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10/10 Excellent
25 June 2011
Great villa
We were looking for a villa large enough for 6 adults, 4 children and 2 babies and Casa Coral has space in abundance. Especially around the garden and pool area.
We chose this villa mainly because the owner was so flexible with regards to changeover days and duration of our stay and we found other owners wouldn't entertain anything other than a Saturday arrival. With Elsa this was not a problem. She also let us stay in the villa until 2pm (instead of the standard out by 10am rule) because we had a later flight. I guess this would be dependent on when the next guests were arriving though.
The pool is great and bigger than it appears in the photo's. There is a nice BBQ terrace with a traditional Portuguese BQQ and the gardens were very well maintained. Another good thing about the gardens was the amount of grass compared to hard pavings which was ideal for the little ones to run around safely all day. The pool area stayed sunny from about 9am until 7pm ish.
Inside the villa there is a sitting area which was large enough for all of us to sit comfortably. I think the TV has English channels but we didn't even use it. There is a small table in the sitting area under a large sunny roof light.
The kitchen / dining area is a good size with a big round dining table that can sit 10 people. They also have space in the dining area for a pool table.
All the bedrooms are double size and 3 (out of the 4) bathrooms are family size. You may find yourselves arguing as to who has the two first floor ensuites as these were larger and finished to a high standard.
The villa was in a very quiet location on a dead end road and there were enough good restaurants / bars to keep everyone happy. We decided not to get a car and used taxis to get a big shop when we first got there (10 euros) and spend an evening in Albufeira (6 euros). There are a couple of smaller super markets dotted around the local area within walking distance.
There is a great little beach, Coehla, within 5mins walk from the villa and another (Castello I think) about 15 mins away. To be honest we hardly used the beaches because the kids were more than happy to stay around the pool. Some of the adults found the time to sneak off to the beach for a crafty afternoon beer in the excellent beach bar / restaurant.
We would highly recommend this excellent villa to anyone who is looking for a peaceful, relaxing holiday for families in a great location
