Our Review of The I/O

This one's for the parents. The I/O is a seriously nice gym in Nueva Alcántara, on the beach side of San Pedro. If you're living in the area or staying for a while and want to keep training, it's hard to beat. The equipment is state of the art, the space is beautifully designed — all arched doorways and polished concrete that makes you forget you're in a gym — and it's never uncomfortably busy.

The facilities go well beyond a standard gym floor. There are group classes including yoga, Pilates and HIIT, padel courts on the same grounds through NAC Sports & Socials, and a healthy restaurant on site. The changing rooms are excellent, and a nice touch is the chilled towels available in the workout area so you can cool yourself down during a hot session. It feels more like a boutique wellness club than a gym.

The big win for parents is the supervised play area — you can drop the kids off while you work out, which makes fitting in a session so much easier. It's a members-only club, so you'll need to sign up — they have different tiers depending on what you want access to. It's not cheap, but the quality justifies the price if fitness is important to you.

The only thing stopping it from being a five is the lack of a sauna and hot and cold tubs. Add those and it would be the complete package. But for a workout, it's as good as it gets around here.