The villa is run in partnership with a hotel, Porto Villa Suites. Guests have access to the hotel pool, services, and the concierge who works very hard. As a result of this arrangement, pre-trip communication happened outside of Airbnb, which was challenging because I have a lot of travel to keep track of and should not have been expected to remember what platform, say, the airport transfer was recorded on. This arrangement led to other communication issues as well.
The villa was beautiful and well kept, and the location was great. The climate control was difficult to operate, and the plunge pool and hotel pool were both ice cold. The first is fine: it’s a plunge pool. The second was not so fine, but the views from the hotel pool are amazing. I would return!