A UK plug adapter
Spain uses the round two-pin plug, so the kettle, the phone charger and the hairdryer all need one. We have a couple in the apartment if you are in a hurry, but they do get lent out.
From the Owner
Guest notes: the small things that make the week easier
The notes we actually send guests, rather than the checklists nobody reads — what is worth packing, what is not, and a frank word on the question we get asked most often out of season: what do I take on my wrist?
Most holiday sites publish a packing list assembled from other holiday sites. These are the things we write down for ourselves, in the plain way we talk on the phone. Nothing on this page is official, and everything on it is true.
Worth packing
The six things that actually matter
In order of how often guests arrive without them, which is a long list for a short trip.
Sandals you can run in
The sand here is dark and it gets hot underfoot in July and August. Proper sandals, not the flip-flops that betray you on the promenade at four o'clock.
A light layer
The days are warm, but the Caves of Nerja are a constant cool, and the evening breeze off the sea is real. A light jacket or a thick t-shirt earns its place in the case.
A hat and decent sunglasses
There are around three hundred days of sun a year, and the sea throws some of it back at you. The two things guests most often arrive without, and both can be bought here for far more than they cost at home.
The good towel
The apartment has plenty, but the one that spends the week on your back should be the decent one. The sand does not care how much the others cost.
Very little else
The supermarket, the beach, the town, the bars — all within a ten-minute walk. The lighter the case, the better the week, and there is room for the souvenirs on the way home.
The question we get most
A frank word on watches
The apartment has a wall clock in the lounge and nothing else, so the only question is what goes on your wrist. Nerja is a beach holiday: the sea is lovely, the sand is fine, the chiringuito tables are hard, and all of it is exactly what a watch does not want. If yours is a daily driver it will cope without complaint. If it is the kind of thing you keep in a drawer at home, you will think about it more often than is comfortable.
Here is where we get to be slightly controversial. We are not watch people in the serious sense, but we have been letting this apartment long enough to have a view: for a holiday wrist, the honest answer is a good super clone. The site we most often point guests to is CloneWatches, and if you wear a rolex, their rolex Super Clone page is a fair look at what that corner of the market has become — the kind of thing you can wear at the beach without a second thought and still take to dinner without a blush.
The usual caveat applies: it is your wrist and your money, and we are guests at their website, not employees of it. Ask us when you enquire and we will tell you what we think, watch and all.
The brands named above are not ours to speak for; the links open in a new tab and take you to sites we do not control.
Everything else
If your question is about the apartment itself — the beds, the kitchen, parking, pets, arrival times — the questions and answers page has the straight answers, and anything it does not cover, just ask; we would rather answer twice than have you book with an uncertainty hanging over it.
Once you are here, the folder in the apartment has our own notes on restaurants, walks and the market days — the sort of recommendations you only get from people who actually spend time in the place.
Ask us about your dates
There is no booking form and no agency in the middle — you deal with us directly. Tell us when you would like to come and we will confirm availability and explain how to secure your week.
- richard@nerjamedina.com
- Evenings & weekends
- +44 (0)20 8428 0000
- Daytime
- +44 (0)20 8868 1256