It's difficult to describe in words Hotel De Love, but the pictures and description Coco had placed definitely reflected the unique and creative accommodation provided. It was like staying in a quirky retro fun house, there was no way we could get bored looking around at all the strategically placed art and collectables.
We were greeted warmly after being given privacy to check out our new place for the weekend. It was bigger than expected and has a great vibe from the get go.
Coco and her family were friendly and very approachable but were also very respectful of our space. Despite them offering to give us more space we chose to sit with them and had a Saturday evening well spent around the fire. It really felt like we were holidaying with close friends, discussing all things philosophical, singing songs and gaining local knowledge of the area. Coco and Mike were hospitable and friendly, we felt relaxed, safe and amongst 'our kind of people'. The following evening we did our own separate things but they still took time out to answer our questions about local hot spots and restaurants. We were well catered for with breakfast, bathroom amenities and kitchen ware provided- we even found some board games in the cupboard and had a go at twister! Harder than you think!
We can't recommend this place enough. The hot springs were about ten minutes drive at most and we visited Cape Schanck, Point Nepean, Portsea, Rosebud and surrounding areas with ease.
We will definitely stay there again and have recommended it to all of our friends. We could have spent another two nights there easily as there is a lot to do and so much space at Hotel De Love.