THE FACTS ABOUT CASA SOLEADA

Spain Mallorca

Like most villas on the south-east coast, four-bedroom Casa Soleada is a simple, white house built in what is known as 'Ibiza style'. One of the original homes in Cala Serena, an affluent residential area on a pretty marina north of busy Cala d'Or, it has a fantastic waterfront position with views of the marina. The immaculate villa comes with a full-time English butler, housekeeper, maid, gardener and boatman (in charge of the 16-metre motor yacht you'll find moored at the bottom of the garden should you so wish a compelling optional extra). The house is evenly and luxuriously decorated to five-star-hotel standard, with flat-screen TVs and CD players in the two master bedrooms (the other two bedrooms have twin beds) and a complimentary gift-pack of toiletries on arrival. There's a swimming pool and two barbecue areas in the lawned, terraced grounds that lead down to a bathing platform. SLEEPS 12 BEST FOR Parties: the staff have been known to set up an elaborate Champagne-and-oyster bar in the pretty garden. WHY Nearby golf courses, beaches and dive schools should keep everyone happy WHY NOT The pool is a bit small COST £9,555-£12,705 per week, fully staffed CONTACT A&K Villas (0845 070 0618; www.abercrombiekent.co.uk)