Our group of 11 people has just completed a two-week brilliant stay at Can Paulo. We thorougly enjoyed our time in this superb house, and we consider Cati and Paola excellent hosts.
The house is modern, spacious, tastefully designed, and highly funcitonal. It is built of quality materials, and it is well-equipped with high-standard furniture. It includes a top-of-the-line modern kitchen, a nice barbecue area (that also serves as a bar with a proper beer tap), and an impressively long and wonderful pool.
All of the rooms are spacious, and each of the four upstairs bedrooms comes with modern bathroom facilities and a terrace with beautiful views of green forest, fields and/or hills. The views from the ground level are very nice as well, especially from the outdoor terrace and the pool, as the house is located in a sparsely populated area at the edge of a green and attractive natural park.
The few (2-3) other houses in the "neighbourhood" are a substantial distance away, so as tenants of the house we felt that we had a large chunk of beautiful country-side all to ourselves. If there is any downside to that, it is that cars are needed. We needed cars to take us shopping in beautiful Santanyi (about 10 minutes drive away) and to visit the absolutely lovely beaches that are within relatively easy reach (about 15 minutes from the house by car). Each of those drives runs through attractive scenery.
There are seveal spectacular beaches nearby. Our favorite for sun-baithing and swimming is Cala LLombards.
A nice place to go for lunch or dinner is Cala Figuera, a port town with romantic scenery (but no beach). That town is also home to a company called Redstar Tours that offers a fantastic 2-hour coast-viewing trip by speedboat. We found it a great way to see the coast-line, including some of those beaches that are otherwise hard to get to, though it is worth noting that the ride is bumpy and arguably not suitable for small kids unless they are of the very brave variety. We booked the trip online using an intermediary called Viator, but it can also be done directly with Redstar.
We also had an excellent dinner in El Baul Restaurant i Portocolom, adjacent to a beach and about 20 minutes drive from the house. We found it to be a top quality meal at a reasonable price, with a nice view of the beach.
Overall, we thouroughly enjoyed our holiday in Can Paulo.
Cati and Paola went out of their way (well beyond the call of duty) to solve the few small problems we enountered, and also gave us very helpful general guidance about the area.