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Private villa walking distance to restaurants?! WHERE?!

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Higgywiggy · 31/01/2014 21:36

Planning first holiday in June with DS (will be 7months), DH & my parents.

Ideally we'd like a private villa with pool & bbq (WEANING - ARGH!) but it must be in walking distance to both nice restaurants for the evening and beach. No soulless resorts need apply - we don't want to stop experiencing nice parts of the globe just because we have a child. A tall order, I know - but such places MUST exist?!

DH, the parents and I enjoy eating local food and lazy late night drinking (there will be one responsible adult per night probably) and generally hanging in a place with a bit of character. The idea with a villa being that if we don't want to take DS out we have the option to leave him snoozing in his room whilst we're cooking up a storm on the bbq. Similarly - taking the parents means babysitting - so local nightlife (and by nightlife I mean somewhere with a decent wine list, not a disco ball!) is preferable.

My darling dad is adamant that we have to be walking distance to the action - we will prob hire a car but don't want to rely on it.

Budget not miniscule but I am on mat pay so nothing too silly....

Anyone got any gems up their sleeve?!

OP posts:
PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 03/02/2014 23:16

Sorry www.villas4kids.com

Scarletbanner · 03/02/2014 23:19

Another vote for Puerto Pollensa which I prefer to Cala San Vincente. Try VillaPlus - slightly cheaper than some of the high-end villa companies.

PurplePotato · 03/02/2014 23:26

Villa Parade www.villparade.co.uk have really good offers esp if you're not looking for school holiday time. They will quite often do a second week half price. We have used them a couple of times, and if you call them and ask for their best price for a particular villa you can usually negotiate a discount.

member · 03/02/2014 23:31

Benalmadena Costa.

Malaga airport circa 20 minutes. Look for a villa in a residential area & 10 minutes walk to the marina

sparrowcottage · 04/02/2014 08:33

thing to remember is that villas are not built in middle of towns, they build the villas on the surrounding hillsides, so if your villa says walking distance it may not be to the nice restaurants but to the crummy ones that people open in villaland. why not get nice little hotel in a town centre or private apartment in a town house, like something on airbnb. on the med villas with pools just are not in the town as far as i have found.

Lucyhanco · 06/02/2014 19:41

Try Arillas in Corfu. Beautiful villa with separate annex 100 mtrs to beach, nearest restaurants 1 minute however villa very private.
arillasvilla.com/

Lucyhanco · 06/02/2014 19:45

Or Marbella here on beach front and 10/15 min walk into Puerto Banus along promenade or 25 mins walk to Marbella strolling along the promenade. Various villa options in this very small beachfront complex
www.spainrentalsdirect.co.uk/marbella-accommodation/rent-marbella-villas-in-spain-400.html

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