could be either actually. The waves crash rhythmically on the sand below, the breeze is nearly always warm or hot; and what it most certainly is is heaven!

As you step through the front door, you are met by the view and the spacious open-plan living area. It’s a single-storey building, like all beach front properties in this area, so the ceilings are high, and this makes for a beautiful airy atmosphere throughout. A few carefully selected antiques combine with wicker chairs and sofas and sisal carpets to provide a simple but classic decor. The large glass doors open onto a covered terrace that runs the breadth of the building, with the outdoor dining area at one end and the comfortable seating at the other. There are several sunbeds, which you can enjoy either on the terrace or on the bottom garden, as close to the beach as you can get!

The bedroom wings run down either side of the living area: one with the main bedroom and ensuite bathroom; the other with the two other bedrooms (one single and one double) and their shared bathroom. Two of the bedrooms have sea views and sliding glass doors onto the terrace. The bathrooms are simple but high-quality: good fittings, excellent showers (one walk-in, the other with bath), and wall-to-wall marble. The kitchen was renewed in 2019 and has everything you will want, and probably more.