Neekst
August 8, 2024
We stayed at a family of 5 (2 adults and 3 kids: 16, 8 and 6) from July 25th to August 5th in a villa with a private pool (Villa 11) and were B&B as kids have allergies and we travelled with family members with coeliac who were also staying in the resort. Firstly the villa positives: it was lovely and I much preferred the space over being in an apartment with the three kids. There are two bedrooms in the villa, the kids upstairs in a room with twin bed and the master downstairs. Negatives: This meant the oldest was in the living room on the couch pull out bed, not an issue really and she didn’t complain about the bed but it did mean we didn’t really use the living area as it was her only space. The neighbours next door had teenagers and when they would come home late at night or during the day when either their friends or one sibling had locked the other out they rang the door bell incessantly and it’s loud enough that it woke us all up. Someone stole one of my kids unicorn floats from the front door which I had only just bought for 25€ at the shop. There were also building works, banging and drilling from 8am which wasn’t great when you were tired and wanted to rest. Our master patio doors also opened onto the same side as the road at the front and I was woken a few times at 3am by people peeping horns and shouting. The resort Positives: spotless and beautiful. Food at breakfast was good and seemed pretty standard for AI. Massive positive was actually that they catered really well to all allergies and will make gluten free pizza, breads, cakes etc if you ask. Would happily have been AI if I had known this before coming. Nothing was too much trouble for any of the staff, they were absolutely brilliant. I tried to book into the spa for me and my girls but was told they were booked solid, I heard positive things however so if you can I would give them a go. Negatives: it says no reserving sun beds but this wasn’t checked and by 8am you had no chance at a sun bed. Our pool was a life saver because of this but it’s only really a plunge pool so enough for the kids to splash but not swim around and you miss any activities/making friends. The kids club requires you to stay with your kids which is fair enough but there is no where to sit while you do this. Mines only attended once because we ended up having to leave the resort to access pools, food and entertainment but the lady was amazing and my girls enjoyed it. The night time entertainment is done on the small stage in the restaurant but mini disco is at the treehouse where the kids club is so again you can’t leave them but there is nowhere to sit or have a drink, you are just stood in the sun waiting for it to end listening to he hokey kokey This then reveals the second problem for any guest not AI, you go along to sit down and have a drink and wait for the entertainment which doesn’t start until 9:30pm and you are refused entry as the AI guests are still eating. The issue is anyone who is