Still waters is a wonderful villa, smart, clean and spacious.It is in a lovely little suburb and the gardens and views are stunning.
Apart from some tiny little details, I couldn’t really fault the villa at all. The games were welcomed, the music CD’s were good to have, one of the kids did watch a DVD and the swimming pool inflatables were good fun!
We appreciated the towels for use by the pool and the personal touches such as the bathroom products and hairdryers in all the rooms.
I would recommend the villa confidently.
If I were to be pernickety about the villa; I would add, that it would have been helpful to have a cheese grater, a dustpan and an extra key! Currently the pictures of the pool area show 3 parasols & outside cushions, but on arrival, there were only 2 parasols and no outside cushions (this is a small detail, but worth mentioning). We were disappointed and surprised that there was no arrival pack, and the information booklet, albeit helpful, could have gone much further. Unfortunately, when in a unknown town, being advised where the nearest butcher, supermarket etc. by road names isn’t that helpful, as there are no road signs. We were also not contacted, even once, by anyone asking if all was well, anything was needed etc.
However, the biggest downside for us, that changed the dynamics of the holiday quite considerably, was the location of the villa.
The description states a ‘3 minute walk to the beach’ and a 5 minute walk to the nearest restaurant.This is simply not correct. The nearest open water area. which is not a beach but really a bay for hiring boats and other water sports, is down a hill, out of the gated villa area, and then a walk on a fairly busy road, I would say around a 30 minute walk. And as I say it isn't a typical beach with sunbeds, parasols, etc. (We did spend some time looking for pathways to other possible beach areas near the villa, and I can only assume the pathway mentioned in the description is the one that takes you to the church).
The nearest taverna is a further 5 minute walk and is situated on the side of a busy road and never had anyone eating in it - a car is, very much, a necessity.
So in summary, the villa was great, positioned in a beautiful quiet area with stunning views, in a well-tended, attractive garden with a great swimming pool area but the location didn’t live up to the description and therefore did spoil the type of holiday we were hoping to have.
