We spent 24 fabulous nights at Alta Vista this June and July. At different times we had college friends, then our adult children, their spouses and 4 grandchildren (ages 4 to 7), and then other friends with a 4 year old. The house was perfect for each of those groups! More than one person said WOW when they arrived and saw the house and the view. That’s what we wanted to rent!
We all loved eating on the middle porch, overlooking the turquoise waters, seeing Morocco in the distance many days (and taking the short trip to Tangier from Tarifa), seeing the fishing boats offshore, and the beaches almost empty at their most crowded times!
And the sunsets – how can you even try to describe them! They were a must see event every evening.
The pool and new hot tub were a big hit, and their use often followed a trip down to the beach. We found Zahara de los Atunes to be a family friendly town with nice restaurants, fresh fish and seafood for cooking from the markets (including on the grill), and good grocery shopping a short trip away in Barbate, but a nice bakery and “alimentación” very close towards town. Cadiz and Sevilla (including a Costco!) were easily reachable and others made an overnight trip to Granada (we spent a few days there after leaving Alta Vista).
The weather was spectacular, using the AC only 2 days, oftentimes we needed a sweatshirt outside at night during the worst heatwave in Europe in years.
We have rented homes around the world. The reviews that say the house had everything you need are right, with supplies always on hand and Jóke available for special requests like lining up a photographer for family shots (he was great!) or dealing with the unexpected event. Nanette always checked in to make sure things were on track and when the water went out in the whole area, her husband even brought us 50 6 liter bottles of water!. Ali (21 Restaurant) brought us wonderful meals when we had “changeover of groups nights” that eased the process. And the cleaning crew was first rate.
We chose this house in part because we wanted good day trips but the best was how much we loved being at the house, having everyone be able to sit around the outside table (inside too but the weather was too nice not to be outside), lounge around and in the pool, and just veg out. This was the longest we had stayed at one place for vacation, and the time flew by. If you can’t relax and just enjoy at Alta Vista, you can’t do it anywhere.