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I’ve stayed at the villas in this hotel many times over the years and it’s just excellent. Beautiful surroundings and beautiful villas. They have massively improved their restaurant vegan options over the last couple of years and each restaurant has its own vegan menu. The food is delicious and nutritious which is a bonus these days when you’re vegan. The villas have their own private reception and pool and the staff are amazing.

So many amazing things about the hotel but a few very avoidable niggles let it down. We stayed in the villas and the accommodation is incredible, we travelled as a family of 4 and loads of room, seperate sleeping rooms and the bathroom was great! The slight let down was the air con wasn’t working in the bedroom - these things happen but the response was a bit poor. We had to ring twice for it to be noted, then a technician came & looked at it and said it’s fine (it wasn’t!). After an hour of conversation with the main reception we got a fan and an offer to move villas the next day. Again, not bad but the move was to be fully done by ourselves - at this point, everything was unpacked and would have lost hours moving. Other issues were minor, such as the kids club being relocated to a small room vs the great space on the website and having to ring multiple times to get a cleaning service. Overall, hotel was great, would 100% recommend the villas vs standard accommodation but don’t expect Sani/Ikos levels of service.