Iâm really quite surprised by the 5 star reviews. The Watergate Villas are very run down. If youâre looking for a tropical vacation feel, you should look elsewhere. Try Margaritaville or Sapphire beach resort. The view here is beautiful, however the place itself is not nice. The entrance to the villas is less then desirable. The front door to our villa is old and faded. Upon arrival there were ants everywhere. Inside and outside of the villa. We had to keep all of our food in the cabinets. The villa is nicely furnished with good size rooms, ample closet space, washer/dryer, kitchen is very narrow, the villa was well stocked with beach towels, shower towels, 3 beach chairs, the 4th was broken, a beach umbrella, a very small cooler (only can fit 6 water bottles in it) snorkel sets are in the bin on the balcony, but beware, they are not sanitized! They were so full of sand we had to clean them and sanitize them before using them, some goggles are so stretched out and one of the fins are ripped so we ended up renting a few sets. The villa was not clean. The dresser drawers were dirty inside, I took my paper towels and Lysol and cleaned them before putting my clothes in them. The stove had a layer of dust, the refrigerator handle was sticky, the pullout couch bed had sand all over the plastic top we had to vacuum it before putting sheets on it, and under that couch had dead bugs and crumbs. The master bedroom bath tile ledge is all cracked, the tile floor in the shower was slimy. The first night of showers we had cold water in one bathroom and scorching hot water in the master, it never turned cold. ( Kerri was nice enough to put in a work order and got it fixed the next day but our water had to be turned off for hours) the balcony is very nice with 2 small round tables and chairs, but unfortunately you cannot eat outside for breakfast because the sun is right in front of you and the balcony doesnât get covered until around 11am. And speaking of the balcony, the sliding door to it is so hard to open, it gets stuck and you have to pull it hard little by little until you can open it just enough to fit your body through. The beach there is so small, and so rocky to get in the water. I never saw anyone hanging out at the beach, or in the water, or by the pool. Luckily we only slept there and spent our days at different beautiful places. I really was expecting a 5 star experience with the pictures and other reviews, but unfortunately, we did not
