Five friends and I had a really great week at Catalina's villa in June 2018. We arrived really late and had delayed flights but texted Catalina and she was brilliant and waited for us in Estellencs even though we didn't arrive til after midnight on a Sunday night, then she guided our taxi down the hill to the villa. The villa is located about a 15 minute walk to the village (uphill - good for carrying stuff back downhill though!). There is a small shop in the village for basics, toilet roll, bread, cereal, ice creams, but no fresh veg stuff. The beach with shingle/rock is 5/10 min walk away. We didn't look further for sandy beach cause it was really lovely there, quiet and a nice beach bar!
We did this trip without a car and just using public transport. This was fine and possible, but we had to get the bus for about 40 mins north to a town for a supermarket trip early in the week, but we stocked up a LOT and lasted throughout the week with only going to the village shop for fresh bread. We also ate at a restaurant in the village which was really lovely and looked over the sea.
Overall, we really recommend this gorgeous villa. Close to beach, very quiet, but just about manageable for us without a car! Thank you so much Catalina