We stayed at Villa Pastor for 8 nights with our three young children. The location is great, it’s a 5 minute walk to a beautiful beach which has a restaurant, and a 2 minute walk to a little shop and a lovely restaurant which has an outdoor play area.
The Villa is a lovely size and has a beautiful garden with well maintained grounds.
The Villa is dated and if you plan to cook you will be disappointed with the kitchen amenities. We couldn’t even get the oven to heat up so that was unusable which was frustrating. We did report it to the management and they said they could provide further instructions but my feeling is, if the instructions are more complicated than the self explanatory pictures on the dials then they should leave instructions there.
Upon arrival at the Villa we found the main AC Unit in the living area to be broken which was annoying as it was very hot. We did report this and it was repaired 5 days later.
Be prepared that the AC works by a meter and you manually have to insert €1 per hour in coins. We weren’t aware of this so arrived late at night, unprepared.
Also be aware that there is absolutely nothing at the Villa in terms of supplies - no hand soap, no kitchen towels, no washing up liquid, no salt/pepper/oil. Not even a sponge to do the washing up with. You are expected to buy absolutely everything and discard it on your departure. We found this to be unusual considering the price of the Villa.
All this aside, the most disappointing and scary thing for us was the electrics. The electrical system in the Villa is old and outdated. On our 5th day we noticed a burning smell coming from the fuse box. It transpired that the wiring from two spurs were melting and smoking. The fuse didn’t trip automatically, we did it manually. There and no smoke detectors in the property or fire blankets or extinguishers. Had we not have noticed the burning smell and shut off the electrical supply there is no doubt in my mind that it would have caught fire. Due to the fact that you had to manually feed €1 p/hour to the meter we used the AC sparingly, usually just at night. It’s quite reasonable to think we could have burnt to death in our sleep.
The problem was repaired although the electrics then broke again after a couple of hours which left us overnight (and most of the following day) with no electrics at all.
Knowing what I know now, and from our experience at this Villa, I would not recommend this to anyone unless the electrics are updated. It is a hazard and all the Management Company say is to use less electricity. I’m not sure we could have used much less than we did unless we had spent the evenings in total darkness.