Four of us just returned from our idyllic fortnight in this villa. Not only is there everything you could possibly hope for inside the house itself but the outside space is to die for, plenty of sunbeds, chairs, tables, large swimming pool, barbeque & a lovely table & chairs under a shaded area that's extremely welcome when you have to get out of the midday sun, as well as the roof terrace for the commited sun worshipper with amazing 360degree views of the surrounding hills, sea & Javea itself. Javea is where you'll find a choice of beaches, our favourite was El Arenal which is about a 10min drive from the villa with ton of different restaurants & bars to choose from.
The villa itself is also to die for from all the essentials in the kitchen, the coolness during the day, the Sky Sports package on the TV (again perfect when escaping the midday sun) & for us the bonus ball that was the flyscreens on all the windows so you can have all the windows open & not worry about any wee flying visitors.
Just a 5minute stroll in either direction leads you to 2 bars, one called Restaurant Azahar with a picturesque bar in the middle that we spent a few nights sitting around putting the world to rights & the other bar that belonged to Miguel which was very Spanish, the tapas is to die for. We spent many nights here playing our version of Poker which Miguel quickly learned & mastered. About another 2mins walk along the road was another bar called Amigos which was nice, clean & cool however it does close at about 7, so best go early. There is a small local supermarket beside the Azahar which keeps its own hours, for a bigger shop it's about a 5/10min drive to Javea.
The owner, Brian was a dream, any time we had to contact him he got back to us immediately, he also sent us an info pack before we went with all the directions to get there, as well as local maps to surrounding areas. Also inside the villa there was plenty of info from previous visitors to recommend bars, restaurants, parks & takeaways which we found extremely helpful. There was a laundry change halfway through our stay, which we didn't really need as my Daughter-in-law loves housekeeping of any kind, however it was nice to have a chat with the lovely couple who were doing the factoring & find out all the local gossip. As you may have gathered we shall be returning & we would recommend anyone with or without kids to pack their bags & get to Balcon Al Mar as soon as possible.