Villa Carpe Diem

I am a hoist dependent wheelchair user and found the accommodation and facilities here absolutely excellent. The owners of the villa couldn't have been nicer and they even threw in a WAV to boot. The pool in the villa was beautiful and you only had to go inside to sleep! The coffee shop in the village was good but the only thing was there were not a lot of places to go locally. With the car we got to go all over the island. The only one drawback was that we flooded the shower room everyday.

A home from home is right but not just from the disabled persons point of view. We went with my daughter and her 3 children who loved the pool. My wife and daughter found the kitchen excellent with the washing machine an unexpected bonus, allowing the children to wear their favourite clothes more than once. It also reduces the need for you to be on the suitcase weight limit when flying. While we enjoyed wall to wall sunshine every day and temps of 35' C the veranda on 2 sides provides shade and catches the breeze, making the temperature enjoyable. The WAV is essential for wheelchairs users as it allowed us to explore.the area.

I never appreciated the phrase “there's no place like home” until I became disabled. Speaking to a lot of disabled people most feel that if they go on holidays they will never have the same home comforts. I do a lot of research before we go on holidays and I done the same before we went to Villa Carpe Diem. You’re never sure until you get where you’re going how the access is going to be, despite all the research you do. For us Villa Carpe Diem offered everything we needed with lots of space in the villa plus good weather and a swimming pool. WIFI throughout the villa and going out around the garden. In the Villa Carpe Diem Gallery https://www.villacarpediem.co.uk/gallery/ you can see a number of very true to life photos of the villa but what it doesn’t show is how accessible the villa and around the villa is which was very good. If you want a relaxing holiday with only the sound of birds this is the place for you. But if you want more, with the villa you can rent a WAV which is exclusively available to wheelchair using guests. We rented the WAV and my Invacare wheelchair is big and I’m also tall I had lots of head room driving up the ramp and in the van too. Club House Square is the only Taverna/Restaurant in the village of Maroni but you couldn’t ask for better. The quality of the food and the value is very good with very generous portion sizes.