Villa Coelha was just like the photos on Solmar's web site. The views were amazing and we were only a 5 minute walk from the nearest beach with other beaches again in walking distance. We were also able to walk to some fabulous restaurants in the evening - O Marinheiro, Olive Bistro and Garden, and Restaurante Pôr do Sol were our favourites.There was a little supermarket in a hotel which was a 15 minute walk and a big Spar which was a 25 minute walk. As you can tell we didn't hire a car. If we needed to go further afield we got ubers which were 5 Euros to the marina/old town for example.Even though we had other houses and villas nearby, it was nice and quiet. The villa was clean and tidy, nice pool (it gets very deep - 2 metres - very quickly so you would have to be careful with children) and fantastic showers, inside and out. We felt very secure with the shutters on every window/patio door. We had a problem with one of the shutters but we rang Solmar and someone came and fixed it within a couple of hours.All the appliances seemed to work ok although we didn't try the oven or BBQ and never managed to work out the TV. We could get Netflix to work (if we signed in using our own account) but couldn't find any other channels that worked. Instructions would have been useful, however, this wasn't a big deal as we'd rather look out at the view!There was an elderly Portugese couple with their dog, Robbie, living behind us who were lovely - very friendly even though they couldn't speak any English.Overall it was everything we hoped. As for Solmar themselves, when we booked the email I received confirming our booking said 'our dedicated villa specialist will call you in the next couple of days to run through your booking and answer any questions you may have.' Well, that never happened but when I did contact them with questions, they were quick to respond. We also booked transfers through them and they were good (particularly the one who picked us up from the airport who was very welcoming, funny and gave us lots of recommendations).So I would use Solmar again and definitely recommend Villa Coelha.
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