Had a fantastic stay at Trevor’s El Divino house. Everything was very well organised with good communications from Trevor. The house is superbly equipped and situated in a secure and immaculately kept complex. We had a lovely warm welcome from Sandra, the key holder, who also organised our airport taxi. Bodo the taxi driver was very friendly and at the end of the holiday drove us back to the airport, even taking us and our luggage to the check-in desk. Sandra’s husband Laurence met us on the last day and gave us a cheery goodbye.
The house is south facing, giving lots of sunshine and also has nice pool views. A shopping centre, supermarkets, bars, restaurants and the beach are only a short walk away. The beach and promenade are kept very clean.
Lidl, Consum, Mercadona and El Arbol Supermarkets catered to our every wish. Down at the beach, there are lovely bars with views of the Mar Menor. Our favourites were Bar Vista, Alaska and El Encarnacion.
Cheap internet access at 1.5 euros for 1 hour, can be found in the shopping centre, at the little bookshop which is almost opposite Angela‘s Restaurant.
Bus services are good and reasonably priced. It costs about 4 euros per person return, to go to Cartagena; catch the bus outside Consum Supermarket. Cartagena has lots to offer with attractive side streets, the beautiful harbour and the Roman Theatre/Museum, costing about 6 euros each to enter. Buses to San Javier, Santiago de la Ribera, San Pedro and Torrevieja can be caught outside the Deutsche Bank. Boats go across the water to La Manga. San Pedro has a brilliant market on a Monday. Torrevieja is an agreeable day out, with lots of shops and a lovely promenade and beach front. There is a wonderful restaurant there called El Muelle, serving excellent Italian food.
Hope all of the above is useful to future visitors. Many thanks again to Trevor for our relaxing winter break!