Iberostar Waves Club Cala Barca

After reading some of the reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by the hotel. We arrived around 12 and our room wasn’t ready. We had to wait till 230, so we got some lunch and found some sunbeds. Our room was in block 44. We liked it as a bit quieter but still only 5 mins walk from main restaurant. Our garden family room had 1 bedroom and bathroom, with a separate room with 2 single beds (sofa beds)for the kids. Only 1 sofa bed had been made up on arrival. But after a couple of prompts, housekeeping made up the 2nd bed. The room was clean but the one issue was that unless you really slammed the door it reopened. I woke at 3am one night and our door was wide open. It was 3euros a day for a safe, unless you selected eco cleaning option to have the room cleaned alternate days. There were hardly any power sockets so recommend you take a 4-way extension lead if you want to charge multiple devices. We had 2 teenagers (18,16) and felt the hotel was mainly aimed at younger children. Or maybe it was just the time of year. It felt like you were packed in round the pools. The beach is a public beach so there are no sun loungers there. And it’s a bit rocky so beach shoes are a god idea. I love to swim laps. The pools were a bit manic. We felt it would have been nice to have 1 pool which was adults only. The only time of day you can do laps is when the athletic pool opens at 0830. It’s not lifeguarded at this time, so you can sw laps. From 10am lifeguards arrive and there isn’t rooms to swim. The pool by block 44 closed at 6 and you are asked to vacate the pool. This feels too early. And the bar also closed at this time. Also, it would be good if people could remember not to take glasses to the pool. We liked the food. There was a good choice and it was nice to go to different restaurants for a change of scene. Mexican, seafood, sushi, fresh fish. We went to the Beach House one evening and had BBQ. We didn’t feel this was very special when it’s such a lovely location. Would have been nicer to be an a la carte restaurant. The drinks were ok. But cocktails were premixed so disappointing. It’s good to have an insulated water bottle/cup. Breakfast was my favourite meal with lovely freshly cooked omelettes, fresh orange juice and smoothies. My main complaint about the food would be the desserts … they were delicious and I just couldn’t resist them! The entertainment team were great. Whilst we were there, they organised a triathlon. This was great fun and all those that took part really enjoyed it. I loved the fit jumping with Lucia and Pola. There were lots of sporting activities to chose from with Aqua gym, yoga, spinning , football, beach volleyball etc. So plenty to keep you entertained during the day. At night, a quiz took place before the main entertainment. There isn’t much space to watch the shows. People reserve their seats to watch very early, but if you sit on the steps you can usually find a spot. Most of the shows were good fun. It was great

2nd visit here, stayed last year and thoroughly enjoyed our 2024 visit. Few points; Food has i proved from last year Staff as mentioned on other reviews are what makes this place, were very good with my 5 year old. Rooms v good, basic but more than serviceable ( stayed in deluxe family room central location, as stated on jet2 website) Entertainment is late to keep my 5 year old up for but our balcony overlooked the stage so we were good :) Hotel grounds are immaculately clean, a credit to the grounds staff Hoping to visit again in 2025 (One thing to add, ensure when booking to go for a central location rooms, makes everything much easier)

My family of 4 (children aged 3 & 8months) have just arrived home from a week all inclusive at IWCB- The resort itself is large with plenty to do- everything is located fairly close to the centre (apart from the outer apartments) we were in block 55 and our balcony faced towards the shops which was handy. The grounds itself have a few paths for walks if you need a quiet break during the day which worked well for our 8mo naps. As I mentioned before we stayed in block 55- our room was a family room & we upgraded to have a separate double bedroom. The rooms were clean and spacious and the en-suite was a walk in shower which suited us fine. The beds were comfortable as were the pillows. Fresh towels changed daily & you can rent the hotel towels for the pools/beach. There was a travel cot in our room which didn’t look the cleanest so I’m glad we bought our own from home. We also took car seats for the taxis etc as non of the taxis provided them- again I’m glad we did. We found the food extremely disappointing and only found the food edible at the Mexican themed restaurant which is a shame considering we came for Mediterranean food. The main restaurant buffet seemed to be the same food selection every night which got boring quickly but the food itself was mediocre at best- there were always flies around the food especially the bread and cheese area which really put us off. I know the hotel staff can’t control the flies however the food wasn’t replaced it would just be sat there. I can’t comment on the beach restaurant as we couldn’t get a reservation so we couldn’t attend. We were lucky there was a shop right by us as our ASD toddler wouldn’t have eaten. The pools were great. Two kids pools which my toddler loved & a semi-deep pool that overlooked the sea. We spent most of our time there as it was right by the food trucks/help yourself bar. At around 3pm everyday they’d do some kind of activity in the pool and my 3 year old ran on the water carpet which was a highlight of our trip. The staff who attended to the games were always extremely friendly and helpful. I can’t comment on the entertainment at nighttime as it was too loud/overwhelming for our toddler so we were in the room from 6pm which was fine as there was a TV etc. I would bare that in mind if your child is SEND as it does get very loud/crowded and I did find some of the guests quite ignorant when our child was having a meltdown. We got a bit of cabin fever near the end of the trip so on our last day we hired a car from the hotel which was €130 & we travelled to Palma which was amazing. I’d highly recommend doing this! Overall- we did enjoy the holiday it was lovely to be in the sun & pool and the rooms were lovely and clean. I would say that the meal times should be earlier to accommodate babies & children and more of a rotation/variety. I would recommend this hotel if you’re not a foodie / have children who just want to be poolside all day. I wouldn’t recommend for couples.