Son Simo Vell - Villa With Private Pool

We loved our stay and will go back, though I may bring the address of a baker. Our junior suite was fantastic, especially the bed, which was so comfortable I still think about it months later. The bathroom was enormous, and the room Wi-Fi was amazing. With a bit of tinkering, I streamed iPlayer there, though it didn’t work by the pool. The pool is no place to browse the web anyway. Breakfast on the patio overlooking the pool and valley was very European, with cold meats and cheese. The bread and pastries weren’t good, though, as they came from the freezer and were baked for ten minutes. They could get up earlier and bring in decent bread and pastries from a baker in Polenca. We didn’t have dinner there because Polenca was close and had plenty of restaurants. If you wanted dinner at the hotel, you had to tell the staff in the morning and they’d source it for you. That felt a bit ad hoc without a menu, and not quite our thing, though others might like it. The end of June was wonderfully relaxing: poolside days with a Kindle, sunshine and the sound of goat bells, peacocks and sheep. I tried their first wine and can thoroughly recommend it. The bar and fridge are self service: take what you want, write it in a book and settle up at the end. It’s not the waited-on style of The Savoy, but it adds to the relaxed feel.