Luxury Villa With Pool, 50m To Sea And Close To Town

The villa is in a great location with lovely sea views from upstairs bedrooms but for british holidaymakers it is lacking basic essentials when self catering. For starters there is no kettle! Probably the most basic requirement. Pots, pans, utensils, tea towels etc are few and far between. Not one bottle of water even in the villa upon our arrival and was not given option of ordering a welcome pack. Villa had been cleaned out of anything that the previous occupants probably left ie salt, sugar etc. Bedding is not matching and not ironed. Villa was not cleaned to a high standard prior to us arriving - fingerprints all over the glass balconies, kids stickers stuck to tables, bathrooms not cleaned to high standard. Quite a smell of sewers in the toilets and bathrooms.

One of the most alarming things we discovered quite quickly was that the bath in the first floor ensuite had an electric current running through it! We wanted to use it to bathe our young children but decided it was probably not a good idea! Told villa manager and he had a twiddle around with it and declared it safe but decided not to take his word for it and opted to shower the kids instead! No pool cleaning took place in the whole two weeks that we were staying. In the past pool man has come every day to other villas we have stayed in - maybe not required every day but here there is not one visit! The pool looked murky and the chemical levels in it were probably substandard by the time we left. Very little input from management team.

Outside area is very small. Built in BBQ is round the side of the villa as is the outside dining area. Not good. There were seven of us and we felt like we were sat on top of each other at times. Only four sun beds available too for a villa that sleeps 8. No mirror in two of the bedrooms. No waste bins in bedrooms. Furniture in bedrooms is dark wood - quite oppressive. Not modern and light as the villa exterior may suggest and also not like the photographs on the website which must have been taken some time ago!

After staying in many villas over the year I would strongly suggest that if you are a british family that you rent from british property owners. They have more understanding of what families need and want from a villa such as basic requirements, welcome packs, kettle, toaster, tea towels, cleanliness of villa, good bedding, etc etc.

Need car unless you are very good at walking up and down HUGE hills in 40 degree heat!