A whole villa, inside and out

A whole villa is rented to a single group at a time: you have the entire house to yourself, with no sharing and no neighbours. Inside, three air-conditioned bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, open onto a living room that extends into the kitchen, with large bay windows facing the garden. Outside, the 5 × 12 m pool, the covered summer kitchen and the lounge corner form a genuine second living room in the open air.

This continuity between inside and out is the heart of the experience: you move from the living room to the poolside with no transition, dine under the thatched shelter, and enjoy a garden planted with banana trees and palms. The villa is not simply a room with a view, it is a complete place to live.

Indoors, each bedroom has a double bed, air conditioning and a ceiling fan, beneath a mosquito net. The bathrooms, finished in lime plaster with touches of rattan, serve each bedroom. The living room, open to the fully equipped kitchen, becomes the gathering point, bathed in light from morning to evening.

Outdoors, the private pool takes centre stage, surrounded by sun loungers. The summer kitchen and barbecue let you prepare meals outside, while the terrace, the pergola and the fire corner stretch the evenings out. This layout, thought through inside as much as out, spares you the choice between indoor comfort and outdoor living: you enjoy both, without interruption.

Compared with a hotel room, renting the whole villa brings privacy first: no shared spaces, no imposed schedules, a pool and a garden reserved for your guests alone. Then comes space: several bedrooms, generous common rooms and an ample outdoor area, hard to obtain in a hotel at an equivalent budget.

Freedom follows: cooking whenever you like, with produce from the market or fish from the harbour, living at your own pace, letting the children move freely from the living room to the garden. For a group, this option often works out better value than a set of rooms of the same standing, while offering a far more complete experience.

A whole villa, inside and out, is especially well suited to families: parents enjoy the calm and the pool while the children have space, safe within an enclosed garden. Groups of friends find generous common rooms to come together and private bedrooms to rest in.

It also appeals to travellers looking for a long stay or working remotely, who appreciate having a real home rather than a room. Finally, those who want to alternate between relaxing by the pool and exploring the island find a comfortable base here, one they can return to in peace each evening.