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1. La Carrasca, Elche

   Visit date 22nd July 2007 – 5th August 2007 (14 nights)

   Number in Party 17 (9 adults, 8 children ages 15,14,13,11,10,4,3,3)

   We arrived at dusk on a Sunday night and I think everybody in the party were a little concerned as to how remote we seemed to be. We were wrong. The villa is in a peaceful countryside location but you can be within the hustle and bustle of Elche in a few minutes.

   Once everyone had had a look around Sam sat with us on the porch whilst we had a drink and he went through some general housekeeping and advised us of the nearest supermarkets, beaches, hospital etc.

   The fridge had been stocked with drinks and enough basics to prepare a light supper for us.

   The next morning we found the supermarket easily from Sam’s directions and we were relieved that we weren’t as far from civilisation as it appeared the previous night. Once we got our bearings and familiar with the roads we realised the villa is ideally situated.

   Whilst there we visited Alicante, Guardamar, Santa Pola, and Aqua Park Ciudad Quesada in Rojales. All were easy to find and only a short drive from the Villa. The best beach was Guardamar although the sea was a bit rough for the younger children.

   We had a couple of days in the old part of Elche on the east of the river; there were plenty of shops, bars and café’s.

   The villa itself is lovely. We found it exceeded our expectations and was more than big enough; one of the bedrooms wasn’t used. We only ate out twice, as cooking didn’t seem a chore, there were plenty of olive logs in the grounds which make ideal BBQ fuel. The kitchen is adequately equipped and on the nights we didn’t BBQ cooking for 17 wasn’t a problem as there is plenty of equipment.

   All the bedrooms were spacious and well equipped with adequate wardrobe space, fan, anti-mosquito machines and some had televisions.

   The bathrooms are large, clean and have new toilets, bidets and showers, 2 of the bathrooms have baths as well.

   The lounge and dining area is huge, although we ate and spent evenings on the porch the older children used to sit inside and watch DVD’s or listening to music.

   The swimming pool area was clean and the pool itself is plenty big enough, there were 17 of us and it never seemed full. The tennis court was also well used. Sam came every few days to clean the pool and check we were ok.

   The villa is located in the countryside and there are some nice walks to be found from the villa, there was even a mountain bike that we could use. We did walk to L’aljub shopping centre twice and it took about 45 – 50 minutes.

   (Posted on 2008-02-07 09:37:00 by carrasca)