We are planning on booking our first villa holiday for next summer probably to one of our favourite Balearic Islands. We have a resort/area in mind and have a shortlist of 3 villas in our price range and now need to settle on one.
There will only be the four of us, DH, DS18, DD10 and myself. We will be hiring a car for the duration of the holiday.
So far our shortlist has on it:
(1) Huge amazing villa with fantastic large pool approximately 3 miles from the resort. Plus points will be quiet, loads of room, amazing pool and views of the spectacular countryside. Downside is that we can't walk anywhere and would need to be using the car for everything, taxis would be needed to go for a meal out in the resort if we didn't want to drive. Price is the cheapest of the three villas on our shortlist by £900 .
(2) large villa, not as stylish as (1) with lovely pool situated in a quiet lane, on the edge of the resort, with lots of room. The resort centre is, according to google, 17 minutes walk from the villa, the beach would be a 25 minute walk, or very short drive. We could walk into the town/resort but would probably need a taxi back due to the the location, costs £900 more than (1].
(3) lovely villa, stylish and well kept although smaller than (1) & (2) with a small/medium pool, situated in the heart of the town, 300m from the beach and restaurants etc. Same price as (2). Has everything we need although due to size of garden, there are less outdoor seating areas and neighbours are closer, one of the bedrooms is a single as opposed to (1) & (2) which are all double/twin rooms.
The price of all three is in budget, our children both want (1) or (2), DH thinks (2) is best although agrees the position of (3) is the best. I seem to be the only one plumping for (3).
My reasoning is that (3) provides us with most flexibility, easy to get to the beach, alternately can use the private pool. Restaurants and shops are a maximum of 10 minute walk, which is along the well lit promenade rather than a maze of dark lanes and backstreets. DS can wander off on his own, into the town or to the beach if he wants to. In the evening we wouldn't have to choose villa or town, due to the proximity we could eat at the villa and wander along the prom to get an ice cream, have a beer and easily walk home. My children unfortunately don't get on that great, DS sees his sister as an inconvenience and is therefore unlikely to do a lot of playing in the pool with her and there's no chance of him playing a board game in the evening, so evening entertainment would fall to DH and I.
So looking for opinions, which one would you pick and why?