This was a real mixed bag! Lots of pros but a few cons for us that took from the experience.
Pros - 1) The pool. I mean it's amazing! Beautiful, clean, views around and a shaded pergola. The sunbeds and chairs all have mattresses too so it's really comfy and we really enjoyed the pool.
2)The apartment is nicely decorated and has everything you need.
3)They have a great full size table tennis table- we had a great few games!
4)We went for walks up the road and it has lovely scenery.
5)Elena was really nice over the phone and always answered any questions i had straight away. (We never met Elena in person. She sent a friend to give us the key on arrival).
6) There was food in the cupboards, a lovely bottle of wine, milk, jam etc. It was a nice touch.
Cons- 1)The dogs. Elenas aunt owns the airbnb and lives across the road. She has 4 guard dogs who bark a lot. The neighbours seemed to have about 4 dogs too and they come up to the aunts boundary (right at the airbnb) and antagonise her dogs -so there's about 8 dogs barking at each other day and night, all night long. There is no aircon so we had to open all the windows with the heat so you cant close off from the noise. We got no sleep at all the first night and the barking really would drive you crazy! I text Elena the next morning to explain and she did say she was sorry but there was no remedy offered. Her aunts dogs were out at night and continued to bark day and night for the remainder of the hols. We used earphones to try and get some sleep.
2)Elena explained there was noone else there, that we had the place to ourselves. The place didn't feel that private for us. I think if we had been told to expect maintenace men, farm workers and gardners in and around the house we would have been better prepared. I came down to the pool one day and heard mens voices so I got my husband from the house to go find out. 2 men were sitting down in the bbq area smoking and had parked their car there. We had no idea who they were! I text elena who explained they were gardners. This happened with pool maintenance and another day a man drove in, parked at d side of the house, went into the utility room n headed off again 10 mins later. I still dont know who that was!! I never fully relaxed there which was a pity.
3) It's a working countryside so there was a man with a chainsaw all day 8am-3.30pm one day around the house cutting the trees. Another night the neighbours set small fires very close to the house so we had to close all the windows with the thick smoke. (I think they set some plants on fire as part of their farming practices? There were a lot of small fires visible around the landscape). There's a quarry up the road so you can hear the rock breaking in the distant background.
4) There is no wifi or aircon. We had roaming so wifi wasn't an issue for us.
5) The road is a gravel unfinished road for approx 1.2km up to the house. It's driveable but not pleasant. We had planned on going out for a daytrip every day but we changed to every second day because we couldn't face travelling that road with a rental car everyday.