Second time staying here. These apartments are not expensive, they are basic but kept spotlessly clean. They are in need of a refurb as the bathrooms and furnishing are tired and worn, (although the beds are new!)

The staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Best of all they have a perfect location on a quiet street, within easy walking distance of both the old town and the seafront strip. There is a Spar just round the corner.

We have just returned from a 10 day stay at the Vista Mar, booked with Monarch Holidays. Although very basic the apartments were spotlessly clean, and we only had one day out of the ten that we did not have maid service.
The view from the front of our apartment (32) was fantastic, beautiful seaview however the rear was a 24 hour garage and the Spar on a main road, and we had to keep the bedroom curtains closed all the time as the flats opposite look straight in! The noise from the traffic takes a bit of getting used to and means you cannot open the windows for any length of time.
Security was not a big issue for us, the balcony door was a key lock as well as the door into the apartment with a second key. We arrived at 8.30 ish to find a welcome note, our key and a map with local amenities marked on it taped to the reception post box - this was not ideal! There are cctv cameras overlooking the pool and the front gate.
The pool is a problem, my partner is a non swimmer and the pool is about 6' deep, so daily cool down dips were hair raising, totally unsuitable for children.
The walk back up from the main avenida along the beach is a 90 degree hill, although short a daunting prospect for anyone with poor mobility.
The walk to the harbour is a much gentler slope, we ate there every night and very well, finishing up at Scotch Corner for a few drinks before bed, friendly service! We used most of the restaurants around the harbour for dinner and can recommend the food at Mar Casa Benito (tuna with oregano - mm mm) and El Caherjo Rosa (seafood paella - wow), although they were all good except Los Marineros - expensive and very poor service! Prices vary slightly from restaurant to restaurant and the menu's are very similiar with each having a speciality dish to set them apart from each other.
Our trips this time were only to Cuevas de las Verdes (fascinating) and the three island tour to Fuertaventure and Los Lobos - while beautiful with an amazing beach, Playa de la Conchas, the island itself is bleak, volcanic and our tour guide got food poisoning from the paella she ate on Los Lobos! Eat on Fuertaventura before taking the ferry to Lobos, worth the trip for the beach and the view back to Fuertaventura. Take drinks/water with you, there is nothing available when you get off the ferry from Fuertaventura to Lobos!
We have had an amazing 10 days, this was our second visit to Lanzarote previously having stayed at Atalaya Apartments in 2006. We arrived to a mini freak heatwave of 35 degrees so have come back very tanned and very relaxed.
We would not return to Vista Mar but do not let this put you off, we just like a few more home comforts and a 24 hour reception - would be perfect for a base for those on a budget to visit the island and its attractions!

Just got back from these apartments and I can't find a single fault with them! Plenty big enough, very clean and modern/simple. Cleaners came in nearly everyday and we had our towels changed every other day. Very quiet considering how close they are to the main road. A large supermarket 1 minute away (around the back). Don't know why they have a bar because I never saw anyone buy anything from there, due to supermarket being so close and we drank and eat our own food and drink around pool (no one seemed to mind). 10 minutes walk to harbour or beach/new town, slight hill to walk back but that didn't bother me or my husband cause we walk a lot anyway. If you go out of apartments and turn right and follow road round there is a short cut path at the end of the cul-de-sac down to main road. These apartments are a great base, the pool is small and deep so not ideal for children and non-swimmers. There is more than plenty of entertainment, bars, clubs, shops etc., only minutes walk away, so there is something for everyone. One thing I would mention is that the reception closes at 7pm and if like us you are late arriving you will find your key in an envelope stuck on the receptions letter box!!!! A email would of been nice few days before to inform/warn us instead arriving there in darkness and finding the place completely locked up and no-one in sight. (A couple of seconds to panic before spotting the envelope). There isn't any night watch man at all, so you are on your own, if you have a problem, until 9am next day when the receptionist arrives. Wasn't a problem for us, but some people might prefer to stay where there is some assistance in case of any problems.

These apts are spacious and clean, but the pool is tiny with no shallow end, there is no sign up to say how deep the pool is. There is no bar or pool side food available. we got to our apts at around 6pm and the reception was opened so there was someone there to give us our key etc....but when we were going out that night we saw a note on the main gate saying not to lock it as there were new arrivals due at 11pm, i don't know how these new arrivals got there key or found out where they were staying as the reception for the apt was closed at 7pm. there is a good spar behind the apts and the biosphere shopping centre is only a few min's walk. these apts would suit a couple of lads or girls that would just be using the apt to sleep in, we could hear what was going on in the apt above us so the floors/walls are fairly thin! the day we were checking out my friend asked the receptionist to book a taxi to take us to the airport, but the receptionst couldn't speak spanish well enough to book it for us and advised us to flag one down! we wanted to book a taxi for 5:30am! we had no choice but to drag out bags across the car park at the side of the apts, there is a taxi rank near the shopping centre but we were lucky one stopped for us before we had to walk that far. i have been to lanzarote 4 times and love the place, these apts were cheap, and we got what we paid for.