Day 1 - Friday - The Accommodation

Rather an epic fail on the blogging front, I'm afraid. This is a sure sign that I am having for too much fun and have no spare time at all. We are very busy, relaxed and content.

This is the first night I have woken up and not been able to get back to sleep, so I will take the opportunity to write some words.


Day 1 - Friday

We had the most amazing hand luggage - both of us won these amazing leather bags c/o Flights of Nancy.

After general over-the-top excitement and craziness, we managed to get on the plane, fly to Málaga Airport and get a taxi to Hotel Vista de Rey in Torremuelle. We arrived at the hotel quite late and checked in. We were extremely pleasantly surprised by the hotel, the room and the general atmosphere. It is clean, has great facilities and the staff are more than friendly, welcoming and helpful. Although apparently full to capacity, it is not raucous and there is a great vibe amongst guests. There are families; younger singles, couples and groups; older people and even a few who choose to live here all year.

on the plane... very excited travellers!

We spent a while unpacking and putting up our fairy lights - I had bought us some solar powered blue lights to make the apartment homely and girly. The place is perfect for us: 2 twin beds and a sofa that can be made into a double bed, a huge walk-in wardrobe with hangers and drawers, well-equipped kitchenette area and lovely bathroom complete with bath and shower and a double patio door leading onto small terrace area with table and 4 chairs. The bonus is that we have been assigned a ground floor room, so the pool is directly accessible from our terrace!

Despite initial anxieties about the security, it has proven to be ideal for 2 rather lazy girls, as we can pop in and out with ease, unlike the 1st and 2nd floorers who need to re-enter the building and climb the stairs/lift to reach their belongings. Outside is a small pool looking out to the sea (10 minutes by foot) and a good number of sun loungers around the pool. There is a small beach-style bar by the pool, that serves drinks and also prepares hot and cold snacks (including the biggest single portion of chips you can imagine!). Behind it are a few tables and chairs with sun umbrellas. The prices are extremely good and the food is good, basic bar snacks.

My very beautiful travelling companion, Laura, photographng the sea view

Our apartment is to the East, meaning we have shade in the morning and the sun gets to us around lunchtime until 7ish. This is totally perfect :) Inside the hotel there is a clean reception and indoors bar with seating. We have not explored, but I believe there is a restaurant downstairs. The staff have all been so lovely. They are polite, friendly and amenable. Whatever I have requested has been provided immediately and I have also spent many evenings chatting with varied lovely staff members. The outside area and the pool are cleaned every morning and the apartments are cleaned every 3 days, as this is self catering. If you need clean towels between that time, you only have to ask.

our favourite staff member, the ever-patient, always friendly Ramin - brother of the owner/manager and helping his brother out over the peak season

Although we took a taxi from the airport (because we got in too late to get a train), there is an amazing train service nearby. The station is immediately opposite the hotel entrance. This is not a problem as the trains are very quiet. The train runs along the coast from Fuengirola to Málaga, including Benalmádena and Torremolinos and other beach towns/cities. It is reasonably priced, with tickets costing between around €3 and €5, depending on how far you go.



So we got ourselves settled here on Friday night and slept extremely well that night, waking up at 7ish(???) on Saturday.