My husband and I travel all over the world and always go for self catering accommodation. I went for what I would describe as a high-end rental on this occasion, booking in for 18 days.
The property itself is a several hundred year old stone building with gorgeous stairway and old wrought iron work throughout.
The beds were clean and very comfortable. The host provided 2 beach towels for our use which was nice touch. There were plenty of clean crisp towels and after 1 week a maid came and gave us a change of bed linen and bathroom towels.
The shower and bath worked well with plenty of piping hot water for baths every evening.
Sadly, however, there were several issues that really let the property down:
The bathrooms themselves were rather jaded with leaky tap faucets, grubby grout all needing a re-fresh. Rather shockingly the bins and toilet brushes in all the property bathrooms were absolutely disgusting; dirty and stained brown from too many years of use. I photographed the problem items and sent to Kevin who appropriately responded by providing new items then disappointingly failed to take the offending items away.
All the dishes , cutlery and glassware in the cupboards in the kitchen were grubby and needed a good clean. There was not one sharp knife in the kitchen which made food prep rather challenging! The kitchen sink wafted bad drain smells intermittently; Kevin did provide a product to clear which he left do us to pour down the sink which helped a little.
The kitchen was probably the worst equipped of any rental I have stayed in ;
there was no coffee pot/ caftiere/ machine; when I pointed this out Keven dropped off a stovetop boiler pot which actually did not fit on the gas-top cooker grid. When I pointed this out Kevin did drop off a percolator coffee machine but it was , again dirty, but worked very well once I had given it a good scrub.
The cooker was rather vintage with the gas stove-top being able to deal with on full or off; we are avid cooks so this was frustrating.
These were all little issues, and would have been absolutely acceptable if we were in a v low cost budget, no frills rental which is what we usually go for.
However, having spent £3000 on 18 day rental I have to say I was quite disappointed.
Would definitely return to Gozo, but not to this property.