Guest User
February 15, 2025
Our 3rd consecutive all inclusive February visit to this lovely gem of a hotel. We emailed the hotel prior to our visit to request a quiet room and say that we were coming to celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary, sadly and unusually we didn’t get a reply. Our easyJet flight left on time from Gatwick, however we had to divert and make an urgent landing in Porto (Portugal) due to a medical incident on board. It must be said, the easyJet crew handled the situation extremely professionally and the pilots did a fantastic job in getting the aircraft safely on the ground, as fast as possible with the gentlest of landings. A big pat on the back for easyJet dealing with this distressing incident so well. Hope the poorly passenger made it. Our last visit (5* review 15/2/24), I made a couple of suggestions for improvements, one was for a private transfer rather than the 2 hour bus journey. We were delighted to be transferred by car from airport to hotel, this was so much more comfortable and relaxing, arriving in under an hour. The transfer team at the airport were very well organised and had us on our way right away, brilliant. Arriving at the hotel, the wonderful relaxing feeling returned to us straight away, easy informative check in with a welcome glass of bubbles. Our room was basic (6420), very clean, facing the carpark, that’s what we paid for, it was lovely and quiet. Throughout the week our room was cleaned to a very high standard and minibar topped up every day. The wristbands incorporating the room key were fantastic, no forgetting the credit card type key this holiday, it worked perfectly too, a great improvement. We enjoyed the activities, especially the aqua gym, joining in everyday a perfect workout to build an appetite for lunch. Last year the gym was well equipped but lacked a rowing machine, this was my second request from last year. To my delight they had provided not one but two rowers. Well done management. For us the hotel has a great mix of everything, the food was great perhaps I was unlucky, but found some of the roasts this year were a tad fatty with not much meat on the served portion, however there are certainly enough superb dishes to choose from. The restaurant is spotlessly clean and everything is beautifully presented. The efforts by the kitchen/waiting staff was most appreciated. The Japanese restaurant was again very good, entertaining, food and wine delicious. The evening entertainment was good, not quite as good as previous years, but still enjoyable in the marvellous cavernous theatre, great drinks service too. Without exception, all the staff were very pleasant and professional a great team that ensure a smooth and perfect holiday… We are young at heart early 60s and do enjoy the peaceful vibe of the hotel, we were sold the holiday from easyJet, as for being “Just for Adult’s” this was not the case. There were many children who were all well behaved enjoying themselves. We spent the majority of our week