This was the perfect location for a 'recovery' holiday in July with our children (5 and 6 yo) and their grandparents. We were sorry that our other friends hadn't been able to come, but it was so peaceful... The benefits started with the 15-minute taxi ride from Asturias airport. We were warmly welcomed and shown the way to all the relevant shops, even accompanied to the supermarket. Then we found that the villa is truly at the heart of this seaside resort, next to the shops and a hop from the beach, and that there were essentially no foreign tourists. We spent mornings on the beach, when it was quiet even at the more populous end, and came home for a long lunch on the veranda, shaded by the billowing curtains. Afterwards, we relaxed while the children played in the garden (swing and rope ladder, fountain, etc.). In the afternoon, the beach was transformed as the local kids arrived after school to play in the waves, pose, natter, etc: endless entertainment for our children. There was enough to do for a week, exploring the dunes at the far end of the beach, the unusual anchor museum, etc. Salinas is a small, beach town with a great beach and the other required facilities - ice cream stands on the way to the beach, cafes for afternoon drinks on the way back, many bars and restaurants. It is not highly developed for tourism - a swimming+tennis club, a surfing school, but little else. We were never tempted to rent a car as the weather was fine throughout, but on a wetter week we could have done so easily. The villa is well set up for a large party, with a fully-equipped back kitchen, a large dining table in the living room (between the grand piano and the sofas round the fireplace). The TV room upstairs, the living room downstairs and the large veranda allow different groups to chat. The bedrooms are large to grand, there are plenty of bathrooms, TVs etc. The villa is very definitely a home, large but welcoming, and well lived-in. For example, there was a small and idiosyncratic collection of CDs left for the guests to discover on the hifi downstairs. We will very likely come back to the villa for holidays with friends or family and their children. It was our second visit to the general area, which has much to offer. Most striking single memory is probably the youth of Salinas surfing down the pavement in the torrent from a fire hydrant, on the night Spain won the world cup.