Domaine Les Oliviers de Palombaggia

Magical romantic private villa, did I mention the fabulous rustic architecture & design, stunning!

Pros: The place is a romantic, private hideaway. Pure magic, your own pool, we stayed in. Pool villa suite, I could live there forever! Highly recommended pre ordering the charcuteries on arrival or later on and breakfast to be delivered for your 1st morning. Beautiful delicious products delivered in a picnic basket and table set outside. The villa was like a fully stocked house, all mod cones dishwasher, washing machine, the lot, the list is endless. Great walk to the best beach ever , Caravaggio beach. You need a car, nearest restaurant 3 mins in car & if you need any provisions.

Cons: Just the late check in & early check out, however they have facilities so not really a negative.

Beautifully designed villa complex in a great location but with a few small issues

Pros: Location was excellent close to the main beaches, the design of the reception area is exquisite, the design of our Aronne villa and terrace is excellent (with some small issues - see below), the staff were all lovely and very pleasant to deal with. Generally very good indeed overall.

Cons: A few very small issues, none of them particularly important, but still a little frustrating and surely easy to remedy. In descending order of significance: The very restricted hours for check-in (after 17:00) and check-out (before 10:00) hours were disappointing despite the offer of complimentary use of reception area showers inbetween. The check-in time of 17:00 was particularly difficult after our 11am arrival at the airport. It shouldn't require a 7 hour window between 10.00 and 17.00 to clean and reset the rooms. Also, at checkout, couldn't quite understand why we were required to empty the fridge and dispose of our own rubbish, when housekeeping disposed of our rubbish all other days. The breakfast was beautifully presented and of high quality but, with the exception of the fruit salad, very meagre considering the €32 charge. Much better to supply one's own breakfast from the excellent local Spar supermarket. There is no complimentary food or drink except tea and coffee (restocked each day), and one large bottle of water and two small bottles of water (not restocked once used). Room design and decor was excellent, but we were puzzled by the lack of a convenient shelf or holder in the shower for soaps and shampoos (so they had to be left on the floor) and especially of any wall fitting for toilet paper (which also had to be placed on the floor for use).

Pros: Excellent séjour dans un cadre exceptionnel, très calme et reposant.