A recent stay at apartment Amelia was very enjoyable for our family of 6 to include 4 children age ranges 2 yrs to 13 yrs. The owner Chris went the extra miles to ensure everything about our stay was spot on. We cannot praise his approach and attention to detail enough and the apartment and location was everything it said on the tin unlike our previous less encouraging experiences in foreign private rental properties.

The apartment is homely with everything you might possibly need. It is located in a quiet part of Lagos with sea views from the extensive balcony and at night a good outlook onto the vibrant old town of Lagos. There is a shop only a minute or two away on foot which sells everything to keep you going and the fresh pastries and rolls went down well with our children everyday.

The apartment is very secure and we met some nice people poolside. Pool itself is a good temperature not too cold nor too hot. A good way to cool down in the midday sun.

Car hire non essential as you can walk down the hill to the marina in around 5-7 minutes and a further 5-7 minutes to the lovely old town where there is plenty of restaurants, bars and quirky street sellers.

We often walked to the marina or the nearby beach in the mornings and then down to the old town most evenings. We did however hire a car with local firm DailyRent and spent several days also exploring the wonderful beaches also at Porto de Mos, Burgua and Salema. Salema especially good because sun bed hire was fair at around 4 euro each and they had two huge buckets full of buckets and spades which the children could then freely use. All of the beaches accessible although Burgua is at the bottom of a slight hill and requires a bit of energy pushing a buggy back up!

Lagos has a Saturday market in the bus station area which is very cheap. A good tip is to load up with oranges here so you can use in the juice machine in the apartment. There daily fish market is also a great experience as is the fruit and veg section on the upper floor of the fish market.

We went to so many great restaurants in Lagos but our top experiences were to spend the odd evening at nearby Bahia Beach Bar on the Meia Praia beach and Campimar at Porto de Mos.

A fun time also had at Zoo Marine (highly recommend) and Slide & Splash Waterpark.

We are already planning to return. Great apartment, location, climate and food - forget kids clubs we got to enjoy our kids company........