WORST PLACE EVER! I've traveled to over 50 countries, was a travel writer for years and backpacked for many years more, but I've never been to a place as bad and as unwelcoming as this.

We booked this 'lovely hideaway' for a whole week, loving the look of the place on the website. Private, cute, secluded and perfect for a romantic getaway. When we got there however, it turned out to be next to a main road, 20 meters from another holiday home whose guests look down on you all day.

When we arrived the owner Juan gave us a tour, saying the kitchen tap was broken and admitted he had been too lazy to fix it, the burners on the hob weren't all safe to use and the microwave was broken. We were also not allowed to use the advertised outside grill because it would be too much effort for him to clean it.

Not a great start, but the worst was the smell in the house. It smelled damp and moldy, as if the place hadn't been aired out for 6 months. We couldn't physically stay in the house for more than 2 minutes as we couldn't breath the foul air. Still, we had a quick look at the bed; it had tiny bugs in it and the pillows smelled as if 20 people had slept on it.

We fled outside, where the table was so dirty it was covered in flies. I had to clean up owner Juan's full ashtray off of the table before I could clean it. After I was done (getting rid of the flies in 15 minutes ) I burned my hand on the faulty tap while rinsing the cloth I cleaned with. When asking the owner if he could please address the issues, he and his mother started yelling at us stating the place was clean as a whistle and actually had the gall to say it was us who smelled (!!!!!)

To top all of this off, they chased us off the property and refused to refund the money I had paid to stay at this tiny 'paradise'. NEVER, EVER BOOK THIS PLACE. It is an absolute con.