Villeleynah Holiday Home

The ville is stunning. Well kept, maybe the kitchen could offer a bit more, but you find all the basics and some utensils for bbq as well. Outdoor space has different solutions, all areas are nice and perfect to enjoy time with friends. Pool was clean, despite the weather was still not the best to swim. We could anyway spend time by the pool, sit on the edge or on the steps in the water. It's all you see in the pictures. Great experience!

All was good. You still need to consider it's an old traditional house, so better to keep the windows open for a while to have fresh air in and remove that smell of humidity (not bad at all anyways).

The location the village the views and pool

The Villa is absolutely stunning. It sleeps 12 people in 5 rooms - 4 ensuite doubles including a huge master bedroom with a 4 poster bed and rolltop bath; 1 large ensuite room with 4 single beds which would be ideal for children. The villa has a courtyard; large outside dining area; outside lounge area; sunbeds area and then the pool - all on different levels. There were only 4 of us staying so it was huge! There is also off street parking in the villa for two cars through steel doors. The pool is absolutely magnificent with and set in a spectacular rockface with a small 'cave you can enter protected by a mini waterfall when the pool pump is on). The back of the villa overlooks farmland and views of villages which at night is wonderful - as good a view as you can get other than overlooking the sea. Any issues were dealt with very speedily by the hosts.

The only area which I think could be improved is positioning of the large hot tub. This is situated in a 'basement' room just off the courtyard with low ceilings and unfortunately, there was a smell of chlorine that built up when we wanted to use it. We all thought that if the hot tub could have been situated outside overlooking the pool and wider view, that would have been fantastic and we would have been in it every evening! Also if the host could offer to supply a small pack of essentials ie tea, coffee, sugar, milk, water etc...for you to have on arrival, that would have been great. Although there is a local supermarket a few minutes walk from the villa, we only found out about that by talking to people in a villa opposite.

It was very clean and suitable for 12 people as the place is very big and the pool was huge. The farmhouse is perfect for a large group of people such as a friend group to enjoy a weekend together. We even managed to cook using the oven and cooker and did not need to wash plates as a dishwasher was provided.

One AC was dropping water onto a plug which was a bit unsafe and some AC remotes were not working however we still managed to switch the ACs on with the other remotes. There is a plug right next to the oven which could also be considered unsafe.

Definitely the swimming pool, it was lovely and very big, lovely views from the terrace, and a good selection of rooms and plenty of bathrooms. The bbq was really good too.

Being next to an active farm that unfortunately attracted lots of flies, which meant we couldn’t sit outside in the evening.

Everything

Liked everything

Really spacious and high quality house. Wonderful pool, with a nice view across the countryside. Great hot tub. Everything worked well, and the air conditioning in the bedrooms is really beneficial when the heat rises. Management was very responsive. Really just a great house.

The parking is good to have, but the entrance is incredibly difficult if your car isn't tiny. The gate is stone on both sides and very narrow, and there are constantly cars parked on both sides of the gate and on the other side of the narrow road. It's doable (we did it with a very large car), but requires a lot of manoeuvring and a risk of scratches. We ended up parking in the public parking spaces a couple of hundred meters down the road. But with a smaller car it would be more doable. A more significant issue came when it rained, as the stone steps get very slippery. One set in particular (the ones going to the upstairs bedrooms) is genuinely dangerous, and we ended up spending a night in the emergency room when one of the family slipped despite being careful (no serious injuries). It could be addressed just by providing some mats to put down when it rains.