Charlies Venus Apartments

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Good location and beautiful views and pool could be beautiful as lovely size. Maisonette pretty good size. Friendly gentleman.
  : No restaurant or bar as advertised. Both shut down. Whole place could be stunning but needs a lot of tlc. Pool had lots of leaves and broken plaster. Apartment needed lots of bits doing and checking stuff clean for arrival. Didnt really see much of hosts.

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The apartment was a little smaller than I expected for a one bedroom as it could only sleep two people maximum. There was no lounge area in the apartment which seems a little dated e.g. The refrigerator was old. I wasn't sure if the smoke alarm was working. It would have been nice to have a nice clean bar area and lounge for guests to mingle and invite people back to. This area was being used by the owner as his office during the day. Charlie and his relatives were on site to help with any queries I had and his daughter even took me to the local supermarket to stock up. A big thank you to Charlie for taking to the bus stop to get my bus in time to catch the plane home.
  : See comments above. I had difficulty with door locks and handles which seemed to require all my strength to turn them or open the doors and shutters (need maintenance).

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Kind hosts, at least the fridge and the air conditioner worked fine. Nice balcon view.
  : Not clean at all, all kitchen elements unusable except the fridge, bad smells all around the apartment, hot water comes after 10-15 minutes of waiting, and low water pressure.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : the house was old never done work the kitchen not usable, the house full of flies and ants and bees on the balcony
  : the kitchen doesn't work,the hot water wasnt work all all the time. Charlie doesnt even help us find a taxi

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location and pool
  : Pool

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Fantastic location, excellent pool, spacious gardens, Charlie and Mary (the owners) were lovely and very responsive to any requests we had. We had our own designated sun beds to comply with Covid etc. Very relaxing and quiet
  : We expected the Bar and restaurant to be open however this was closed due to restrictions and client safety re Covid. Apartments slightly dated, could do with some new facilities / equipment i.e. pans, larger cups / mugs, however this did'nt spoil our stay.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Like the size of the pool and relaxed attitude towards leaving inflatables downstairs. Being able to bring our own food and drink to the pool but that is only due to covid-19 restrictions as the owners decoded to close their pool bar. No other pools did.
  : The whole site is quite run down.Small repairs that have been ignored do let it down and I would have expected them to be perfect, given the late opening this season due to covid-19 which would mean they've had plenty of time to do them.That said, perhaps that was the reason for these things not being done?? Maybe they were ill???Broken tiles around the pool, old, tired sunbeds, fixings hanging off the wall in the bathroom, balcony door scraped the floor so much and the noise of this was horrendous every time we needed to open/close the balcony door- extremely annoying!!!The fridge was not actually cold. Just stopped things getting hotter of that makes sense??Due to covid, we didn't report it all as we didn't want to add pressure to Mary and her father who is very elderly and does all the maintenance. He cleaned the pool, by hand, mowed the grass- a very large area all alone!!The pool bar and restaurant were closed as they felt it was safer for guests. This meant we could be completely self catering which was good as usually, you cannot have your own food and drinks around the pool. We were on a very tight budget so we really were thankful for being allowed our own drinks etc by the pool. That said, cooking was VERY difficult. The room had a how The maker, kettle, Small oven/grill and 2 hob rings. Now for this bit... literally 1 knife for chopping which was so blunt it wouldn't slice bread without force! There was a chopping board, cheese grater, 1 saucepan and 1 frying pan, 4 plates, 4 bowls 4 spoons, forks, knives, cups, glasses. No no of which matched which I found odd considering they have a restaurant on site that must have a stack of matching crockery they could use???Just little things that would have made it more appealing.The pool. It didn't seem very clean. It was not as clear as it could be and just seemed a little tired.Other nearby pools are far in front of this one in terms of cleanliness.

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The pool is clean, the beds are clean, and it's a great location. The owner was always halpful.
  : The place is not taken care of. You need to clean it yourself as soon as you get in. Be ready for an invasion of ants.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children