Sandford1998
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First the good: beautiful location, great food, amazing staff, lovely rooms, comfy beds, nice bathroom, wonderful outdoor shower.||Sadly, there are a few things that really let this place down so if you’re looking to stay, beware. ||If you book a room which is described as having a ‘sea view’, prepare for disappointment. Yes, we could vaguely make out the sea through all the trees, but it’s at best a misleading description (we were in C05 - other rooms may be better). ||We were told that access to the ‘beach’ was at the bottom of the hill, through a gate that leads out of the property and down a private path. Not the case at all. We tried to access what they call a beach, but the path is overgrown, clearly infrequently used (if ever) and this beach is a rocky cove with no facilities at all.||The very friendly staff member that showed us around on our arrival ferried us in an electric vehicle and showed us what he described as our ‘private’ dedicated sun bed. Once you get your bearings and realise exactly where this is located, you feel it must be a joke. It’s about as far from our room as it’s possible to go without leaving the property (and nowhere near any facilities). ||The property is spread out on the side of a steep hill so if you’re near the bottom, you’ve quite an uphill hike to the restaurant which in 31° plus temperatures can be challenging. Conversely, if you’re near the top, the hike down to the ‘infinity pool’ is a slog and when you get there, you’ll only find six beds which are invariably all full. ||Which brings me to my biggest gripe: At these prices, it’s not unreasonable to expect that there will at least be enough sun beds for all the guests. We Brits visit places like Mallorca for this very reason. On two afternoons, we ended up confined to the terrace outside our room (miles from the pool) as all the beds around both pools were occupied. Yes, there are very attractive seating areas, but not suitable if you want to sit in the sun a take a cooling dip.||It’s a shame that this review sounds so negative as we did enjoy our stay and the staff really are amazing. If they could fix the addressable problems, some of the other niggles would not seem as big a deal.