Self-Catering Spain and Portugal

Specialist Reports Holiday by Accommodation Self-Catering Self-Catering Spain and Portugal EHS 

	EHS
Madeira House, 37 Corn Street, Witney, Oxfordshire OX8 7BW			MAP
tel: (0870) 744 0007

Describing itself as offering affordably family holidays, and able to accommodate special needs (one of the directors is the mother of a special needs child).
The EHS Selection is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese range of five-star, self-catering centres, as well as some hotels, chosen for standards of service, location or the building itself.
Will ask clients for their criteria and then advise on the best property to suit.

Where

Algarve, Costa del Sol, plus other coastal areas. (Also south of France and Italy including Tuscany and the Amalfi coast, plus India with the Taj group of hotels.)

Style

Modern resort developments, generally five-star with multiple central facilities. Reports that most are not available from the bigger name tour operators.

Season

Year-round. Heating payable extra.

Facilities

The Four Seasons Country Club on the Algarve offers a creche; the Altona Golf and Country Club as it offers babysitting; and the Four Seasons Vilamoura a summer children's club programme, as does the Four Seasons Fairways. Aloha Gardens near Puerto Banus offers two-bedroom apartments. A babysitter who comes to the house can be arranged. If you want a lot of babysitting advises arranging in advance. Or can advise where there are local cr?ches and children's clubs and their charges.

Extras

Maid style service common as are restaurants providing room service. Extra maid service can be arranged, as can a cook.

Sample Price

At the five-star Four Seasons Country Club in Quinta do Lago, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, six days a week maid service and use of all facilities at the club house including outdoor/indoor pool and access to cr?che, Ł1,490 for a week for the property, sleeping up to six. Can also arrange flights or car hire if required. Reports that this works out cheaper than equivalent packages. Aloha Apartments would be cheaper at £915 for something similar in Spain.