This villa has two stand out positives. Firstly the location is superb, five minutes’ walk to Puerto Portals and six minutes to Portal Nous. Also, based on our experience, anyone renting this or any other property under the management of Pancho Rentals can look forward to the highest levels of customer care from people who have been super attentive to anything we have asked for and for whom nothing seems to be too much trouble – thank you Pancho and Carla.
The villa itself appears to have been fully refurbished about 10 years ago but the building is older and the layout of the space does not fully reflect what you would find in a newer build. There are five bedroom and four bathrooms however only two bedrooms are en-suite. None of the bedrooms are particularly big and the main bedroom on the first floor is not big enough to fit a dressing table in. A small table and two chairs needs to be provided on the balcony of this bedroom. The largest bedroom, which does have a dressing area, appears to be a basement conversion of what may have previously been a garage. This room smelled of damp, has no external view other than a basement yard and I would personally not want to stay in it although our teenage children didn’t seem to mind. All the furniture and fittings are functional and commensurate with what you might expect for a rental house but lacked any sort of wow factor and would not look out of place in a much cheaper property. The beds were standard size doubles not the larger king size but were very comfortable, the air conditioning works well and the WiFi is fast.
The outside area is nicely laid out with terrace, pool and separate garden area. It gets the sun all day however for the cost of this villa I think an umbrella should be provided to give some shade. There is an outside cold shower by the pool which is a nice feature. The outside dining area easily accommodates 10 people or more and is raised up from the pool level. A quality Weber BBQ is provided.
Our family has hugely enjoyed our two week stay at Villa Zafiro but value at any level is a measure of what you get against what it costs. We paid £24,000 and I feel this is at the very top end of what this property is worth. The 2023 price for this property appears to be very significantly more and I feel that most people paying more than we did would question whether it was worth it.