Cookies Policy

Last updated: 1 November 2026

This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how The Villa Group (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses them on this website, and the choices you have. Analytics cookies are only used if you choose Accept in our cookie banner.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your web browser. They can help a site work properly, remember your choices or show how the site is used. “Session” cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while “persistent” cookies remain until they expire or you delete them. Websites can also store similar information in your browser using technology such as local storage, which this policy also covers.

Necessary storage

These are used for functions you ask for, so they don’t need your consent:

  • cookie-consent (local storage): remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies, until you change it or clear your browser data.
  • currency (local storage): remembers whether you chose to see prices in euros or pounds, until you change it or clear your browser data.

Analytics cookies

If you choose Accept, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, so we can improve it. If you choose Reject, Google Analytics is not loaded.

  • _ga: distinguishes visitors. It lasts up to 2 years.
  • _ga_<container-id>: keeps track of your visit. It lasts up to 2 years.

Google’s own information is available at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.

Third-party services

Some features of our website come from other companies, which receive technical information such as your IP address and may use their own cookies or similar technology:

  • SuperControl: our booking panel, loaded when you choose to reserve a villa.
  • Google Maps: the map on villa pages, loaded as you scroll near it.
  • YouTube: the video on our wedding page, shown in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode.
  • Cloudflare: hosts our website, helps keep it secure and may be used to check our forms for spam.

Links to other websites, such as our social media pages, are covered by those websites’ own policies.

Your choices

You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you change to Reject, we stop using Google Analytics and remove its cookies from your browser for this website.

You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary storage may mean your choices are not remembered, and some features, such as booking, may not work properly.

More information

You can learn more about cookies at allaboutcookies.org. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data. For questions, email privacy@thevillagroup.co.uk.