This was the first time we’d ever holidayed in a villa and weren’t sure what to expect. We booked through Direct Holidays so had the back-up of a rep if we needed it – thankfully we didn’t.

The transfer coach stopped off at the Maribel Apartments for us to register and pick up our keys. The tour rep had left the coach by this point and the driver didn’t speak English (well I think - he didn’t actually speak at all) so it was more by luck than design that we found this out. We were dropped off at our villa then pretty much left to our own devices for the rest of the week. The welcome meeting (which we didn’t attend) is at the Sagitario Playa and is across the road from the Maribel Apartments.

First impressions were good, everything seemed clean, spacious and the way we expected. The living area is quite compact but there were only 4 of us and we didn’t use it that much so not a problem.

The kitchen had a reasonable range of equipment but there wasn’t a... more