Maritimo Beach Hotel

We had a lovely stay here in late October, right at the end of the season. The hotel is immaculately clean and our Superior Sea View room was really nice with a comfortable double bed. Beautiful view out to sea over the pool area. Breakfast was very good with good choices. Dinner: the upgrade to half board was £30 per person per week, so £4.29 per meal. I thought the food was pretty good (even without considering that price point!) we ate out on 3 evenings and didn't resent this as the half board price was so low. If you like your food piping hot then the buffet, like most buffets, won't be for you. Staff were all friendly and welcoming. A few tavernas and shops close by and the more an easy 10 minute walk away. Good supermarket a few steps away. Plenty of sunbed availability, no need to get up early but we were end of season though. Even so we were blessed with unbelievably beautiful weather 😍. I think we'll probably go back!

When we arrived at hotel there was no room available for us. We were put into a temporary room until 5pm on day two, this meant we couldn't settle or unpack. When we finally got our room it was fine, apart from no safe, no drawers. No one from reception indicated that there was a safe in reception. Everywhere was accessed by stairs the very limited lift was no use to us as it only goes to the kitchen or the higher floors. We had to go up and down two flights of steps to go anywhere from our room. When we arrived at the Maritimo Beach hotel I was devastated to find the 'beach' was in fact a concrete dump. The nearest entrance to the sea was the harbour which was accessed by a steep slope and the water covered with an oil deposit. My beach holiday gone. The accessible town was down a steep slope and therefore inaccessible to me to get back up. We were left with very few Tavernas to eat in. Though I might add Amelia's was exceptional thank goodness. Breakfast and service at the hotel were standard although preference was always given to the German clientele. Especially at reception. The hotel was set in stunning gardens which was just as well because for 14 days we were confined there. Laurena and Athenia provided excellent service in the pool bar and stood out amongst the mediocre other staff. I could not get around the big pool, but happily settled for the quieter pool but was fixed by the ladder entrance to the pool which meant I had to rely on others for help. Over all the holiday was not fit for purpose for someone with disabilities. I was very disappointed.