Food and eating places are a number of the first issues I search for when planning a visit, earlier than I even decide on a trip vacation spot. Luckily for me, I’ve a buddy group that’s very a lot on the identical web page, so after we have been deciding the place to go for our annual October group journey (arguably the perfect month to journey in a lot of Europe, in my opinion) it was just about a unanimous resolution that San Sebastián was the place for us. Regularly named as one of many top cities for food in the world, we knew a protracted weekend bar hopping and tucking into plates of pintxos in a beachside setting could be supreme.
When on the lookout for someplace to remain, we ideally wished to be near the seashore however inside strolling distance of the city for lunch and dinner. We are three {couples}, so we would have liked a three-bedroom place with sufficient area to cater to us all. Affordability was additionally a key issue, as we weren’t seeking to splash out on lodge rooms, which is why we have been offered after we discovered this contemporary, spacious residence in a perfect location; simply two minutes from the seashore, and a simple quarter-hour to outdated city.
In reality, it is a place we booked virtually solely for the placement and value, so I didn’t actually assume a lot about what it will be like till we truly obtained there, and have been pleasantly stunned by the sheer measurement of the residence; three respectable sized bedrooms (one with an en suite toilet), a spacious open-plan kitchen and front room and—my private spotlight—a small balcony overlooking the busy road under. I like to think about what it should be prefer to stay like an area once I journey, and this residence in a residential road afforded me that chance. Having a morning espresso on the balcony and watching the world go by was an actual spotlight of the keep.
The property is managed by a gaggle, reasonably than owned by a person. In all honesty, this is able to normally deter me from reserving, however sadly we left it a bit of late to guide and given San Sebastián’s unimaginable reputation, we have been left with few choices. But there have been actually advantages to utilizing a bigger firm: speedy responses, an expert method all through reserving, and even a tailor-made record of issues to do and eating places delivered to my Airbnb inbox earlier than we arrived. While I used to be a bit of annoyed to search out that I wanted to obtain an app to entry the residence (who wants one other app?), I used to be pleasantly stunned to search out that it did really feel like there have been some private touches in the residence: a welcome observe and {a magazine} with native suggestions left on the eating desk.
All in all, I feel what made this Airbnb a favorite was the simplicity of it. The reserving course of was easy and entry to data was considerable, which allowed us to make use of the time planning our itinerary. Once there, the area was comfy and fashionable, and supplied loads of privateness however sufficient communal area to permit the group to get pleasure from every others’ firm. Its proximity to each the seashore (we spent a blissful afternoon absorbing the solar earlier than wandering again) and the outdated city was an actual deal with, significantly as taxis have been few and much between in the town. It supplied precisely what I would like from a metropolis break: someplace comfy to sit back, with easy accessibility to the perfect of what a metropolis has to supply.