Name: Villa Dar Ta'Jeffrey
Address: Tower Street, San Lawrenz , Gozo, Malta, MT, Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, SLZ1300, Malta
Rating: 9

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We stayed in Jeffrey's House for 8 days in late July/early August. Our flight arrived early hours of the morning by Michael assured us that we'd be able to travel across to the property during the night and put us in touch with James at Gozo Garages (we also hired a car through them, service was fantastic throughout and I'd highly recommend them) who sorted out airport transfer (we went for direct due to the late hours, though this was the priciest option). Transfer was remarkably smooth, though it was tricky to be sure we'd got the right place (no house name) at 2am. Once inside though any stresses were forgotten. The house is stunning. Living space is all on one level (though there is a wash room and drying space on the roof (such fast drying!) which it took us a day to find - it's up a narrow spiral staircase and we weren't sure it led anywhere. A bit more info about the house might be good - we found the aircon quite tricky to work out. 

Anyway, the kitchen is very well equipped - good quality pans and cutlery unlike many holiday properties and there was a range of food and drink there to welcome us which was great given that we'd arrived so late. The bedrooms are very spacious, though the aircon in the middle bedroom wasn't cooling - worth bearing in mind though that this is the quietest of the bedrooms, which might not be an issue normally but definitely was during festa week! There's a bedroom with a balcony at the front of the house and the bedroom at the back, beside the kitchen, has a sliding door which leads out onto the narrow balcony overlooking the pool. There are then steps down to the pool, which is a wonderful area for lounging around in and, of course, swimming. The pool is about 10m long and starts shallow but slopes down to 2.5m at it's deepest. It's quite private and the sun loungers are really comfortable.All bedrooms are large and well-decorated. The house was clean and well kept.

San Lawrenz is a lovely village, very picturesque indeed. The house is a couple of minutes' walk from the village square which has a restaurant and bar and a small and very helpful shop which is amazingly well-stocked given it's size! 

We didn't realise till arriving that festas are a big thing in Malta and Gozo and there are a lot of them over the summer: every village seems to have one. We were there for pretty much the entirety of San Lawrenz's festa and it did make it spectacular - marching bands, parading saints, streets trimmed up nice - but the fireworks and petards that went off from early morning till past midnight were quite intrusive when you weren't part of the festa. A spectacle, but probably nicer to visit than to stay during, especially if you have young kids who don't sleep well. 

Even though Gozo's small, we still left feeling there were places we hadn't visited - so we'll need to go back and would definitely want to go back to this house if we did. Although the Azure Window is no more, the area round it is still well worth a visit - and there is swimming in the sea of the bay (though entry and exit are quite precarious, all adds to the fun!); the Ta Pinu church has some stunning mosaics outside. I think these are quite new as I'd not read anything about them in guides, we just happened upon them and they're well worth a visit - as is the church which is lovely. We went to Victoria a few times - the Citadel visitors ticket which is valid for 30 days was excellent value as it meant we could do a couple of things a day.

Wonderful holiday, wonderful house (but avoid festa week if you like sleep!)

Stayed here for 4 nights with family aged from 0-60 and we were all very happy with the villa!!!  The house is well equipped and extremely clean.  The welcome pack on arrival was a lovely touch and the owner was very helpful when we had any questions.
Located 10 mins walk from Dwejra, Id-dar ta Jeffrey is a perfect base for exploring Gozo and great for relaxing by the pool if you are feeling less adventurous.
We cooked here every night (either in the kitchen or on the BBQ) and we had all the utensils etc. that you could need.
We were sad to leave but hope to return next year!!

Relaxing break in a great location

I would definitely recommend this farmhouse for various reasons. Primarily, it was very tidy and it matched exactly the pictures online. Secondly, its owner was really helpful - he even gave us his mobile number so that as soon as we needed something,we could contact him immediately.....however, we never used it as everything was simply perfect in this farmhouse. The rooms were really spacious - the kitchen and the dining area are simply beautiful. The same can be said for the bedrooms and the bathrooms. As for the cleanliness, it was simply top class. Moreover, the pool is very clean and safe - extremely child friendly!! The whole stay was simply marvelous. We had everything we needed. Pure bliss!!

A Perfect stay

Staying in this Villa wasn't a nice experience. When we had booked this Villa, we were promised  a food pack upon arrival however we found nothing. Not only that but we were asked to pay an extra of 30 euros (10 euros daily) to use the A/C's. When it came to lightning, 1 out of 3 light bulbs were out. The kitchen area was very dark. Same problem with the bathrooms and the BBQ area. The pool only had 1 light bulb working out of 4. The light surrounding the BBQ area was horrible which made it impossible to cook on the BBQ. When it came to cutlery it was far more horrible than the lightning issue. In the Villa we were six. We had not enough forks and knives. Not only that but we had only 4 normal sized plates (which looked very old). At least there was another plastic plate which made the plates count to five. (still not enough cause we were six). And finally the drinking glasses. We had 3 drinking glasses, and about 4 wine glasses. Each glass was different than the rest (different sets). Oh and one last thing.... While having dinner in the BBQ area at around 8.30pm, a lady came to add chlorine to the pool. Very bad timing.

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