We are a big family with six children and it's not very easy to find a place suitable for us, we didn't want a really big house as we are used to live in hotel rooms when we are traveling. Therefor it is quite hard to be accepted, owners might be worried that we are to many, that we might make to much noise etc.
The owner Andres didn't see a problem with this, he welcomed us and fixed a couple of extra beds to make room for us. Andres was also helping us during our visit with answering questions and giving us tips about restaurants and other things to do. And if we needed anything, Andres cousin with family who lives next door, helped us. They are also very kind and helpful without being pushy.
The area around Portixol and Molinar is very nice, calm and quiet but with a lot of nice restaurants. We had our favorite beach just a block from the house, not crowded at all and perfect for our small children. And if we wanted to go to the bigger more crowded "playas" they are just a short walk away. Somedays we also took longer walks to Palma city. It was ok even for our children. The buses to Palma (and the other direction) stops just a block away and comes every ten minutes or so, we used them all the time.
And finally the house is great, an old traditional Mallorcan street-house, but equipped with everything you need, dishwasher and washing machine for example. Also the house was spacier than we thought so it was no problem fitting the eight of us. We spend a lot of time in the garden, playing games, just hanging out, and every now and then picking up another lemon when we heard the "bump" as they fell down from the big lemon tree!
All together we had three and a half wonderful weeks here!
/Nils, Linda, Frans, Karl, Flora, Sigrid, Julius and Charlie