My wife and I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Arrecife, based in Jorge's terrific apartment 4C. The apartment is spacious, is excellently furnished, has modern appliances and every facility you could wish for, and then some you never thought of!
Jorge is an excellent host, very responsive to the couple of queries we had - otherwise we are left alone to enjoy our holiday in peace!
The location is excellent - in the centre of the town just two minutes from the main shopping streets which has a superb supermarket (Hyper Dino) and from El Charco - "the puddle" - home to a dozen or so excellent restaurants. The apartment's beautiful terrace had sunshine in the mornings, up to around 1pm (October), after which we frequently walked the 15 minutes to El Reducto beach for the afternoon, where two sunbeds and an umbrella coat a very reasonable 8EUR to rent for the day. A little further on past the beach is the bus station, where high quality buses can be boarded for a very small price to take you to the other resorts on the island, playa Blanca, Costa Teguise and Puerto del Carmen.
The town has a great choice of local-run businesses - bars, bakeries, cafes, restaurants, ice cream parlours. There are no chain restaurants here - all local and great quality and good value.
Past El Charco is the new marina, which hosts another array of bars and restaurants, as well as a top class gym which holds a wide choice of group exercise classes, if that's your thing, including Les Mills classes.
I can't praise the apartment highly enough, nor Jorge's hospitality. We will be back!
