The photos for this property made it look perfect for what we wanted. Our experience has been that a good photographer can give you illusions that just don't appear when you arrive. Not in this case. We were thrilled when we arrived and continued to comment to one another how fortunate we were to stumble (Actually search the web until our eyes fell from their sockets onto the keyboard, ha-ha) on this place.

Esther is very efficient and reliable. The day we checked in was the night of the festival of the fisherman. It was an all night party filled with celebrators from all over the island. It ended at 5:00 am and it was loud. Our balcony was dead center in the party. We couldn't believe our good fortune to be in this location at this time.

The apartment is two flights up and there is no elevator. We are older but like the exercise. Esther brought her son along and he helped us manage our luggage. I am sure she is proud of him and should be.

The apartment is very long and thin floor plan. In the front are the balcony with sliding doors that we did not close once during our stay. The very back of the apartment has a bedroom with a very comfortable king bed ans a huge sliding window. We never closed that window ever. Arinaga is pretty windy and this was their windy season. The result of our window and dor arrangement and this onshore breeze, was a very pleasant and continuous breeze through the entire apartment. It can be hot down on the beach, but the apartment remained cool and comfortable with no air conditioning. It is fresh air and it carries the sound of shore waves continually through the apartment. They make devices to send these sounds of white noise into bedrooms to help people sleep. This comes natuarally in this apartment.

The kitchen is large enough and well equipped to prepare most any type meal you might want. But we only used it for breakfast and the occasional (Okay maybe continual) wine and cheese snack. There are a number of excellent restaurants up and down the coastal walkway that is right out the front door, so why cook. There are very few tourists as this seems to be a local spot. The food here is Canarian excellent. That means seafood, prepared beautifully and as fresh as you can get anywhere. Faro was a partic

We will definitely try to book this the next time we visit Gran Canaria. If you are looking to visit this island and want to experience the Canarian way of life in a comfortable and homey environment, you have found it.