We had a group of 10 adults, 2 teenagers, and 10 kids aged between 3 and 9, and we never felt like we were on top of each other.
Most of the week was spent in the pool area, which itself is big. At one point I looked around and saw people playing Volleyball, kids in the pool and Hot Tub, others sat in the outdoor lounge area reading, and the older boys playing table football. You can easily spend the whole day at the villa without getting bored. It's like having a small hotel to yourself.
Most evening and nights we congregated in the outdoor kitchen and dining area and BBQd, the indoor kitchen was only really used for breakfast and the oven. Likewise the indoor lounge was barely used, except for watching football (the villa has a streamer box with all European sports channels).
The whole villa is very well equipped, the bathrooms are all recently renovated and spacious, we didn't really want for anything. In the garden is a large storage box with balls, lilos, badminton rackets, pool toys etc. The optional Wifi was worth the minor cost, there are two wifi networks so you get coverage all the way down to the hot tub at the bottom of the garden.
Finally Doug (the owner), was very responsive in the months before our holiday, and during. Likewise Marco the local manager. We did present a list of questions and minor issues when we arrived, they were all sorted out within the same day. Doug even sent out an air con engineer the same day when we had a problem with one of the units.
Fairly sure we will be visiting again.
Tips would be:
- It's about 25 min walk downhill to the town/beach, the first part near the villa is down a bumpy track, so it's advisable to get a rental car(s).
- Luz town is quite small and the restaurants get booked early - best to make reservations if you want to eat out.
- All of the rooms are much bigger than they appear on the floor plan, no one has to have a 'small' room.
- It can get quite chilly in the evening, so worth bringing some long sleeves.
Steve