Casa Luis was a very comfortable villa with a nice sized pool, large garden (enough room for our 7 year old to kick a ball around) and great location. Despite being in a small residential community with neighbours, the house and garden/pool were very quiet and private as there are many trees and bushes on the property. Inside, the house has a nice lived-in (in a good way) feel to it, with comfortable furniture and beds, decorations, books and other personal items – it felt like we were staying at someone's house as opposed to just a rental property. 

It's just a 2 minute walk to the Roche beach. And what a beach: great sand, nice waves (not too big or too small), perfect water temperature, backed by vegetation not hotel/condos, lifeguards and never too crowded. 

There's a decent chiringuito just down the beach about a 10 minute walk from the house and a fairly well stocked little store as well as some sports fields and restaurants in the centre of Roche, about a 10 minute walk. Within a 10 minute drive there are a couple small places to buy fish, vegetables and a larger grocery store. 

Andrew was great, he was easily reached by phone or email and was very helpful with tips for restaurants (El Casario pizza was great) and activities. When the hot water went out one day he was over to fix it promptly (I believe he lives just down the road). Wifi and sat-tv, with some English channels, worked fine. The only small con I can think of is that the bedrooms could use some fans for hot nights (master had a ceiling fan but smaller bedrooms didn't, most nights it was fine but we had a couple hot ones). 

This area of Spain was wonderful, outside the other built up coastal areas so there's some nice driving through the surrounding countryside, but close to many beautiful towns for daytrips. We went to Vejer, Cadiz and Tarifa (a little further but had a fantastic couple hours whale watching, saw a ton of Orca's!). 

We would highly recommend this house for its fantastic beach location, comfort and proximity to so many wonderful places to visit. 

Toronto 09/09/2014