We have just returned from another fantastic fortnight in Arillas, staying at the beautiful Irenes Villa Apartments, owned by Eleni and Spiros who are magnificent hosts.
In addition to the apartments (four, all on the first floor) being equipped to a very high standard, they are very spacious (ours had two separate rooms and the BATHroom), comfortable and clean. There is a lovely tranquil atmosphere as the building is set well back from the road leading to the beach. Sitting on the huge balcony with coffee and croissants in the morning, we had a choice of sunshine or shade and even a choice of upright chairs, cushioned chairs or even a recliner. I wanted to put a photo here with the view of the balcony, but technology got the better of me!!
The garden is beautiful with lovely palm trees and many flowers – red and pink geraniums, nasturtiums, michaelmas daisies. It contains lemon and apricot trees at the side and wonderful scented jasmine and other shrubs all around the property. There is a table tennis table and we had bats and balls waiting for us in the apartment. There are also children’s swings and a sand-pit.
If you want to hire a car there is plenty of parking space behind the building. There are two swimming pools, at the Marvel and the Rainbow, just a couple of minutes away and the beach and tavernas are less than 10 minutes walk. Beach towels are provided in the apartments.
There is always enough coffee/tea/sugar/milk for the first few cups and plenty of bottled water, washing-up liquid, toilet paper, kitchen paper, teatowels, washing up cloths, scrubbers etc etc so you can spend your first few hours unpacking (a myriad of coathangers) and not worry about the shopping till later.
The aircon is included in the cost of the apartment and is very efficient, despite the size of the rooms. I have to say that I hardly saw a single mosquito inside the apartment on this visit and we kept one window, with a fly screen, open all the time. However, there are mozzie nets if you do feel you might have some unwanted visitors.
Iron and ironing board, filter coffee maker, CD player, TV are all provided and for me the apartment is my home in Arillas!
Fiona