A taste of Italy with James Villas

Advantages: wonderful property
Disadvantages: terrifying access road

...spent more time in queues that we spent on the flight. Anyway, we got our car and, armed with James Villas directions, off we went. The directions were spot on. I had a map open as well, just in case, but it wasn't needed. In an hour we had found our villa. One gripe though - we were told the villa was down a 300 m track. What we weren't told was that it resembled a theme park ride without the safety bar. 300m of partially cemented track littered with stones, a steep drop into the valley on one side, a cliff on the other side, death defying sharp turns and the steepest drop we've ever experienced to get down to the villa. My father, the driver, was fine. My mother and I assumed the brace position and whimpered. When we got to the villa though, it was worth it. The most beautiful setting surrounded by olive groves and a pine...

travelnovice 18.05.2009 · Read review
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15/01/05 A Day Of Infamy

Advantages: Big Ground, Easy To Get To, Good View
Disadvantages: Small Facilities

...the excitement of going to hallowed turfs such as Old Trafford to the thrills of seeing our team battle back from 2-0 to draw and nearly beat Newcastle at the famous St James Park. Yet we have yet to see the canaries pick up three points on their travels. I really thought that the trip to Villa Park would be the one. Villa at the time were having trouble scoring goals, they weren?t playing as well as they could. We were on a bit of a high as the game marked the debut of our record signing Dean Ashton. Would the £3 million quid be worth it? On our journey to West Brom we had seen Villa Park across the urban motorway sprawl. It certainly looked an impressive ground. Once you actually get there you?ll be surprised at how big it is. It?s no wonder that semi-finals are held there. As Birmingham is a large city you?ll find Villa Park in an area that I...

utero 08.02.2005 · Read review
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Hotel Villa Patrizi, Rome

Advantages: Good location, good value for money, polite staff
Disadvantages: Small rooms

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why we chose the hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My boyfriend and I decided to take a weekend city break in Rome, we were joined by his parents who travelled seperately. We looked on Expedia for a good deal and we found one with reasonable BA flights and 3 nights stay at Hotel Villa Patrizi. We looked at the information and pictures of the hotel on the internet and it looked good so we decided to book it. Now we have been to the hotel, and looking back at the pictures, they are true to life and do not decieve you in anyway that the hotel looks different to what it does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hotel Villa Patrizi is a brand new 4 star hotel located in Rome. As you walk into the hotel there is a pretty sitting area full of beautiful, lively and colourful flowers. If the weather was nicer...

lilyellowfish 04.02.2008 · Read review
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Villa Mallorca - Cala D'or - James Villas

Advantages: package holiday
Disadvantages: Low value for money and bad customer relations

...Initially we wanted to book our package via the internet. However the flights on the site were either extremely unsociable hours (departure 5am etc) or you missed both ends because you arrived past midnight and left the villa around 6am the last day. Finally we rung an agent who seemed to have access to many more flights than we did and got a suitable time. Because this was not an internet option we had to go through him. This started our first problem because on the internet the default option includes the welcome package. As we were arriving at midnight with 3 young children this was necessary. The price he quoted was slightly higher than what we were looking at on the net but there were some differences such as we changed hire car to transfer and different flight times. All that taken together it was reasonable to understand...

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James Villa Holidays

Advantages: Great properties, unique experiences, wonderful holidays.
Disadvantages: None - although might not be suitable for all travelers

...Over the past 3 years we have used James Villa Holidays six times. Our initial experience was in Gale, Algarve; we went on to stay in La Font, Pollença, Mallorca three times; and more recently have stayed at La Boheme in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote and Forteza in Kalami, Crete. Our first taste of James Villas was in a 2 bedroom apartment in Gale, Algarve. The apartment itself was spacious and well maintained, with a large patio, fully equipped kitchen and TV/Satellite unit in the comfortable living room. Although the choice of English-language channels was limited, one doesn?t generally go on holiday to sit in front of the idiot box, and as we understand a modicum of German, the German MTV channel was most entertaining. As is the norm in our experience with James Villas, the supplied literature concerning the accommodation and local area...

maganda1980 08.05.2007 · Read review
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Better than St Andrews

Advantages: Great facilities, great atmosphere when full
Disadvantages: Can be quiet

...Villa Park is the home of the Aston Villa, without doubt the best team in the Midlands (although that’s no great achievement considering the competition Here’s all you need to know about it. Although not technically a new ground, Villa Park has been dramatically redeveloped in recent years. It currently has a capacity of around 43000 and consists of four stands, The Holte End, Doug Ellis Stand, Trinity Road Stand and the North Stand. The Holte End has by far the best atmosphere. Most of the season ticket holders, especially the “lads” sit here and it is normally close to capacity (around 13000) and very noisy. The Trinity Road and Doug Ellis stands are more for the family and only get full for the big games. The Trinity Road also caters for disabled supporters. The North Stand is for both home and away...

TallPaul73 20.09.2001 · Read review
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James Villas

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Unfortunately most things.

...Have been reading other reviews with interest. Wow. We must have been unlucky. The reviews are so good and in so much detail that they almost could have been written by James Villa holidays (joke) My wife, 3 children and mother and father in law and myself of course took a 2 week holiday to Majorca in August last year. The list of problems we had was unbelievable. James Villas holidays were not prepared to fix our problems. Even though we had spent £3,648.27 (this was without flights). We telephoned them for the 1st three days complaining. We even sent them a solicitors letter on the 3rd day and they still refused to accept that there were problems. When we did complain we even telephoned head office in the Uk in Maidstone in Kent. The staff were rude and sarcastic. They told us to complain when we get back home. Not much good...

durston 09.05.2004 · Read review
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Whats going on at Villa Park

Advantages: Team Spirit is outstanding
Disadvantages: Small squad

...It's become so hard to watch Villa play these days. As a major villa fan, I have always loved watching them and always believed that our standard of football, although not quite up to Man Utd, was attractive and exciting, but recently Villa have become a one man show. Now Paul Merson is my hero, but he's not exactly the youngest man on our team and what are we gonna do when we can't depend on him anymore? We need new players to strenghten our squad if we want to be serious premiership contenders. Doug Ellis has to put his hands in his pockets if he has any ambition to make this club a success. It's really sad to see cos I think a few more players and we would have a really good squad. We have proven that the spirit is there, it's what has kept us in the top 7 or so for the past 5 years. This combined with a few quality players could make...

purpleronnie 04.12.2000 · Read review
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Villa Olivo, Bardolino

Advantages: Can't think of any.
Disadvantages: The Owners

...Date of holiday 1st - 15th July 2006 Let me first explain what type of holiday my family and I like, then I will explain the accommodation and lastly I will tell you of our experience of the Villa Olivo in Bardolino Italy (Lake Garda) We are a family of 2 adults and three boys aged 9, 12 and 14. Our holidays are very simple, we go to an apartment, relax, enjoy the food, swim in the pool and soak up the sun, and that is it. (Sounds boring, but after a long hard working year it is just what the doctor ordered). That is what we wanted from this holiday as well. The Villa Olivo consists of two types of accommodation: self-catering and a hotel which offers bed and breakfast. Those in the apartments could avail of the breakfast at a cost of 8 euros per person. (But after seeing what was being bought in the local Lidl for breakfast...

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Aston Villa's Holte Army and our own general

Advantages: A club with Incredible History
Disadvantages: At the moment - None!

...ordinary previously. His squads are known to be made up of players willing to work, and work hard and he certainly doesn't tolerate Prima Donnas. This is also very apparent in our current squad at Villa Park. Aston Villa plays at Villa Park in Birmingham. The ground is visible from the M6 motorway and it a 4 star rated UFEA stadium. Plans for some refurbishment over the summer of 2008 are in place, with further plans to extend and remodel what is currently known as the North stand, which will help increase capacity from just over 42,000 to around 51,000 although we don't know the timing for the North Stand refurbishment as yet. It has hosted 16 England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899, and the most recent in 2005. Villa Park is also the most used stadium for FA cup semi-finals, having hosted 55 there in its time...

runetune 27.11.2007 · Read review
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