Gastgebruiker
27 februari 2024
After reading all the reviews, positive and negative, I booked a week’s holiday at this hotel. The positive: great location, just 10 minutes gentle stroll from the relaxed centre of the town, 5 minutes from a lovely beach and 5 minutes from the bus station. Hotel is clean, rooms sizeable, beds comfy, shower powerful with plenty of hot water. Pool area is a pleasant sun trap until late afternoon with lots of sun loungers. Breakfast was plentiful, with a good range of choice. The ‘English’ breakfast looked a bit tired, but the continental selection was tasty, with a wide selection of breads, pastries, cold meats, cheese and fruit. A omelette station has a chef who will cook you a fresh omelette. The machine coffee is a bit on the rough side, and the dining room is a bit canteen-like. We didn’t eat dinner in the hotel. Staff all helpful and friendly. The not-so-positive: We were warned about construction work on the sea side of the hotel. We barely noticed any noise over the constant crashing of the waves against the sea wall! I loved this, but my partner found it a bit oppressive. The street cleaners outside at 7am were also noisier than the construction. There is a small football stadium outside, with floodlights on until 10pm. Again, not much of an issue, unless you’re trying to get little ones to sleep early. No blackout curtains at the windows. There are two small lifts, but only one was working, while the other was being worked on nearly every day. This caused some frustration, especially at breakfast time. Most people were seeing the funny side, but it was a bit annoying. The brochure said there were table tennis and pool tables, but the staff told us this was not currently the case. My main problem was the lack of a fridge in the room. I did know about this in advance, and experience has now taught me that this is a deal breaker for me. The hotel’s website bills it as 4*, while our tour operator billed it as 3*, which is much more accurate in my view. All in all, we had a very pleasant stay, and felt we got good value for money.
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