| How shall we pay?
|
Once decided, the
customers phone/email us to with their details and we send send our bank
international (IBAN) number where the down payment of 25% can be paid in.
The remaining money is paid directly to the owners when entering the villa. |
| Do you charge VAT? |
No. Home rents in Aragón
under the selfcatering system aren't charged VAT as we don't ofer other
services (restaurant, cleaning, ...) |
| Is down payment
reimbursed if we change our mind after paying it? |
No. We don't reimburse
down payments. However, if clients decide they won't come in the
period they booked, we keep the deposit for 12 months for them to
choose another alternative booking here, for which the initial down payment
is equally valid. That way
they don't waste their money. |
| Do you ask for a
deposit? |
Yes, we always charge 100€
deposit in the beginning. If everything is right we reimburse it when
leaving the premises. |
| How many people can fit in
the villa? |
The standard capacity is 8
people (4 double bedrooms + 2 bathrooms). If the party consists of more
people we can accomodate till 4 extra persons who would sleep in the sofa-beds
of the lounge. Any extra person pays 50-100€ for overoccupancy. |
|
Is the home isolated? |
No, it's an independent estate, with thick
stone walls which isolate it from the outside, but it's only in a side of
the village, so you can come to any corner of Tobed in 5 minutes. |
|
Has the villa got a swimming pool? |
No, there isn't one in the villa, but in
summer the local pools open and by a season family ticket of about 50€ you
can have free access to all its premises, including lawn, toilets,
showers, sports area (for tennis,
basketball, football or wall handball), shaded picnic area, ... In
summer they're the social centre of the community where parents can
communicate with locals and children can play freely with the other visitor
kids. |
|
Are dogs allowed in
the home? |
Yes. you can take your dog with you, as
there's plenty of space outdoors. However dogs should sleep in the garage or
wood room, avoiding furniture scratching or hairs on the stone walls. |
|
Is there a doctor in the village? |
Yes. The doctor attends patients in the
morning. For emergencies. people can call the doctor on duty or go to the
area hospital in Morata de Jalón or Calatayud. In Spain there's a universal
health service for any individual who is in Spain. |
|
Is there the
Internet? |
Yes, the home has Internet access through
telephone line, so its speed isn't very fast. |
|
Is there enough roaming for mobile
phones? |
Mobile phones often find it hard to work in
Tobed. The company with better roaming is Movistar. To avoid the problem the
villa has a home telephone available exclusively for the customers
which can be used to send and receive calls. |
|
Shall we take our linen? |
No, clean sheets, towels and blankets are
provided by the home at the beginning of the staying. |
|
Have you got a cot for a baby? |
Yes, we include a baby cot in a double room
if needed. |
|
Are there any food stores in the
village? |
Yes, opposite the Iglesia de la Virgen there's
a store and bakery where you can find food and cleaning products for the home.
If you need a bigger supermarket, you can go to Morata de Jalón, La
Almunia (30 min.) or Calatayud (45 min.). In Zaragoza (1 h) there are two
big shopping centres, Grancasa and Augusta.. |
|
Are there any pubs? |
In Tobed there's only one pub, "El Teleclub"
in
plaza de San Pedro, with outside terrace. It's prices are really convenient. |
|
Is there a restaurant? |
Yes, Mesón "Mario" in Mayor
St. which offers a menu at 9€. |
|
Is there much noise? |
No, apart from an occasional tractor or
animals voices, the home keeps an exceptional silence
specially for those
urban customers used to traffic noise. |
|
Is it cold in the house? |
No, there's central heating in the main
building, so a temperature of about 20º C can be established even in the
coldest periods. |
|
Is there air conditioning? |
No. We can say, however, that due to the
lounge position, with an underground wall, the shade effect from our big
trees and the option to using the cellar, makes it easy to get on with the
hottest months. |
|
Is the home sunny? |
Yes, the main orientation is East, so it has
morning sunshine. For those loving suntan, in the afternoons there's also
the outside area over the cellar. |
|
Are there shade areas outdoors? |
Yes we have many trees, specially a hundred-year-old
walnut tree which gives us sunshade all day long. |
|
Is the villa hard to find? |
No. There is no problem if you follow the
directions which appear in the web page "Directions"
till you see a tile with the door- knocker icon of "Vivienda de Turismo
Rural" |
|
Which is the best season to go? |
Although it depends on the particular needs
and the available free time the clients may have, the season with the most
impressing landscape goes from March to May, when most fruit trees are at
blossom
(almond trees, peach trees, plum trees, pear trees, cherry trees, etc)
forming natural colour carpets in the mountains. |
