Villa Apsida, Large villa with beautiful view

I was a bit apprehensive about booking after reading the review from Rebecca, but we were really pleasantly surprised when we arrived. No problems to speak of and the staff working for the villa came to check on us on the second day to make sure we had everything we needed.

The villa was luxurious with a homely feeling, while the outside pool area and veranda are such a relaxing place to spend evenings, overlooking the stunning bay. Most evenings we spent with the family taking in the views and having BBQs by the pool.

The surrounding areas are also very quiet and we felt very safe, and the location is outstanding.

We all enjoyed it so much, look out for us next year!

Alison and family

I'll start with the good points!

The views are exceptional! This property has the most beautiful views and every terrace makes the most of them. A beautiful spot to relax and drink in the scenery.

The property itself could be gorgeous. It's very spacious and plenty of space for two sharing families with children.

The pool is lovely.

Now the bad...! the plumbing throughout the entire property is completely shoddy & needs a major overhaul! Within 24 hours of arriving we had a leaking bath, a leaking shower and the pool heating (which we had paid a lot of extra money for) had broken. 'Jimmy' the maintenance man was great and came straight away... but sadly fixed nothing! After a specialist plumber was called and a lot of black soot exploded (literally) all over the pool and terraces, the boiler was fixed and pool heating resumed! Then the downstairs toilet began to leak sewage water... stinking out the downstairs bedroom and making that bathroom completely unusable. This was never fixed either, even though Jimmy did come twice to look at it. The upstairs toilets then began to really smell too... badly... and we needed fans on all the time to keep the air circulating as the smell was so unbearable. By the end of the first week, the kitchen sink had also given up on us and was needing daily plunging! It began to leak every time we took the plug out and spread old dirty washing up water/food all over the terrace by the pool. So we were all treading in unpleasant old waste water which was pretty disgusting! the dishwasher also leaked permanently so we had towels all over the floor to soak that up!

All in all - a disaster! We contacted the owner immediately and continued to contact her as we became more and more desperate. I can only imagine the house had been empty for a long time before our visit as the plumbing simply couldn't handle being used.

At no point have we been offered an apology. We have been told that there will be no refund as she has spent a lot of money on the maintenance guy (the one who didn't manage to fix anything) and also on the pool heating. So it is up to us to bear the brunt of the costs.

A huge shame and a very nearly ruined precious 2 week holiday. Had we realised how bad things were going to get we would have looked to move but with no wifi and the promise of things being fixed we tried instead to just enjoy our holiday.

I would caution anyone looking at this villa - there are plenty of other options in the area!

The view immediately hit us when we arrived at the villa. The villa is spotless and equipped with everything we need to a high standard, and was very easy to find, while not far from shops and beach. Almyrida and Kalyvas has everything we need for a fantastic holiday. But even so we ended up not going out much towards the end of our stay because it's such a nice place to relax. We most certainly will be back to enjoy this villa again - and highly recommend it to all our friends and family.

Thank you Wendy for giving us the opportunity to stay in this wonderful villa, see you in the near future!