The villa was even better than the photographs indicate and, in particular, the kitchen which has recently been refurbished and is very well equipped.
It is very spacious, easily accommodating our family group of three couples, and includes a large outside dining area and six loungers plus table and chairs around the pool. Both interior and exterior were very clean and well maintained.
The location is excellent in a quiet residential street but only a five minute stroll to the main waterside restaurants, bars, shops and water taxis to the beach. The pool area is slightly overlooked and suffers some noise from the apartment block behind but we did not find this spoilt our enjoyment in any way.
It transpired that the owner lives in Lisbon so the only local contact on arrival and throughout our stay was with the gardener who only speaks Portuguese. We therefore had to rely on my daughter's fluent Spanish and the written documentation provided in English for information about how everything worked. When the main electricity fuse blew on our first night we could not initially get a reply from the two contact numbers supplied but then received a call back almost immediately to give us the location of the main trip switch.
Overall we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would certainly recommend to friends and family.