Location is great as you're in the centre of the shopping precinct, but you can't hear the hustle and bustle. It's like an oasis. The layout of the apartment is nice. The kitchen had everything you needed including the unexpected like cutlery, chef knives, grater, ice trays etc. There is a washing machine and dishwasher too and everything works! You'll need to purchase basics though, tea, coffee, sugar etc. It would be a nice touch to have a small selection of those at least for your first morning if you check in late as we did. Lots of clean bedding. Lovely little decorative items and modern furniture and furnishings tastefully positioned. They've married the modern with the Spanish villa feel and it works. The WiFi was strong throughout the apartment which was great. Customer service is responsive they never missed an email. Cleaning staff were friendly even though they don't speak English. Thank god for Google translate. We laughed at how far off we were with our questions!

Even though you're in a shopping precinct, the trading laws are old school. Everything closes by 6pm apart from restaurants - they stop serving by about 10pm. Also we were there the coronation weekend and the shops weren't open on sunday! Don't know if this is standard but bear this in mind if planning a weekend trip. The water feature outside the property - you have to get used to the running water sound! It will either soothe or annoy! It also splashes causing the tiles to be wet and very slippery in the morning- because of this and the slope to get to the nook, high heels are not advisable! There are sensory lights outside the property. Good for you when you're coming in to your apartment as the floor is a little uneven. Not good when you are in bed and someone else is trying to get into their apartment as the light disturbs you. The door code is annoying as it never activates as it should. But that might just be me getting it wrong every time! Inside the property, the majority of the sockets were UK sockets which was good for us. But they could do with putting in a few more plug sockets in the lounge especially on the sofa side or have a spare extension lead. We travelled as a 4 person family each with phone or tablets so it was a bit inconvenient for all the sockets to be behind the TV unit. The apartment is on ground floor so guests in flats above who smoke, throw down their cigarette ash and butts - you may not want to hang clean clothes out in the patio. It's a shame as silverkey advertise the properties as non smoking but they obviously can't police it.