Our holidays include over 25 activities

Pickleball was great but so popular that intro sessions were overbooked. The result was that total novices were arriving at social sessions expecting to play despite being clueless as to how the game is played.

Tennis also overcrowded. Like pickleball, needed more staff support during our stay 14-28 September. On more than one occasion just three junior staff were stretched across all raquet activities. Given the size of Messini plus Bouca, this was woefully inadequate. Clearly staff are entitled to days off and holiday, but customers should not feel the consequences of insufficient staff availabikity.

Very enjoyable holiday - thought the staff and activities were excellent. Couple of downsides - thought the villas were a bit dated externally and the outside areas looked a bit tired; there was a nasty smell that built up in our bathroom overnight; the spa was one staff short so massages were limited; and having 2 coach loads of people returning to the airport made for many long queues to get to the airport gate - if there was any way to stagger the coaches to avoid the constant bottleneck.