Aurum Ortona

Nice hotel for the sea The beaches are quite nice (not many waves but also not too deep which is good for kids but can be a bit boring for adults - eg up to the rocks my 5 year old child could stand without having her head under water). With polarised sunglasses I saw a reasonable amount of fish every time I walked to the rocks in the sea. The food is a buffet and passable but there are nicer restaurants close by to rather go to. The breakfast was very poor, no fruit or eggs. Only water or pineapple juice for cold drinks. The restaurant is only open during (short) times and they start packing up before the time is up. The staff are quite friendly. The rooms are a bit tired and don’t have accessible electricity plugs by the bed which I find old fashioned but otherwise ok and had good aircon and ok fridge. The sea views are nice. The website says it has children clubs/childcare but this is only from around 15 June to mid September so we just missed this. You get an allocated umbrella and 2 chairs on the beach but only the blue ones, not the nice big straw ones, those are 50 euros extra a day. That annoyed me as we had a more expensive sea view room and literally the week we were there no-one used any the whole time!!!. They should let hotel people use those if no-one else is. The pools are nice but only open during certain times. Overall it is nice and we would stay there again but not eat at the restaurant.