I'm here now

Written: 22 august 2013
Travel time: 9 — 22 august 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 4.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 5.0
Well, what can I say, briefly:
- from the hotel to the sea 7-10 min.
- the beaches in Mallorca are public, so sunbeds are about 6 euros, umbrellas are around 4. On the way to the beach and on the promenade, they sell mats for 10 €. And all sorts of air mattresses, towels and other yarn nonsense. Which will save on beach service.
- the food is quite tolerable, you won't have to go hungry. If you have ALL, then the drinks will be either free or at a special price. If not full board, then drinks at dinner are all paid. In the pool bar, they are a little more expensive than "ollovskih", but not critical. If you do not want to carry cash, then give the reception a bank card. They somehow draw it up, tying it to the number. Nothing is removed, nothing is blocked. But, after that you will be able to record expenses for the number. Although in the bar you still have to pay in cash right away.

- beach towels can be taken at the reception, leaving a deposit - 10€. Return the towel - you will be returned the deposit.
- deposit for towels, safe (2 € per day, deposit -5-6 €), paid internet (there is a free general, in apartments close to the main building it is quite agile) - 3 € - hour / 6 - day / more profitable -20 € per week) - payable in cash only.
- rooms in the main building from 2 to 4 floors are standard with balconies. On the 1st floor, the superior is larger and the balcony is large. You can sunbathe in the morning. But it is issued in width compared to the upper standards. And if the German youth will buzz upstairs, then on your balcony you can find everything that is coal! Because There is no roof over it. Family rooms-apartments on the sides of the main building. The size of a superior divided into 2 rooms. Balcony or terrace is standard small. They have a kitchenette with a stove and sink, a set of dishes.
- there are bus stops near the hotel, two on the sides of the reception, and two behind the hotel. On the first, bus 23 goes to the city and to Arenal, there is a stop right at the water park. In the city, stops in the center at Plaza de Españ a. From there, the old part of the city and city attractions are nearby. The fare is 1.5 €, on the buses there is an announcement that banknotes larger than 10 € are not accepted, only a trifle. Behind the hotel there is bus 25 to town. 23 runs every 30 minutes, 25 every 10.
- 2 swimming pools, now if you want a sunbed, then take it from 8-9 o'clock, later you will not find free ones. The pool with sea water is open and it seems like the one with fresh water that has a retractable roof. Now it is open. The gate from the back of the hotel closes at 23:00, come later, you need to go around the hotel and enter through the reception.
- I clean normally, towels are changed if you leave them. Carefully hanged are considered to be worthless.

- air conditioners in the hotel - this is a "fan in a Soviet car"! Something weakly blows into the wall and dissipates without cooling at all! You can open windows and balcony doors, but there are mosquitoes, but there is not always a draft and fresh air. In the evenings there is no wind now and the open window does not help. Is that in the morning more pleasant, but not by much. The restaurant, too, kondei are the same sluggish. If you want a little coolness - sit at the reception. On the embankment and in the premises of the cafe, air conditioning is the same.
- a taxi to Palma is about 20 €, drivers also prefer to open the windows, rather than turn on the air conditioner.
- public transport with kondeya, but they do not help if there are a lot of people. In excursion buses, they get cold normally, you can freeze.
- lunch for those who are not on full board - 18€ per person.
- there are bicycles for rent, but there are no bike paths nearby, people ride along the roadway of the embankment, but there are not many cars there, but there are a lot of people.
- full of German youth hanging out watching football in cafes o ret so that the buzz in the evening can be as if you are in a crowded stadium. They walk so that in the evening pandemonium and mountains of garbage. And in the morning some of them try to recover along the embankment.
- in the hotel in the evenings, the entertainment program is small: singers, musicians, magicians. During the day there is water aerobics, etc. The schedule hangs in the elevators and on the stand. There is an ATM downstairs.
- there are a lot of rental offices around, you can take everything from a car to a 5-seater bike. Auto mostly with mechanics, automatic transmission is very small. On average, 50 € per day, another 3 € for insurance, about the same amount for a navigator. There are many gas stations near the cities, in the north in the mountains there are fewer. Gasoline around 1.5 € per liter. The roads are good, the whole island can be crossed up and down in 1.5 - 2 hours. There are signs everywhere, there are no crossroads at the races, only roundabouts. The advantage is for those who are already driving around the circle. The paid part is only in one tunnel, the payment is accepted by people 8€. No problems - drove up gave the payment.
- English is understood in a peculiar way, they listen to you and answer in Spanish. The hotel at the reception is still tolerable, sometimes it is more difficult with waiters. But some even try to communicate in Russian.

Summary: we wanted the hotel to be close to the populated areas. And this immediately cut off the fashionable. If it weren't for the lack of air-conditioning, it would be possible not to strain. Coming to the room only for the night. But sleeping like in an oven is not at all happy! Half the night you're sticky like scotch tape trying to force yourself to piss. And the isolation is such that in the morning you will be awakened by the preparations of the staff: the movement of sunbeds, tables, etc. The staff is friendly and helpful. Washing of clothes is prompt: in the morning they took them to 11, cleaning the room, in the afternoon they will bring clean and ironed. A hotel for people without strong claims, mobile and not for hot August.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original