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November 3, 2024
Hey all, just got back from this place and just to reassure people, we all had a great time. A group of 9 family members ranging from 3 to 79 over the October half term. The site is huge with the reception, main restaurant, a few pools, the entertainment area and the majority of rooms on one side of a service road. On the other side is there are more rooms, more pools, bars, places to eat and the water park. Also access to a number of little beach areas and the sea. The site is what you'd class as a village. Lots of separate blocks containing up to 30 rooms. We had a sea view which was nice. Cleaned and fresh towels every day. 3 beds and quite a large room with a nice balcony. Really comfy bed. A word of warning with the rooms. Depending on what room they allocate you might effect your holiday, depending on what you want. There is a go kart track next to the hotel running until 11pm and there are lots of rooms that overlook it. Also there are lots of rooms overlooking the main pool which is also the main entertainment area so if you want a quiet night this is not where you want a room. Friendly, hard working staff. Never experienced any issues with the staff. Food was awesome. So much choice, fresh cooked omelette, steak, fish. I put on half a stone and I was eating pretty healthily, just lots of it! Snack bar on the beach side doing fresh stir fry noodles. Drinks were good too. Branded vodka and whiskey plus some local spirits and beer. I watched them open new bottles of Absolute Vodka and there were some very very long pours but it still didn't have the effect it would have had in the UK so I'm not sure if it's somehow watered down like in other posts. AI cocktails were good too. Too much ice in everything though. Some of the bars are not on the AI so ask if it's not obvious. Lots of pools with little slides for small kids and the water park at the far end. I believe the water park is having a makeover for 2025. Pools are not heated. Even though it was half term there were no queues for anything, it was quite quiet. No problems getting sunbeds and no need to towel reserve. Speaking of towels get them at the main pool on the reception side of the hotel. If you like to walk then if you stand facing the sea and turn left you can walk along the sea front to the harbour and then back along the main street with all the shops. If you face the sea and turn right you can only get so far before the hotels stop you walking across their private areas. There's a few shops on site and just over the main road opposite the hotel. We did find the entertainment a bit poor but maybe that's just our taste. And the entertainment is around the main pool area and this area is way too small for this size of hotel with people having no choice but to stand as there's not enough seats and tables. The gym was OK if you can adapt your training for your stay. Not how it looks in the adverts. Some of the equipment was broken and dirty. It needs replacing ASAP.