Pros: My wife and I, needed some time away with our best friends, who had recently lost their son to cancer.
We wanted apartment with a nice swimming pool, with enough space, so we could have our own private time, without being on top of each other. Furthermore, we wanted to be fairly close to the main shops and bars, again, without them being on top of us. Finally, we hate long transfer journeys from the airport, so it had to be within a reasonable taxi ride.
Mr Byrne,s apartment was perfect in every way.
We arrived at the local airport, and had a speedy transfer through the airport, having collected our luggage. The taxis were straight outside the airport door, and having agreed a price of 14 euros, our very friendly and chatty taxi driver drove us to our apartment, only 12 minutes away.
The arrival instructions i was given by My Byrne, were perfect and on arrival, we were greeted by Lisa, who showed us to our apartment, which is a corner apartment, and appears to be much larger than most of the others.
To get to the apartment, we walked through the oval shaped area, with apartments all the way around, a very pleasant, and extremely clean, swimming pool and circular dip pool.
The apartment had three bedrooms, each of which can accomodate a couple comfortably. Our bedroom, the one on the left as you enter, had its own private veranda, with sunbeds, table and chairs.
The middle bedroom has no windows, but its nice and quiet, with the third bedroom having a window, and within the wardrobes, there is an easy to follow, lockable safe, very handy for personal valuables.
The sliding doors in the lounge, give access to another lovely veranda, with a large table, plenty of chairs, and sunbeds.
The lounge has a table and chairs, and the open kitchen has all the amenities you want, toaster, kettly, large fridge/freezer, etc, etc!!!!
Having unpacked, we strolled out onto the main street, and within 100 meters, we came across plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants, with a variety of International cuisines.
Our favourite restauant, by far, was the steak house, and to get there, we turned right out of the complex to the main road/roundabout, turned left, and walked about 100 meters. The restaurant is large and airy, with a very impressive steak and ribs menu. All our starters and mains were perfect in every way, and relatively cheap, in comparison to other restaurants.
The beach is about 12-15 minutes walk away, well it was for me, and i have just recovered from major leg surgery, and I found it okay. There are lots of little bars en route, to stop at for a quick beer or cocktail.
The best bars are both IRISH, the first is about 100 meters down the road from the apartment, the second, is call O,Connors, much nearer to the beach.
We found a small `car hire` place, just down the road from the apartment, and across one street to the right. We hired a Dacia for 80 euros for three days, great value.
Overall, a very relaxing, memorable and lovely holiday.