Sophie Roberts
The place is lovely and clean the staff are friendly. The beds are quite hard. Our only issue really was they don't allow late checkout and with travelling with two Autistic children this wasn't ideal. Our flights had been changed to a later one so we had to spend six hours in the reception area.
Daniel Roberts
Rooms are clean with Air Conditioning. Beds and Sofa Bed are rock hard, didn't manage to sleep well all holiday. The food was nice, not always the freshest but plenty to choose from. 3 different pools but the kids slides were a disappointment. The Staff are friendly and helpful, with the exception of Reception who flat out lied to us when there was a simple solution to our problem. Would have been a 4 star apart from your Reception Staff.
Emma Wedgwood
We stayed as a family in Caleta Dorada in August. The room was immaculate however the position of our room wasn't the best as was next to the hotel skips and a road, we were told we could pay €15 extra a night to upgrade to be higher up the hill however we did choose to pass.
The entertainment staff are brilliant, hosting a daily children's disco, darts, water polo and many other things.
Bar staff were slightly rude at times and very inattentive.
Location is certainly what you pay for, not the Barcelo at all. A long walk up a hill from the town center so not great for those with impaired mobility.
Food was mediocre, often found myself queuing for ages to get a pancake as they were made very slowly. Food did cause the occasional stomach upset. Which is most likely due to cross contamination.
Overall a good experience.
Mark Young Studio
Had another great holiday here. This is our third time here as the place is excellent value for money and a stones throw from the beach. The rooms had been refurbished since our last visit in 2020 and were comfortable and clean. Food was again great as was the all inclusive drinks at the pool bar. Staff were friendly and helpful as always. Would think twice about staying again.
Lauren Priest
Came here for a week with 2 young children, I didn't realise how spaced apart the hotel was, but we were placed in block B which was close to the heated pool and restaurant, so a 5 or so minute uphill/stairs walk to the other pools and evening entertainment. Both pool areas had bars that had both food & drink, food was not self service in the bars, you needed to ask. The restaurant was well laid out and clean, the food was presented well and you could see how hard the staff worked to ensure plates were cleared and food was always topped up.
The room looked nice, the bedroom window rattled, the doors/floor were uneven making them tough to shut & the shower was very slow, but the room itself looked nice, did the job and the outdoor area with table and chairs was lovely, as was the size of the drying rack for clothing.
Room clean was every other day, this was a very basic towel change, sweep and emptying of small bin.
Wouldn't recommend leaving any food out, we noticed quite a few ant looking bugs and a couple cockroaches in the room, not the hotels fault at all, as it was all very clean, but just a warning not to leave food around.
The hotel is a 10 minute downhill walk to a lovely beach, if you want to make the day longer I'd highly recommend going through the streets to visit some shops and parks, we visited roughly 4 or 5 different parks in just one day walking down to the beach, there's also a lovely walk that takes you to views out to sea where there's chipmunks, it leads to the harbour and then on to the beach. You can feed the fish for €1, swim with sea lions for €49, do an inflatable obstacle course for €12, and also a glass boat, pedalo's and pedalo's with slides at the harbour, but I can't remember how much they were. There is also a mini golf just off from the beach.
Children's disco started at roughly 8.45pm and went on for about 30 mins which was a big hit for the children (6 & 2) then the evening entertainment started around 9.30pm, we didn't stay for this so can't comment on what it was like. The guy behind the bar was very polite and worked quickly to get everyone their orders, there is a drinks list at the bar which states which are all inclusive and which you have to pay for.
There's a supermarket and a British shop just a 5 minute walk up hill (can be seen from reception)
There's a market on Tuesday and Saturday, just down hill from the hotel, lots of fake designer bits and souvenirs.
All in all, I would happily stay here again!