Christmas Eve saw the arrival of two guests from Liverpool – Gary and Andy – who had made a reservation to visit us for 10 nights, staying right through until into the New Year. They arrived in the early evening, settled into their room, and then joined us for dinner that night. It turned out that this was the first time they had spent Christmas outside the UK, and had chosen our part of Spain [...]
Winter Sunshine Holidays
At the beginning of last week we welcomed a guest from Switzerland – Beatriz had driven all the way from Geneva to Spain, initially spending time with her parents in Galicia to the north before coming down to visit us at Villa Florencia. Her main reason for visiting this area was because a friend of hers from Switzerland – also born to Spanish parents – was getting married in her parent’s home town near Gandía [...]
The Last Despedida of the Season!
The last Despedida de Soltera – the Spanish term for a hen-party – took place this weekend at Villa Florencia. Ten girls from Castellón had booked the whole house for the weekend and it was their intention to spend the daytimes enjoying themselves in the pool and to spend the evenings celebrating the send-off of their friend. Most of the girls arrived at about seven o’clock in the evening in order to prepare and decorate [...]
More Welcome Guests Return! Early in the year we were pleased to receive a booking from two guests who also stayed with us in 2010 – Frans and Marita, who come from Belgium. They have been coming on touring holidays in Spain for the last several years now, and stayed with us last year for the first time. They decided to visit Spain and the Costa Blanca again this year, and wanted to repeat their [...]
Americans on Tour! We received a booking some time ago (via e-mail) requesting accommodation for a party of six people, who were coming to the area for a few days with the main intention of visiting the Lladró porcelain factory in Valencia. We had assumed this was a group of friends from the UK who were flying in for the weekend, so we were surprised and pleased when a mini-bus pulled into the car park [...]













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