Guest User
March 1, 2024
The hotel itself is very good, we had a large sea facing room. which came with a kitchen and living room. It was cleaned every day, towels and beds changed as needed. The hotel is nicely situated with walks, and a few good restaurants a short walk away, up the left hand hill. Supermarkets with easy walking distance too. But that is where the good remarks end, do not go here during the spanish school holidays, as the kids take over the pool all day, with noisey music, no where to relax to read at all. Then we come to the food and restaurant. we stayed half board. So when we arrived after travelling since 3 am, it was 2pm in the afternoon. We asked where we could could get a snack, we we told the hotel doesn't do anything so need to go round the corner to a small bar. Not the best but it filled us up. Then came the evening meal in the restaurant if you can call it that. It was nothing better than a cafeterria with plastic chairs and tables. Well the food could only be described as slop. We came in the next night exactly the same, so we ended up eating out. We didn't pay really good money to eat such appaling food. Hamburgers, hot dogs, every night, with gristly horrible meat, raw sauages, rich tea biscuits in mousse, jelly cubes. Dog fish in green sauce was the piece de resistance, along with other slop. They charge £2.50 for a small bottle of water with your meal, but you can buy a large bottle from the vending machine in reception for £1.20, but not allowed to bring into dining. If we had eaten in for the 10 days it would have been £25 for water alone. Because the Spanish school holidays go on till 11th September the entertainment was aimed at them till 11pm at night. This hotel really let itself down with the food especially in the evening, as it had potential to be a really nice place. Opposite the hotel going towards the beach if you follow the path up towards the rock, there are a few really nice restaurants. Then if you go right from the hotel along the beach path, there are all the beach reataurants and the town. The old town is worth a visit, very pretty, but it is a bus ride away. To catch the bus go round the back of hotel, near the salt flats and the bus stop is there. The tram is worth a visit to either Denier or Altea/Benidorm, again catch the same bus from the salt flats and ask for tram station, they all go there. Then when you get back from your day trip the bus is waiting to bring you right back to the front of hotel. Excellent service £1.50 each way. Also behind the salt flats are Lidl, and a bit further along another large supermarket. The older gentleman on reception will point you in the right direction he is very good.