We had a great stay in this lovely villa . Sadly there where one or two problems which caused a bit of stress .
Firstly the description on the air bnb website that the villa is ‘a 5 minute walk from the town ‘ is incorrect. It is a 20/25 min walk . You definitely will need a car .
We were told that we had to divide all our rubbish into 4 separate categories ( not a problem as we do this at home anyway for recycling) and then drive it to the local municipal waste site , approximately 7 mins away which is only open on a Monday , Wednesday & Friday . We did this but received a lot of abuse and we’re told we didn’t have the correct colour bags and that we should take most of it to Palma 30+ mins drive away !!
I spoke to the villa owners about the problem with the waste , which mounts up when there are 8 people in a villa . He said rubbish collection wasn’t included in the villa price but he could do a rubbish collection 3 times during our stay ( 8 days ) for €150 ! .
We were also told 48 hours prior to arrival that the owner required a cash deposit of €500 on arrival .
There are CC TV cameras in all rooms downstairs except the kitchen and toilet which we found somewhat unnecessarily intrusive .
On arrival we were asked to sign 5 pages of photos of the various rooms , we did understand the families pride in their home however being treated like a potential criminal from the beginning is not the right way to welcome guests. I think this may just be something they need to understand and change so they don’t upset there future guests
On the plus side the kitchen was very well equipped and had plenty of room to prep food . The BBQ was great and there was loads of wood to use .
It was lovely to be able to pick the oranges from the orchard and get freshly squeezed juice each morning.
The pool and pool area are exceptional , masses of space and an really large pool with beautifully manicured. grounds .
Vincent was very quick at the end of our stay to hand back the €500 and spent quite a long time trying to find us a taxi to get us back to Palma airport which was kind of him . I did tell him that the rubbish situation caused us a lot of issues. He did explain that rural areas have this problem as they are not treated the same as more urban areas . I think he needs to point this out to people prior to arrival or preferably include a rubbish collection twice a week so people can enjoy there holiday without the worry of the disposal of rubbish .