Family stay mid August 2022.
Firstly : Villa Selection.
These guys were fab!
Their selection of this villa was spot on and their service up to and across the whole duration of our stay was fantastic.
Having a W/ha/tsAp/p number made contacting them easy and their prompt replies to all messages and emails lessened mistakes in the booking and allaying any fears of being left stranded if any problems arose during the stay.
The villa
(Location):
The villas location is perfect for a quiet stay away from the crowds of the coastal areas , but literally a ten minute drive to the town of old Pollenca and slightly further on port Pollenca. (With it’s man made beaches)
Both town areas are easy to drive to and both are easy to park in.
Although personally we found the port town to be nice but a bit bland.
For the old town we used a handy carpark just off the main road
This car park never seemed to be full allowing easy parking and a short stroll across a beautiful Roman bridge and on into the beautiful old town.
In which we spent many a great afternoon and evening enjoying the stunning food and atmosphere.
Importantly the villa is also no more than 12 minutes away from the local supermarket (once again on that same road).
The supermarket is well stocked with all varieties of fresh produce from wine veg to meats and fresh seafoods.
Two petrol stations are right next this store as is a handy general store selling water guns and pool inflatables of all shapes to add to the pool fun.
The Villa itself
It’s accessible via a narrow road that winds its way up from the main road into the hills.
The house is a traditional stone built villa laid out over three floors , that sits hidden and away from neighbours on the upper slopes of a valley.
I’d say 1970s in construction.
It has a very large and open gravel driveway allowing easy parking and manoeuvring and is nicely shaded by trees.
The interior is clean and very nicely maintained and of its age in style perhaps once being a family home.
It has all the original features and furniture from this time , which I must say works ! This combined with lovely original art work and mid century ceramic-ware gives the house some real quality.
*Importantly the beds and bathrooms are all new and great.
A note : we stayed at the end of a unprecedented heatwave with temps at night of 30plus degrees (no breeze)!
As this house is stone and has no air conditioning the accumulated heat made the upstairs bedrooms totally unliveable for two of the nights (even with fans on full tilt )
We chose to sleep downstairs until the temperatures dropped to a more manageable 26 at night!
A minor thing really …but one to bare in mind for August stays.
The kitchen ,
good basic and had everything we needed inc a good fridge.
*We found the electric hob somewhat confusing , but this could just have been us?
The property has a nice large clean garage accessible from the kitchen and great clothes washing facilities in this area.
Washing machine and tumble drier etc.
Now the killer-blow.
THE POOL AREA ..WOW.
This is why you rent this villa .
Walking out from the kitchen you enter an ivy covered dining area , table and chairs , beautiful.
This looks down onto a nice large pool ..which is wow.
The pool has a waterfall from a smaller pool above it.
The pool surround is all natural stone and surrounded in turn by a mature garden.
Only then do one becomes aware of the huge mountains surrounding the house , absolutely magnificent. And the views off into the distance.
quite something to see in the early morning as the sun rises.
A note: the main pool is deep at over 6ft at its deepest to perhaps 4 ft at its shallowest (so not perfect perhaps for small children)
The top waterfall pool is nice and a shallow though.
In short it’s a beautiful house ,in a beautiful area.
Book it and Enjoy !