Just enjoyed a great week in Villa Carichell, the pool is amazing! The villa itself is very spacious and plenty of room for all 12 of us. The furniture is strong and substantial, the beds comfy. It would have been useful to have a floor plan of the property as 3 of the bedrooms are independent of the main house, and on arriving late at night had a bit of a panic as to where everyone would sleep as it would have meant two 6 yr old boys sleeping in a room that was independent, which would have meant locking them in so they couldn’t access the pool when no adults were about! We did move a couple of single beds one to the main house and one to another independent room.
The villa is set in lovely surroundings and great views of the sea, there was plenty of outdoor seating and loungers, and plenty of places to shade. The villa did keep quite cool so we only used the air conditioning intermittently. The bar area was useful with fridges to store extra drinks, with the bbq located next to it. We never watched the TV while there as we enjoyed sitting outside on an evening.
The villa is located on the N-332, and the gate is next to the 131 km sign, a little difficult to find especially in the dark and for taxi drivers. Siobhan sent us the instructions for Google Maps which was very useful.
Villajoyosa is a lovely place with a great beach and places to eat.
We shopped for food at Aldi in El Campello, just a few minutes drive away, it is bright and spacious and plenty of parking. It’s not crowded and plenty of choice for fresh food. Again we made use of Google Maps for finding places.
There is a tram stop a few minutes up the road, our daughter and her family used this for a couple of days out, and we all went to Benidorm for the day, costing each of us 3 Euro return. You can pay via a machine on the tram or when you reach Benidorm. The tram runs every 30 mins 24hrs a day. You can hear this from the villa but it didn’t bother us at all.
You definitely need a car as there is nothing in walking distance, but there is not really any villas of this size in towns. We had a 7 seat car, and the rest of the family used airport transfers, my husband would then take us for food shopping or drop family off at the tram stop, it worked for us anyway!
I would recommend this villa, we had a great stay!
