Oceanvillas - Mediterranean in the Caribbean
Submitted: March 3, 2013
Stayed: February 2013
The overall Villa is fabulous and very comfortable for those who enjoy a modern upscale vacation experience.
The view from the Infinity pool is amazing! The property is immaculate and well maintained.
We offer the following comments as feedback for future guests:
We found only one electrical adapter in the villa for use with US 3 prong plugs. None were available at Gomez or Kooyman Hardware stores. We took turns using the one and moving it inside to outside and back. Recommend that additional outlet adapters be furnished and or tell future guests from the US to bring adapter kits for their electronic devices.
2 Large bath towels and 2 Beach towels were initially provided. Towels added midweek were small and of low quality.
A pair of binoculars would have been a nice addition to view the parade of ocean going vessels passing by.
A computer desk would have also been nice to have as most of us travel with laptops and other devices.
The Master Bed should have a mattress cover put on before the bed is made. Sleeping directly on the mattress is not comfortable nor is it a good practice for sanitation.
Did the Owner provide good Customer Service? We cannot rate this since we did not require any concierge services during our stay.
Everything considered we would recommend the Villa.
We felt that the Island of Curacao was a mixture of Amsterdam and Caribbean Island style. If one is looking for Fine Dining establishments for décor, service and food, one is better served going to St. Barth. If you are more laid back looking casual and food is your only requirement than you will like the Island. The beaches are very small, the sand littered with trash from locals and tourists and covered in coral and rocks. We enjoyed our visit to the National Park on the North Coast to see the Bokas, we recommend that as a must do for all visitors to the Villa since it is only a short drive away.
Owner's Response: Dear David, thank you for the wonderful review. We are very happy you enjoyed your stay. Your feedback is very important to us and we take all suggestions seriously.
The US 3 prong plugs are difficult to find on the island as they are really not needed. We use the 2 Prong US adapters (5 in the villa) for the US 3 prong plugs which are typically for laptops. The ground prong does not need to connect into the adapter. It simply slides over it and works just fine. We will do our best to try and locate a few on the island, if we have no luck we will bring some from the US on our next trip.
We previously decided not to put a computer desk as it would crowd the villa with too much furniture. We use the large coffee table, dining room table and also 3 other coffee tables that double as leg rests when using our laptops.
For the mattress cover in the master bedroom, I confirmed with Heidi the property manager that it was definitely there. Perhaps you did not realize as most mattress covers are not that thick and they zip up with a pretty tight fit. All 4 bedrooms have mattress covers for sanitary reasons and as well to preserve the mattress themselves, otherwise we would need to replace the mattress once a year.
We have been to the island over 8 times and still have not managed to cover even half of the hundreds of restaurants on the island. Of these hundreds of restaurants, many are actually Fine Dining 5 Star establishments with modern luxury décor and top notch service. Our concierge service could have pointed you in the right direction to these establishments, here are a few suggestions for your next trip to Curacao with some TOP 5 Star Restuarants, you can find their websites online:
Saint Tropez Oceanclub Curacao, Papagayo Beach Club, Zest Mediterranean Curacao, Hyatt Regency Shor Seafood, Boase Curacao
There are many small and secluded beaches on the island which makes the island unique to say Aruba which only has a few stretches of long beaches. In addition there several large and long beaches as well. Many are sand bottom only and others are only coral making Curacao beaches very unique, different and fun to explore.
Our website oceanvillascuracao can point you to all these beaches & there are some wonderful photos.
The three top beaches on the island which are all sand bottom are very near to the villa. Porto Marie, Cas Abao and Playa Kalki.
We hope to see you in the future.
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