Benalmadena 3 BEACH POOL VIEW, TERRACE, GARDEN

While the building was white washed and charming, the apartment itself was very dated. The second bedroom had no closet, and a poor use of an otherwise spacious room with a day bed placed at one end of the room as if a place to lay your things upon. My friend had to hand her clothes on two hooks in the hallway. The main bedroom had a large closet but housed various personal items in there. We also had tech issues for the first few days as the booklet gave us the password to the WiFi but didn’t provide the network, and when we reached out to management they replied with random suggestions instead of a concrete answer. The other issue was that we weren’t told about or given the fob key to the pool area but found out through another resident in the building who was kind enough to give us access. Apparently the prior guests took it by accident but this should have been checked before we moved in. We eventually got one several days later. Also, there were no sunbeds to lie on so we had to lie on towels on the grass or the hard fold up chairs provided in the apartment. In the kitchen, there were no instructions for the “smart” cooker or for the washing machine, except for a phone number to call for the latter. A one page instruction for both would be ideal and not a lot to ask for. At almost €200 Euro per night in June it seemed way overpriced for what it had to offer, and especially in Benalmadena which was very downmarket. So all in all, besides the pretty view, it was rather disappointing.