Villa Imela is a beautifully renovated house in a quiet area of Istria. We spent our holidays here in July 2020 with 4 adults and two children (aged 8 & 6).
Upon arrival, we were kindly welcomed by Alen, the host of the villa, together with his wife and daughters. The fridge was already filled with water, juice, and some delicious pastries. Alen has been extremely friendly, generous and helpful throughout our entire stay, without ever disturbing our privacy. Whenever we had a small problem or question, he replied without hesitation.
Everything in the house looked brand new and was very clean. The large pool was great as well, especially for the kids, who spent many hours in it. The small pool on top is a nice extra feature and can be used as a kind of small whirlpool or a fun little extra pool for the kids to play in.
The house itself has a modern interior and is quite spacious, even for 6 people. Every bedroom is connected to its own bathroom. Everything else in and around the house is exactly as can be seen on the pictures.
The closest town is Barban, which is about 5-10 minutes away by car, and has a shop and some bars and restaurants. A big supermarket can be found in Labin (20-25 minutes by car). Zminj (20-25 minutes by car) has 2 very good pizzerias.
Alen and his father have a van filled with daily necessities like bread, fruit, vegetables, toilet paper, ... which they sell at different locations in the area. One of the locations is right in front of the door of the villa, where they come every morning around 8 o’clock (except weekends) and stay for maybe 15 minutes, before moving on to the next location. We found this very convenient to get our daily bread and fruit!
Long story short: we had a wonderful vacation in Istria and can definitely recommend to stay in Villa Imela!