The Cleetons - May 2012 - Luxurious Elegant Home
Submitted: June 13, 2012
Stayed: May 2012
We have recently returned from staying for 8 nights at the Villa in Parrish and had a wonderful relaxing week after what was a very hectic 8 nights in Orlando visiting the theme parks.
The villa is in a very quiet location on the edge on a golf course on a lovely quiet residential estate just outside of Palmetto, about 3 miles from the Ellenton Premium Shopping Outlets. The villa is about 45 minutes away from the gorgeous beaches in Sarasota and about 35 minutes from St Pete's Beach and also not far from Tampa.
We spent a lot of time just chilling at the villa by the pool, our 6 year old now swims like a fish and loved having the pool that he could jump in whenever he wanted. We bought some wondeful steaks from the Smokehouse Butchers in Palmetto and cooked them on the BBQ one evening and listened to the wildlife croaking away in the woods behind the pool.
St Petes Beach is one of our favourite places and we had many a trip to the lovely beach there for sunbathing, jet skiing or the big inflatable water slides on the weekend, which our little boy just loved or out for dinner in the evening after a quick drive over the Sunshine Skyway toll bridge (make sure you have some change on you).
We had some wonderful meals out while were there both in St Petes and Sarasota and also visited the Ellenton Steakhouse, which on arrival we thought was like something out of Fawlty Towers (for those of you from the UK that know the programme) very disorganised in a laughable kind of way, but the steaks we had were amazing and the food and drink was very reasonable - just goes to show looks can be deceiving!!
I would recommend this villa to anyone young or old, families or just couples, the villa is really spacious inside and has everything you could need to make you feel at home during your stay. We spoke to the Management company a couple of times while we were there and they were very helpful and sorted things out really quickly, which was great.
Steve & Jackie were great at responding to my e-mails and we had seamless liasons with them from the start of our booking through to the return of our deposit - so thanks very much for all your help.
Go on, go ahead and book the Villa, you won't be disappointed!
Owner's Response: A big thank you to Briony for giving us an excellent review. We appreciate it very much.
Being situated between Tampa and Sarasota, our home is in a great location. It makes it an ideal base from which to explore a large variety of places but it's a quiet and peaceful place to return to when you want to relax and unwind. We are delighed that Briony and her family had such a great time.
J & S.
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