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Villamartin los violetas 2 bed
from £29 /night help Price for guests, Nights
10 reviews
from £29 /night help Price for guests, Nights
Estimated nightly price based on a weekly stay. Excludes fees (if applicable). Enter your dates to see the total cost.
our apartment is bottom floor, the centre right balcony (right over pool)!
Apartment / 2 bedrooms / sleeps 6
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Apartment / 2 bedrooms / sleeps 6
|Key Info
The accommodation comprises:- large communal pool, air conditioning throughout, full UK television (inc. sports and movies), DVD player, CD player, X-Box with games and a safe. Fully equipped kitchen. The apartment is furnished to a very high standard. The apartment is in a full gated community with remote electric gate openers.
The apartment has a large veranda overlooking the pool, and there is a large spacious shared roof terrace for those who wish to top up their tan! The apartment comes with the use of a Mountain Bike
baby cot and Baby walker and baby/pool toys are provided
|Sleeps up to 6, 2 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|La zenia 3 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, House swap, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary
|Nearest Amenities
|400 m
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Murcia 20 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|DVD player
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Children's pool
|Air conditioning, TV, CD player, Safe, Satellite TV
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites, Solarium or roof terrace
|2 Sofa beds, Single beds (4), Cots (1), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Shared garden, Bicycles available
|Secure parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Wheelchair users
|Further details indoors
We have taken pride in furnishing our apartment to a very high standard. Full air conditioning (3 units: both bedrooms and living room) throughout the apartment, and UK TV. and set of golf clubs available (please email for details).
Furnished to a high standard. in addition to aircon units, there are ceiling fans in all rooms.
2 very good sofa beds, so could sleep up to 8 but sleeps 6 in comfort!
X Box and games for the kids which is situated in master bedroom so you can still enjoy full sky TV in the lounge.
|Further details outdoors
Large communal swimming pool in a very peaceful area. Pool never gets busy so you can enjoy it even more! Best pool you will find in Villamartin, overlooked by our balcony. Ground floor apartment. beautifully maintained pool and garden area.
We do have a mountain bike, but cant guarentee that it will be useable (ie the tyres may be flat/need a service). Bikes are available for hire locally.
There is a BBQ area in the complex, but we do not have our own BBQ
|Further details
Cleaning Costs of £40, payable with deposit. Additional supplement for clean if over 4 people (£10)
Security Fee of £100, which will be refunded following inspection of property and safe return of the key.
The sum of £100 is payable at time of booking
The outstanding balance, including the £100 security fee, is to be paid at least one calendar month prior to departure
NOTE: We are flexible for reservation times to match your flights etc, but please contact for prices and availability and can accommodate longer or shorter periods of time. Please contact for availability.
Please note this is a NO SMOKING apartment!!! Dogs are not allowed in the community
The Valenciana region
Villamartin is an superb area, perfectly situated to explore the costal areas of Torrevieja, La Manga or go inland to the botanical gardens of Elche. The area benefits from many beautiful sandy beaches with shallow warm waters.
La Zenia Beach is the closest with a shuttle bus service running from Villamartin. A more secluded beach is Cabo Roig, there is a great bar on the beach and nice restaurant on the marina.
Villamartin can boast 4 main golf courses and superb local amenities, including a wide range of restaurants, bars, supermarkets, and banks. there are also many more superb golf courses within a short drive of the apartment.
Villamartin is an superb area, and is in an excellent location being very close to 4 main golf courses, and is close to many superb sandy beaches. The Villamartin area also has very good local amenities, including a wide range of restaurants, bars, supermarkets, and banks etc.
The famous Villamartin Plaza contains over 20 restaurants varying from Italian, English, German, Spanish, Mexican, Austrian, Chinese, and French cuisine to name but a few. Most serve food both indoors and outside in the delightful courtyard. There are also pleanty of bars within the vicinity. The plaza is a 3-4 minute walk from the apartment. Our apartment is in a quiet location, but just a few minutes walk from the Plaza.
The all new La Zenia Boulaevard with more than 160,000 square meters, 150 shops and 5,000 FREE parking spaces is the largest commercial center of the province of Alicante. It has Bars, restaurants, top shops, cinema, and live entertainment in the evening. its just a 3-4 minute drive from our apartment.
For golf: check out Las Colinas! (in the top 100 golf courses in europe) just a 5 minute drive from our apartment. Villamartin golf course is within walking distance. For golf holidays, I can arrange your golf via the golf factory. there are dozens of top class courses within driving distance.
For golfers on holiday with their families, I have a set of clubs available if you want to get out for a cheeky round!! local courses include villamartin, campamour, las ramblas, las colinas, la finca, vistabella, lo romero and many many more.
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1 Dec 2014
"Warm and homely apartment close to all amenities"
We had a very pleasant stay at your apartment. The accomodation was very homely unlike some holiday apartments we have stayed at. There was only the two of us but a family with children would appreciate all the toys, x box and things to keep the kids occupied. Highly suitable for a couple or family. Thank you
many thanks for your review, we are glad you had a great holiday and enjoyed our apartment. hope to have you as our guests again!
22 Aug 2014
"Great apartment with superb pool area in popular location."
We found the apartment to be clean, comfortable and spacious. Great location overlooking the superb pool area which was also great for the kids. Well equipped kitchen with the bonus of a washing machine. Also the ceiling fans and air conditioning were a god send! Location wise, it was straightforward to find from Alicante airport in a hire car with the owners directions. We found Villamartin to be very friendly and felt like a home away from home but with great weather. We met some lovely families in the apartment complex. The nearby plaza was a great place to enjoy food and drink however can get quite busy so book early at the restaurants to avoid disappointment. Overall our stay was very enjoyable and we cannot praise the owner highly enough for ensuring our stay went smoothly.
many thanks for your review, we are glad you had a great holiday and enjoyed our apartment. hope to have you as our guests again!
12 Nov 2013
"Fabulous apartment in great location"
This is a super, spacious apartment. It is as described and more. It is fully equipped and the added bonus of the X-box was great for our young children!. The apartment is on the ground floor and overlooks the lovely large swimming pool. Although unheated we were in the pool every day in late October!!.The apartment is within a few minutes walk to the infamous Plaza,a few minutes drive to lovely sandy beaches and the superb retail centre at La Zenia Boulevard. This is one of the best holidays we have had in a while and would return to both this area and this apartment again.
Steve, the owner was very helpful in offering to organise a car rental for us if needed and telling us a great site to use if we wanted to book the car ourselves. The whole process went smoothly and we had no issues at all in the whole booking process.
many thanks for your review, we are glad you had a great holiday and enjoyed our apartment. hope to have you as our guests again!
11 Aug 2013
"Great holiday, convenient location"
The apartment was lovely and clean, with all the home comforts. It had a well equipped kitchen with plenty of room. The apartment is perfectly located for a great choice of restaurants and bars, just a few minutes walk. The pool and surrounding gardens were beautifully looked after, with plenty of shaded areas under the palm trees. A visit to the new Zenia Boulevard is a must, with it's shops, restaurants, play areas, bowling and Live bands in the evenings.
We had a great time and hope to do the same next year!
thanks for your review, we are glad you had a great holiday and enjoyed our apartment.
21 Jul 2013
"Wished we'd booked for 3 weeks!!"
We've stayed in the Villa Martin area for the last 3 years & this was by far the best accommodation! We love the area, it's quiet, good prices & the quality of food is outstanding. We normally stay very near the plaza, but as it was already booked we looked around for similar spec apartment.
There is always a bit of trepidation when booking with a new owner, but I have to say Steve was great, he replied to all my emails quickly & answered my (many!) questions fully. As we don't drive Steve arranged pick up from the airport for us, this was also spot on & cheaper that previous years. Martin was waiting for us when we arrived at Alicante airport & as a key holder, he took us into the apartment & gave us a run through of everything. He was really friendly &, although it wasn't needed, we knew we could have contacted him in case of any problems.
The apartment itself was a bit further away that we wanted but again this proved not to be problem, & after the 2nd walk we didn't even notice. The apartment was a true home from home, it had absolutely everything you could possibly want. The cupboards were stocked (we replaced what we used) & a very appreciated welcome pack of water, milk & orange was in the fridge for our arrival. The air con was truly amazing, we only had to put it on for short periods as it cooled the rooms down very quickly. The apartment was spacious & very clean. The furnishings were lovely & little touches of paintings & plants really made it feel like a home rather than a holiday rental. Gated entry, alarm system & a safe in the apartment meant we felt secure at all times. Not that there is an issue with this in the area, but it's nice to have these in place.
The pool was scrupulously clean & the surrounding gardens beautiful, they were maintained several times through out our stay. It was such peaceful area, the pool was never crowded & my two boys (15 & 10) had a great time! If we hadn't known the apartment was taken the week after us, we would have seriously considered changing our flights home! All in all we had a wonderful holiday & have never felt so comfortable & relaxed than we did in this apartment. We have already decided that, holidays permitting, next summer it'll be be for longer than a fortnight!
Thank you Steve for a brilliant holiday!!
The Agnew Clan :o)
Many thanks for the great review Mrs Agnew and we hope to welcome you again next year. we are so happy you enjoyed our apartment.
5 Jun 2013
"Fantastic home away from home"
My husband and I visited the apartment in March of this year along with my son and his family who followed us out a week later. The apartment was large enough to accomodate us all comfortably and was very clean and tidy on arrival. It was well furnished and light and bright. Very pleasant. Although we did not use the pool with the weather still slightly chilly at this time of year it did look fantastic. The gardens and surrounding areas are well maintained. The area and apartment felt very safe and secure and was nice and private with a key fob required to gain access to the apartment block and adjoining car park. There was always ample space to park our hire car each evening after a day of sightseeing. Around a 5 minute walk away at a lesurely pace is the Plaza with plenty of restaurants and shops for your essentials. We visited the Plaza regulary for lunch and evening drinks as it has a wonderful friendly atmosphere. 5 minutes drive from the lovely sandy beaches and the coastal path walk which we walked along every evening. All in all we would visit the Villamartin apartment again as we throughly enjoyed our stay and found it to be fantastic value for money!
thanks for your review, we are glad you had a great holiday and enjoyed our apartment.
28 May 2013
"Perfect holiday"
This holiday was really perfect,the location was brilliant with beautiful beaches,lots of amazing restaurants to choose from very well kept,clean and tidy,as for the apartment very spacious,clean and well equipped,I would recommend to anybody and already have to everyone I know,had a fab time and would definitely go back,please don't pass the opportunity of an amazing holiday.
many thanks for taking the time to review our apartment. we are glad you enjoyed it
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New weather radar the best in Australia?
Broadcast: 23/09/2005
Reporter: Paul McCarthy
Now to a new era in Australian weather forecasting. It's about to begin in South Australia. Next month a multi million dollar radar will be commissioned just north of Adelaide. It will be so sensitive it will be able to pinpoint local rainfalls, clouds of insects and even measure the wind speed in your backyard. Paul McCarthy has the story.
SONG: "I'm looking out on an overcast sky in the morning; I can't hear the warning as it calls to you".
PAUL McCARTHY: From the road it looks like another oversized tourist attraction: perhaps a giant golf ball.
ANDREW WATSON (BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY DIRECTOR): Well it is a bit of a novelty. It's the first one of its kind in Australia, the new Doppler radar. And it's a step forward in our surveillance of weather system.
PAUL McCARTHY: But this powerful new radar at Buckland Park 40 Ks north of Adelaide will radically change weather forecasting. Far more sensitive than existing radars, it gives the weather bureau its most precise tool yet in measuring rain and wind conditions. It can even identify approaching dust, grasshoppers and rain from 100 kilometres away.
BERNIE KEOGH (BUREAU OF METEROLOGY TECHNICIAN): In terms of resolution, this radar can discern down to around about 10 square metres. So a good operator should be able to tell the difference between the wind speed in your front yard as compared to the wind speed in your backyard.
PAUL McCARTHY: That's a level of surveillance never seen in Adelaide before. The existing radar at Sellicks Hill only picks up weather activity across the top of the city and the Mt Lofty Ranges, but a lot of wind and rain is closer to the ground. That's where the new Doppler comes in.
BERNIE KEOGH: It's been custom set up for Adelaide so we should be able to see a lot more. Whereas our previous surveillance radar is on top of the mountain, this one is at, basically at sea surface level.
ANDREW WATSON: This Doppler radar will just augment the surveillance in central South Australia. We will be able to see further north. So the communities at Port Pirie and Port Augusta and Whyalla will be now served by radar information so we can finetune our forecasts for those localities.
PAUL McCARTHY: For the first time the bureau can measure the strength and speed of an approaching wind and when a change will arrive and it's done using colours.
JOHN NAIRNE (SUPERVISING METEOROLOGIST): As the wind change is moving up on the radar we can see the colours in here shifting and as they move through you'll see that in fact we're getting more toward blue colours as that front comes through, which means that there is a wind shift, a change in direction behind there.
PAUL McCARTHY: It's so sensitive it can even detect lines of insects which can be an indication of where a wind change is.
JOHN NAIRNE: They're sitting in the middle of the change; they've been pushed together by the convergence around the winds. For the airports that operate in Adelaide, we can give the time of arrival to wind change where there is no rain, so it can be in clear air. So they can help them adjust their runway patterns, in terms of which runway they need to operate on. And also, say, in summertime situations where we have bushfires, we can monitor the front as it comes through where there is no rain just the clear air targets and that will give us a location of the wind change which, of course, is critical when you've got a burning fire.
PAUL McCARTHY: Anyone planning an outdoor activity can access this data on the internet. You can more accurately check if rain is on the way and whether it's just drizzle or a big downpour.
JOHN NAIRNE: So that's a comparison, a direct comparison, between what the public will see from the Sellicks radar compared to the Buckland Park radar and I think anyone will have to agree (SOUND OF THUNDER AND RAIN)
PAUL McCARTHY: The bureau will also be able to better identify major storms before they hit Adelaide and enhance their severe weather warnings even down to which suburbs will be hit and when. And even our sporting teams can benefit.
BERNIE KEOGH: If I was going to be the captain at the toss that day I'd be checking the weather bureau before the match just to see which way I'd go.
PAUL McCARTHY: It's a strange sight towering 30 metres high, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but that's just its greatest asset.
DAVID FAWCETT (WAKEFIELD MP): The location here was ideal in terms of it's flat, so there's uninterrupted fields view for the radar toward the hills. But also it's owned by the University of Adelaide who are happy to partner with the government. There's no danger in terms of emissions for people living close by and even from a security point of view it's out of sight out of mind.
SIMON ROYAL: For boffins like Bernie Keogh, the technician in charge, setting up the radar has been a passionate affair. He says the five tonne giant golf ball is a work of art.
BERNIE KEOGH: You can imagine moving five tonnes with that sort of precision requires a fair amount of electronics and a fair amount of gentility of movement, you know. And so it's just not a raw power machine, it's actually got a lot of finesse and a lot of style to it. I like it, yeah.
SIMON ROYAL: The radar brings together technology developed in several countries. It's been made to order for Australia. The government's spending $62 million to set up these radars around the nation.
JOHN NAIRNE: We have gone to one of the world leading suppliers of radar and stretched their standards to say that, well, under our understanding of the research what you're building right now isn't quite what we're after, we want something better and that's what we have got. As a consequence of that we've got the best radar in the world at this point in time.


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What SF/F Book Are you Reading? .. Redux
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Re: What SF/F Book Are you Reading? .. Redux
Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky; Nancy Kress, Crossfire; Seed by someone whose name I've already forgotten (but then, I'm only one page in,) and, finally, finally, after all these years Robert J. Sawyer, Hybrids, finishing the trilogy. I just finished all the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet books on Kindle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars and Warlord of Mars. Started Thuvia, Maid of Mars but the further I got away from movie images the more tiresome it got and I quit. And I'll be going back to Linda Nagata, Vast, but I'll probably finish re-reading Sherlock Holmes first. After that, I'm thinking I'll get Adam Roberts nonfiction book on SF. Things are going pretty badly and distractionn is very important.
PS Forgot Joan Slonczewski, Children Star.
The people of this country need regime change here, not abroad.
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Because the ICD-10 skill set hasn't quite met a demand in the market, at Mannon says Inova hasn't lost a single coder to another organization. But the provider is conducting weekly salary benchmarking reports, so it can keep pace and stay competitive.
4.Control resistance from older workers
Another cause for employers' concern: coders near the end of their careers may be intimidated by learning an entirely new system.
Mannon says a large part of retaining retirement-age workers is managing that fear. One of the key implementations was computer-assisted editing software, which suggests answers for coding and takes away a fear of inaccuracy.
"It's really computer literacy more than it's an age issue. The delay of ICD-10 put fear in the coders that didn't need to be there. Anecdotally, I would hear that they thought because of the delay that the coding was more difficult than it is. I think you view things like that from the seat you sit in. People are thinking this is more complicated than it is, when ICD-9 and ICD-10 really aren't that different."
"There is never a good time to introduce change. And it's always costly to deal with it. We've been given a year and we're trying to communicate to our members to make sure they are on schedule with where they need to be. It's tough to maneuver through those various activities and make the transition successfully," says Argus. "There will be some pain as a result of the transition, but we want to minimize that."
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