This is a delightful little villa, all on ground level-with a lovely surprise of out-door steps leading to a roof-top terrace with spectacular panoramic views.
The villa itself is spotless and in a quiet location. The flowers in bloom around the eaves of the villa at this time of year are beautiful. The advertised photos inside and out don't do the place justice (the furniture has been repositioned, which is a lot nicer and has a shabby chic/antique feel to it...lovely!).
Only a 10 minute walk to the local supermarket in the Old Village, although on return it's uphill, so not so easy in the heat of the day, with a load of shopping...but had to be done on nearly a daily basis! Another 10/15 minutes takes you to the Marina with a 5 minute return by taxi, which is around 5 euros.
The only negative points were that we were led to believe there was a TV and wi-fi. After contacting Claudia in day 2, it took another 4 days for the engineer to finally install 3 channels (1 with news and another 2 with Dutch in German subtitles). I know you don't go on holiday to watch the TV, but it's an alternative at night when it's chilly outside. The wi-fi never took place however, but I didn't want to complain again.
Another problem was the showers. The villa description stated that there were no showers, but after seeing the photos there were shower curtains, which led me to believe that there were, but not in cubicles. There were showers, but not fixed to the wall-which made showering a bit of a chore, only using 1 hand to wash!
The only other (small) issue was that Housekeeping came only on the Saturday to change towels and bedding when it stated they were meant to visit mid-week also (they did remove our empty bottles from the night before though, before we managed to). Not a major problem.
The pool was nice-quite cold due to it being in the shade a lot of the day, but we were glad of the natural shade with trees from the golf course throughout the day! The pool cleaner came a couple of times, which was nice to have it hoovered at the bottom. The tiles were really dirty at water level though, so perhap a good scrub could be recommended at the same time.
In summary-we had a fabulous fortnight in Villa Verde (only 1 day of rain and only a couple of mosquito bites). We would definitely consider booking again if the TV, wi-fi and shower issues were addressed.
I would love to hear of any updates on these!
Elaine and Steven McCover
