Jukebox696969
February 28, 2024
So, this is a review of the hotel, but will start with the holiday as a whole.... Flight was ok, easyJet ran out of cards to fill in on the plane, so half the plane got through customs 30 minutes before the other half. The airport itself is a joke, full of angry men barking orders at everyone including women and children. Make sure you take a pen, they WILL NOT lend you one. Transfer there was a death ride, got told multiple times to wear seatbelts only to find they had been chopped off on most seats. Transfer back was great. At the hotel check in was fairly smooth, we were a family of 4 with 2 adult children, so 2 rooms. We were shown to our rooms which were superior sea view rooms.... Sadly this wasn't the case. The rooms were a poor standard, old and tired, missing curtains, no batteries in the TV or air con remote controls, cracks in tiles, dirty bedding and pillows. It was however 10pm, so we just went to bed. We had the lovely guest relations team asked at the pool what we thought of the room the following morning, we told Safy and Mustafa (Who were both excellent) and they offered to move us. We ended up in the main building above the pool in 2 rooms that were next to each other, and much better decorated. The hotel in general is a real mix... Some parts are nice and look clean and modern, other areas look a bit tired but they are carrying out lots of work to improve this. Food was generally ok, breakfast not so good for us but lunch and evening were fairly good. The main pool was nice and warm, very busy and noisy... Music pumping out from 10am till 5pm which our daughters loved. The sales guys around the pool were a bit of a nightmare... You couldn't just have 30 minutes peace without someone disturbing you. Even if you were asleep they would wake you up to try and sell you something. Beach wasnt the best, could be nice but isn't at the moment. Sand is there one minute gone the next. Boulders and rubble everywhere and the sea wasn't really enticing to swim in. The most annoying thing was that the pool staff were reserving beds for people. this was really unfair, even at 7.30am most the beds were "reserved" by people willing to pay the pool staff. Ironic there is a big sign next to the hut with the pool rules, reserving beds is not allowed. We refused and found them to be very unfriendly, so probably in hindsight just pay them their commission and take the beds. The Jazz bar was strange, wonderful room and well furnished but no jazz that we ever saw (or heard) and the occasional football game on. I would say better to change it to a sports bar as the downstairs bar already feels more jazz like. The coffee bar on the ground floor is excellent, open 24 hours a day, great freshly made coffee and a selection of desserts. Staff in there were really friendly. The entertainment team worked hard and were all great, good fun to talk to and made the trip much better than it would have been without them. Massive thanks to Maxim