Had a good 2 weeks stay with our kids. Villa was comfortably appointed and bikes, snorkel, deck chairs kit etc were great for popping down to nearest beautiful beach 5 mins cycle away. It has stunning views of Jolly Harbour.
The listing is however somewhat misleading when it says you have the ‘entire villa’ and separate private outside space. Only mentioning at the very end the potential that a ‘huge’ pool maybe shared if the sister villa is occupied. The reality is it’s 2 semi detached 3 bed villas that open up onto one outside pool area. Whilst each has its own outside table and bbq and 2 sun loungers outside each of villas’ doors , the pool and sofas under gazebo are shared. We were fortunate to only overlap on the last 3 nights with another family. This gave for a very different experience as the pool isn’t huge nor is the space private or self contained. We felt very much as if the outside space was shared.
Also if you book be aware that whilst only a short distance from Jolly Harbour the back access gates are shut so you have to go the long way around on a very poor condition road ( part of which is a massively rutted dirt track. The tarmac section was also really poor with sections that had subsided and meant you had to drive through a ditch. Took 15 mins to drive and strongly advise you get a 4x4. Our salon car struggled to cope with the road. Also the villa is set on the hillside and accessible by a steep rutted gravel track.
Whilst supposedly doing ‘Covid standard cleaning’, we were disappointed the villa wasn’t totally clean when we arrived. There was washing up left of the draining board, detergent spilt on top on the washing machine, the microwave had a spill on it and we had to asked for the bbq to be cleaned. Also surprisingly for a ‘5 star’ villa it didn’t have a dishwasher.
Re the canoes you'll need a roof rack or estate car to transport them.
The owner and the local staff member were very responsive and sorted out the aircon issue and a bed that broke within 24 hours.
Would recommend the villa but if you want a totally private villa holiday this isn’t the one for you.