We spent the 1st of several weeks on island. Very nice villa & gated community. We enjoyed our short stay, sitting on the small breezy patio, taking quick dips in plunge pool & walking the community in evenings sometimes combined with a swim in larger community pool. People next door were friendly. Instructions to find villa were good, we are familiar with island so found location easily; Ingrid and Bas are very nice & helpful upon arrival and departure. Thank you!
Be aware there is only one road to Jan Thiel which gets very busy traffic jam wise morning and afternoon. We knew to expect this so not a surprise.
Both bedrooms large with a/c, master bed has just 1 of 2 wardrobes available for use & little in the way of drawers. A little annoyance, but master bed sheets & underpad rode up on the bed every night, removed underpad but still an issue. The second bedroom has huge wardrobe & shelving, friend said bed comfy. We spend our time outside, however there is a huge living room & inside dining area neither of which we used other than to store dive gear on floor. The bbq worked well - did not use oven - think we first to use new dishwasher, plates etc do not fit in very well so did a lot hand washing too. Kitchen is lovely new one & everything we used worked well - we loved the knife board! Make sure you buy paper towels, toilet paper, tin foil for bbq, oil, herbs, spices etc etc as only salt & pepper in kitchen. Took 3 days of boiling kettle on living room floor before found the extension outlet in kitchen - tucked in corner to right of fridge.. now you know! 🤣 We did a small wash & plenty of line to hang wet things to dry in the garden. Also another seating area in lower garden which we didn't use.
We had rental car from airport but villa owners supply a very nice rental car if required, I suggest you use theirs.
Only issue we really had was with the water - scalding hot in both showers & not being familiar with the set up we didn't know how or where to turn down until last day. Also after few days we noticed toilet was running/overflowing in the tank - float was stuck. We rectified this & kept an eye on it. I am sure this is why our water & electricity for the week was twice what we usually pay for two weeks elsewhere. Overall it was a comfortable, clean and well maintained place to stay.
