Finca Santa Maria

We recently stayed at Finca Santa Maria, which is a beautiful property for our holiday and couldn't have been happier with our experience. The location was ideal and close to everything we needed, while the amenities exceeded our expectations. Our entire family had a wonderful time and would highly recommend this property to anyone looking for a relaxing and enjoyable getaway.

It was perfect

Fantastic place. Very nice and helpful host. Everything you need to have a great staying, especially with families. It is even better than it looks at the photos.

The host met us at the property on arrival and showed us around and gave us all necessary info that we needed. She was very thorough and showed us how to operate any of the things we would need for our stay. She organised our hotel transfer as there was 10 (inc 4 kids) of us with loads of bags and prams. This really was a great help with 3 young children and saved us standing in the taxi queue. She also a car hire to be delivered to the villa. She was available by text at all times. She booked a restaurant for us at our request and we got an amazing table with stunning views. The villa was as stunning as the pictures and was very well thought out with everything you could want available. I particualy loved all the blankets so you could sit outside at night and not be cold. It was spotlessly clean and very spacious for all 10 of us. We didn't feel like we were all cramped in together. All the bedrooms were beautifully decorated and lots of attention to detail. There were plentiful towels and robes and endless storage space. The hot tub, sauna & steam room were great and very well used. The gardens were very spacious with lots of seperate areas. Cleaners came in twice in our 10 day stay and gave the villa a very thorough clean inside & out. It was quite unusally windy on a few days, around the outdoor dining area there were huge big panels you could put up & down as needed which really created a very shelted outdoor space. The outdoor BBQ area was great and we used it most nights, lots of worktop space and sink which is always helpful. There was also a laundry room with washing machine, airer, iron & ironing board. Always a bonus to come home with a case of mainly clean washing!!! Kitchen had pretty much everything you would need, lots of plates, cutlery, crockery, glasses. 2 huge big fridges, coffee machine, dishwasher etc. All in all we had an amazing holiday at an amazingly stunning villa!!!

The only negative was that on arrival in February, the pool wasnt heated for us getting there and took almost the full duration of our 9 night stay to get to the advertised 29 degrees. This was the one thing that really sold the villa for us was a heated pool for the 4 kids particularly. So we really got little use of it as it was far too cold to put kids (3 of which were under 4 years). When you are spending this amount of money you would really expect the pool to be at temperature on arrival. As we were here in February the sun isnt as hot or out as long as perhaps the summer months so that didn't offer much in the way of heating the pool. Thank goodness for the hot tob.

Great facilities and lots of space.

Lighting in kitchen is a bit dark. No frosted windows in the bathrooms. Difficult to get taxis at short notice.

Spacious home, beautifully designed and great pool and hot tub. Very clean, luxurious beds, everything you need a family holiday.

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Location Great. Really felt like home from home. everyone in the party had a great time.

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An incredibly beautiful villa with a great outdoor area. Elena, our host, was wonderful and helpful and was always a message away. We highly recommend this villa for a family vacation where everyone can also enjoy their privacy.