We very much enjoyed our week outside Valencia but had mixed feelings about the AirBnB that we felt would be helpful to share.
We enjoyed the countryside and the mountains and visited a few towns and villages around and did a bit of hiking and walking. Thank you for the recommendations! The house is also close enough to Valencia and to the beaches so there was a lot to do, especially in beautiful weather.
The house itself is spacious and practical, the children thoroughly enjoyed the swimming pool and the garden. We found, however, that the house decoration was very dated and a few things needed immediate attention. Two main ones for usb were the bathrooms and the security of the blinds. The bathrooms had very strong drain smell that spread into the bedrooms - an issue we shared with Maria but not something that was possible to be solved when we were there. The blinds in the main room were not secured against the wall and given its exposed position the wind constantly bashed them so we had to keep them closed which made the house dark inside. Finally, although we always like houses with character and personal touches, in this case it felt that the house was just left as it was as opposed to prepared for the guests.
We stayed in the house with young children and were grateful for the cot and high chair and some toys. If you have a crawling baby, it’s not the easiest house to manage but it’s possible.
One last point is we had very limited communication from Maria. She came very quickly to replace the gas canister but did not give us instructions on how to leave or even sent a message to reply to our thank you and good bye note.
So all in all, for us, this was a lovely holiday and the house had potential to be really nice but it needs some work.