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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Thomson - August 2007

Opinion submitted in August 2007 by : Matt Draper - Bristol (29,34,5,1)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just got back from this Hotel and had a fantastic holiday, couldnt fault the friendly staff. Choice of food was very good as Snack bar and pizzeria available outside of main restaurant times. Rooms very clean and spatious. Swimming pools very clean.Enjoyed the nightly barbeques overlooking the beach (which was also excellent especially the slider pedlo's) and kids loved the mini disco entertainment.
Be warned main pool goes from shallow to very deep quite quickly making it easy for little ones to get out of their depth, although the life guard on duty was very good.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Thomas Cook-july 2007

Opinion submitted in August 2007 by : Angela Wallace-32,32,27,12

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well we arrived at hotel at 12pm room wasnt ready till 2pm which wasnt to much of a problem gave u time to look around.

Room-it was big one of the best as it was on end of building so it had double balcony overlooking the pool and sea it was stunning.Room was cleaned every day and beds made,Air con not that fantastic.
Resturant Food-wasnt the best ive had but always found somthin to eat,got fed up seein veal on menu every day.
Pizzeria-pizza,s are very nice if you get them when just out of oven.
Pools-Are good rather deep and rather cold but i enjoyed them.sun beds and parasols are a problem as always need to be down early to get parasol(7am)crap.
Beaches-are bueatiful sea is gorguoes.

Pool Bar-Food hear is rather nice you could have toasties,burgers,hotdogs,there was salad and always plenty of fruit to hand.can get busy as staff are servin for drinks and takin orders for food,dont know how the chef coped somtimes.
Entertainmant-it was ok watched a few shows parrots are fab,cool and the gang good some fun nights.
Resort Center-it was fab superb shops plenty of them good bars and resturants if u fancy eatin out.
Your Rep-Dawn is fantastic from thomas cook good laugh a bit mad so hi dawn thanks for tha champayne for my birthday.

We went to a place called D,ALFILS bar/resturant dawn our rep recomended it to us so we went on the sunday nite and ive got to say its the best nite ive ever had so much so we ended back up there another twice,theres a singer/comedian (with a difference called jhon hes there on a sunday,wedensday and fridays you have to go and see him hes brilliant he starts his act at 9.30 go early to get seats we had dinner up there and it was fab bar staff are great and a bit mad,mike is fab.

All in all a fantastic holiday would definetley go back.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - June 2007

Opinion submitted in August 2007 by : Steve Pearce - peterborough (56,55 )r

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Overall
A very enjoyable all-inclusive Hotel with some good night time entertainment, reasonable food, a good range of drinks and great beach.

Hotel
Clean pool, 2nd week there were more 8-14 year olds in evidence, even in term time. There was professional entertainment 3nights a week. Much better than that normally expected on this type of holiday.
The air con was intermittent but due to the time of year wasn't essential. The sun beds round the pool were always covered with towels.
Don't have a room over the disco, which is on the left of reception when viewed from outside the Hotel. It apparently continues way past midnight and in the first floor rooms that are immediately above it you can't sleep due to the noise. The management are aware of this, they don't put children in these rooms, but do nothing if you complain.

Food
The pool bar was great for lunchtime snacks & at the 3rd attempt, over 3 days; we got a cheese & onion toasty which if what we ordered. The first 2 were cheese & tomato that were still good.  Don't sit down to wait for your food it arrives very quickly. You could also mix your own cocktail of the day.
The breakfasts were good but the evening meal could have been better presented. The pizzeria was fine if you liked pizza and chips.

Main Bar
Bar staff were entertaining. The list of Included Drinks was longer than I expected.

Resort
The beach was small crowded but only a short walk from the hotel & ideal for children. It was less than 5 minutes from the hotel BUT there are a lot of steps and its not suitable for the infirm.
You could take a boat up the coast to Porto Cristo. By changing boat here you could get to Sa Coma and beyond.
There are quite a few shops bars within 5 minutes walk and there are 2 bank ATMs. If you use   BBVA ATM and have a Nationwide Debit Card there are no charges at all. Be careful to ask for your account to be charges in Euros (NOT STIRLING) because Nationwide give a very good rate of exchange.
Go to the Tourist information office just passed the Hotel Samoa. You can get maps & Bus Timetables for the whole of Mallorca. Only open mornings

There is a good bus service from a bus stop outside the hotel. South to Cala Dor, North to Cala Bona/Millor & inland to the markets and across to Palma. Timekeeping can be erratic. On one occasion, as we were the only passengers, the bus went passed the stop and dropped us right in front of the entrance to the reception.
If you want peace a quite and a fantastic sea view you need to stop in the annex alongside the hotel.
There were few Mosquitoes at this time of year but if you are normally troubled by them take some DEET.

Weather.
Glorious sunshine. We had 2 very light showers in a fortnight.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Direct Holidays June 2007

Opinion submitted in August 2007 by : Louise , Stephen, Charlotte & James 36, 40, 8 & 6

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This is the best holiday I have had in years. 

The hotel is fantastic, right on the beach and the views from the room was superb. The hotel is well placed within Calas de Mallorca and is only 2 minutes walk into the centre, where you can get everything you need (chemist, supermarket etc.,) There is a train which goes all around the area, great idea for a cloudy day. The hotel itself is well furnish and cleaned throughly daily. There is plenty to offer in the way of food and even enough for myself (I'm a veggie). 

The staff are super friendly, nothing is ever too much trouble for them. The best thing we enjoyed as a family was the evening entertainment. Mostly it was run by Eric, who is amazingly funny Cuban, just to listen to the bingo on a night was laugh! Great hotel too if you like to holiday with other nationalities, there were French, Polish, Spanish (on holiday), Slovakians,Italians, Czechs, and the occasional Germans! The beach at Callas de Mallorca is stunning, beautiful clear water and a gently sloping beach, makes this beach safe for even the smallest child. My two loved jumping the waves. 

We will be returning the Hotel America again, maybe not next year, but soon!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: direct holidays June 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : Steven, Sharon, Brendan,  43,  33, 10

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

When we arrived we were told they didn't have a room for us for another 2 days,  we were moved to the Club Cala Romani and told to come back to hotel America on Thursday and our room would be ready for 12,  it wasn't ready until 2.30.  Not the best start. 

When we got into our room i was pleasantly surprised it was bright and spacious with sea view.  The beds where made every day however couldn't say room  was cleaned every day.  The room has built in air conditioning which was brilliant.

Food:(  not great,  we always go All Inclusive and i have to say this was the worst choice i have come across,  it was either Veal, Pork or Turkey Day and night in restaurant,  The Pizzeria was a waste of time hardly any pizza available at times.  The best food was from the Snack bar at the pool,  The poor chef was so overworked..   at times he completely lost his temper and fought with bar staff.

Drink:(  constant queue at bar day and night and some bar staff unfriendly.  I am diabetic and only diet juice available was coke.  I ended up buying my own drink in town and taking into hotel. 

Entertainment:( This was awful we had Russian dancers, Brazilian dancers,  The best was the parrot show which was the only night entertainment was suited for kids.

Pool Area:( kids pool available for small kids, however main pools very unsafe for weak swimmers.  it goes very deep very quickly.

Resort :( takes about 10 Min's to round main square and that is all it has.  once you done it once very little to do.

We took a boat trip twice to Port Cristo and then to Cala Millor this was fantastic 2 great days out.

All in all the holiday was OK  would not return.  Also think i would have preferred to stay in the Cala Romani that we were in first as the entertainment that was on both nights there was fantastic and the pool area gorgeous 3 large lagoon pools....

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: direct holidays - june 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : sue williamson - pontefract (47,25,10,7)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

First thing I have to say about this resort is that if you are young and looking for nights out and bright lights then this resort is not for you. On the other hand if you are in search of a relaxing family holiday with plenty of good food in a lovely location then this place is just what you have been looking for. 

The hotel America is a lovely hotel and the staff are really nice and friendly.The rooms are cleaned every day and fresh towels are provided daily. Every room in the hotel has a stunning sea view and the rooms are comfortable and clean, The food in the hotel is lovely with plenty of variety and you can get snacks from the pool bar and also the pizzaria. The all inclusive basis makes it so easy to relax and let the kids help themselves to whatever they want without the worry of running out of holiday spends! For those wishing to venture a little farther and get a bus trip I would like to warn you it took us well over two hours in heavy traffic to reach the other side of the island and visit Magalluf. There is a regular bus service stopping directly outside the hotel that will take you all over the island but the traffic is very slow moving. We went on a nice boat trip to the beautiful port of porto christo. We went and visited the caves of Drach which we really hated. Claustrophobics beware! Time in Porto Christo is better spent on the beach!

On another note you will enjoy the entertainment at this hotel cos its so bad its good! The presenters are really good but they get some really naff turns on. The best of the bunch are the parrott show and the Kool and the Gang tribute and the worst was an act called Lindas but we enjoyed laughing about them! The bar staff were all really overworked and underpaid but despite this were really cheerful and friendly. We especially liked Zena and a lovely waiter whose name I cant spell but he said to call him chiuaua (woof woof woof)! What a laugh he was! Sure you will know what I mean if you go.

Any way to round things up I think this is a great value holiday for families and I would certainly go back tomorrow if I could but if you want to go clubbing etc. then go to Magalluf or you will be disapponted.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Direct Holidays June 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : 47,38,35,34,33,32,14,11,10,8,6,6

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We arrived at the hotel at 12;30 in the afternoon to be told our rooms were not ready for another 2hrs, not the best start to our holiday, but we were luckly some people were being told their rooms were not ready until the next day and had to stay in another hotel this seemed to happen often at this hotel. we did finally get to our room which actually was very nice and beauitful sea views and very large room.Staff at hotel very miserable apart from entainment team.Some really good shows thougth the week food not to bad good choice for everyone.

overall this hotel for the money was really good nice and clean and in a good location for the beach and not to far to walk into the little town to have something to eat there if bored with hotel food.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: 16 june 2007 to 23 june 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : 50 52

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just back from the hotel america and would find it hard to find fault but have two, the over booking is still a problem as the hotel is part of a chain of hotels and this seems to be there way of filling the others up as this hotel seems to have it all location at beach in town and great hotel we where booked with thomsons and they dont seem to mess these companys about so we had no proplems, and the drink beer and wine, is weak as this is a family hotel is propably a good thing as you will see very few drunks the town is small but has everthing in it that you would want for a good night out odonnells irish pub live music this resort is for familys

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Internet - May 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : Malcolm Briggs - Gateshead (45, 39, 6, 6)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

First time all inclusive. The kids are just 6 so we were worried that the food would not be suitable. No need to worry, the food was fantastic, a little samey but still really good. We enjoyed the copius amounts of wine. Breakfast was everyones favourite meal top notch. The kids found the pool a little cold but the snack bar keept them filled up with hot dogs, pizza and burgers not to mention the ice cream! The beach is just down the steps and is a really good beach, and when you need something to eat or drink just pop up to the hotel and fill up.
The evening entertainment was not good but what do you expect. Kids disco (our kids loved it) bingo then an act.
We booked the holiday ourselves on-line. Flight only with Thompson, hire car at the airport, hotel saved a bundle, great holiday.
We are going back next year!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - May 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : Sharon, Shaun, Jodie & Jack Gill - Stockport (37,43,9,3)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We arrived at the Hotel America with an open mind after reading some of the reviews on this site.  However, we were very pleasantly surprised.  The hotel is located on a headland with spectacular views all along the coast, including the sandy beach which is only a few minutes walk away.  The beach is gorgeous, lovely and clean with golden sand and very clear turquoise sea.  The hotel is kept very clean and you see cleaning staff throughout the day, working very hard. There is a pizzeria near the pool area, open from 12 noon until midnight as well as a poolside bar which serves snacks from 10.30am until 6pm.  Each evening there is a barbeque from 6.30pm until 9pm which is a lovely idea - the barbeque is held on the lower grassed sunbathing area.  We found the food in the restaurant quite varied, something for everyone and if you couldn't find something to eat then you are extremely fussy.  All four of us had plenty of choice each evening.  

The Animacion Crew were fantastic with the children and worked extremely hard providing lots of different activities throughout the day, every day. Jodie & Jack made lots of new friends and had an absolute ball.  The evening entertainment was varied and children enjoyed the kids disco. 
We went on the glass bottomed catamaran from the beach area to Porto Cristo which takes about an hour and was really good value for money - from there we went to the Caves of Drach, a 10 minute walk - which is well worth a visit. 

The centre of Calas de Mallorca is only a 5 minute walk away and whilst it isn't huge, there are quite a few bars, restaurants and shops and a large childrens entertainments area, with go-karts, bouncy castles, play areas, motorbikes, trampolines, bungee jums, etc.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice, May 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : Hubbard family - Lincoln 38,31,15

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The bus journey was an hour from airport to hotel door but that was through the night about hour and half day time, and the little bus we went home on didnt have a loo so my 3 yr old niece use the bucket she bought on hol, best buy he-he. Receptionist through the night was miserable and put wrong band on my son gave him adult, but the next day he got told off and was told to go change it which i though was unfair as we tried to sort it that night but the bloke didnt understand him.

Any way Town, First things first Watch Your Bags!! When on our trip to the shops our bage were opened and 3 men and a lady tried to take our money and camera but luckly i had hid them safley, but another man 5 minutes away lost all his money but we managed to chase them and get it back.

Hotel in a lovley quiet location right next to beach and in a small area with a few shops (tabacco shop not open sundays) the beach is small and about 10 steps down from the hotel but worth every step. (dont buy your buckets and spades etc from the shop on way down to beach as they were twice the price go get them from as we called town).

The hotel its self was lovley room with a lovley sea view, not many plug sockets though struggled with my hair dryer and straightners but hey it was only a week, 1 wardrobe for everyone any 3 sets of drawers, take some pegs with ya as most peoples towels were on the roof of the resturant as they blew away.Food in pizza place (12-12), bbq (6-8)and pool bar (10-6) nice resturant rubbish could find a nice meal all week so ate before rest opened, entertainment ok for small kids my 15yr old bored plus no where for him to hang out!! bless. 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Direct Holidays - 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : 61,54,8

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We were on the top floor the veiws was great.The pool was a bit cold due to the sea breeze.The food was spot on you could not complain.The restarant choice of food was very good,great supply of burger,hotdog,ice cream.Do not bye any water thing next to te  beach because they are a rip off they are much cheaper at the town.The games for the children were very good through the day,Get down to the pool early for your beds (just after nine)it was our first time inclusive and it was excellant!

thanks for reading     megan age 8 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : Matt, Sarah & Thomas (34,34,4)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We had a really good break at Hotel America, we arrived at 4am (ouch) after a good flight and transfer (no delays) and were given a room in the annex.  This is a small block of 30 rooms 20m away from the main hotel, walked into the room and was impressed by the room. We were woken 4 hours later by the sun streaming in through the balcony and saw the amazing sea view for the first time.

Can't fault the maid service room cleaned everyday and fresh towels provided.

The food was good with something for everyone; Thomas lived on his favourite foods all week having different combinations of sausages, beans, nuggets, chips, hotdogs and icecream which he thought was great.  Sarah and I enjoyed the varied choice of meals trying all the food outlets.

Restaurant

Breakfast -  a selection of sausage, bacon, eggs etc, cold meats and cheeses, croissants and doughnuts and fruit and yoghurts.

Lunch/Dinner - Soup, breads, a selection of hot dishes (pasta, meat in sauce, carvery (dinner only) fish, vegetarian, chips, potatoes, veg, kids menu, salads, cold meats, fruit and desserts.

Pool bar - hotdogs, burgers, toasties, chips and a cold buffet fridge with meats, fish, salads, cakes and fruit.

Pizzarria - as you would expect but with cakes and late night snacks (ideal for munchies after one too many San Miguel's)

We spent the most of our time by the pool during the day and with the choose of 3 there's something for everyone.

The beach was lovely with golden sand and crystal clear seas very busy during the morning with little space if you don't want to pay for a bed.

Overall we got exactly what we went for sun, sea, relaxation and plenty of food and drink all this in a lovely hotel with no stress.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice  -  October 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : Chris & Gill Tucker (59, 59)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Had a week all-inclusive at the America in 1st week of Oct. 

Were very impressed with this hotel, very clean, and the maid service excellent. Rooms pleasant and very comfortable with a fabulous view of the beach below (we were on 7th floor) and all the way up the coast. Food very good - always plenty of choice, with excellent breakfasts and choice of several hot dishes at lunch and dinner, and always plenty of salad choices, too. We had a hire car for 3 days, and travelled most of the island - Formentor and the mountains are well worth visiting (don't look down on some of the coast roads if you haven't got a head for heights!), and also Cap de Selines, the most southerly point - a most beautiful wild place (don't expect any bars, there aren't any). Port de Soller is well worth a visit - delightful bay with lots of shops, and marina. Back at the hotel - very good selection of shops very close by. The hotel's bar with its outside terrace is very pleasant.  A word of warning - this hotel (as can be seen from other reviews) sometimes over-books. We arrived at 4 a.m. to be told our room would not be ready until 1.30 p.m. and were sent for what was left of the night to the Samoa up the road (not nearly so nice as the America). As it was the day of my husband's birthday, it messed it up a bit, but if this happens to you, do as we did, and complain to the rep. 

Our rep was Kim Brand, and she was wonderfully helpful, and eventually got us compensation from the management direct. If a few more people bothered to follow through on this, they would probably stop the over-booking. However, after getting settled, it did prove to be an excellent week, and we would certainly visit this hotel again.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomas Cook Direct) Thomas Cook -oct 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : joy,tez,little tez[27,28,7]

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

this was our first family holiday abroad so we didnt know what to expect. the hotel was great,very clean,food was excellent and there were plenty of activities for us all to do. resort is small but caters for all needs. the views from the hotel are fantastic. one minute walk to the beach. we would highly recommend hotel america to all. will be going back next year.
local bars were fairly cheap with some offering 'two for one'or pay ten euros on the door for free drinks all night.very friendly atmosphere,and great fun shows in some bars.
hotel entertainment was cheesy but fun.bingo was hilarious[5 different languages],and some of the shows were good.
fantastico!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: booked direct Sep 2006

Opinion submitted in April 2007 by : Stoke-on-Trent (38,37)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Booked a late weeks AI on tinter. Resort quite small, you could prob walk the lot in 15 mins. Would recommend a bigger resort with more going on. We hired a car from the airport as we always do, plenty to see but the local road-signs are a joke to follow so be prepared to "explore". Hotel is clean, well maintained and right on the sea, pools ok but not many sunbeds. Rooms tidy with sat tv (the usual 2 english channels) view from 7th floor brethtaking but not for those who are scared of heights. Buffet meals were very good but the pizzas were a real let down (pre-cooked and kept warm) Drinks were fine with all hot drinks from a vending machine (excellent coffee mind). Entertainment average, magic show was good but the rest very missable! Would struggle to spend 2 weeks in this hotel or this resort but fine for a cheap week!(we payed £150 each AI inc flights) TRY CYPRUS...DIFFERENT CLASS.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson Sept 06

Opinion submitted in December 2006 by : Wirral 73, 50

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Hotel is in a very nice position next to the beach, rooms were very clean and food was ok, but a bit repetitive.  As previous comments not impressed with reception staff who are very off-hand, some of the staff are friendly and some are not.  Only at this hotel a few days as our room along with a couple of other peoples rooms were broken into,and all our money was stolen so we asked to be transferred which we were. Hotel did not seem bothered with what had happened to us so on this I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomas Cook Direct) Thomas Cook  september 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : angie 38  steve 34 monica 57 james 58

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Just got back from a 2 week hols at hotel America, this is how it went the reception staff were the most unfriendly I`ve come across not in any way helpful! The waiting staff never smiled and had no interaction with guests at all. The bar staff were the only ones who actually interacted and had a laugh with you especially guiseppi and Mercedes who made our evenings enjoyable.

The food at first was acceptable but as days went on it got worse, it was cold and very repetative, they didn`t replace empty trays of food & you could be waiting 5-10 mins for them to return as I was on many occasions! The choice was very poor but if you like Veal then you`d be ok.
The rooms were very clean, but a word of advice don`t take alot of hanging up clothes as the wardrobes aren`t even full lenght or width!!! The complex itself is brilliant 3 pools and we found a lovely sun deck away from the pool where it was alot quieter. The resort is also quite nice and there is everything you need. If you go to the pharmacist they do not speak any english at all.

We would go back to this hotel if the food improved and staff morale boosted.
Be aware they are also known for overbooking as this happening many times while we were there, even to repeat customers!!!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Sky Tours - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in December 2006 by : J, W, J, L  (35,35,8,10)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Do not go to this hotel unless you are willing to get up at 7 am to reserve your place by the pool! On the day we left people were going down at 5.30am to get their spot. The beds get unlocked at 9am and its a total bun fight to get a sunbed :o(

Other than that the hotel is fairly clean but gets a bit scabby by the end of the day with all the plastic drinks cups blowing around.

The staff seem to think that they are doing you a favour by being there and don't really seem to want to serve you with any courtesy. 3 drinks per visit maximum so expect to queue on a regular basis at busy times.

Food is quite basic chips, burgers, pasta and pizza from the snack bars and a self service restaurant with a selection of meat and salads et. Think this may get a bit boring on the second week!

Generally its a Butlins abroad loads of kids - which was good for us as our children made lots of friends.

Pools fairly big and deep cleaned daily.

Beach very close with some great snorkelling.

If you can handle the sunbed situation then I would give it 7/10 but only 4/10 because of the sunbed bun fight every morning!!!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : David,Marina,John,Emily (36,38,11,8)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We booked this hotel after reading the reviews.  We had visited the resort before and enjoyed it.  The hotel was fantastic.  The staff were polite.  A wide range of food was available every day.  Even for the fussy eaters there was always something to choose from.  The pool bar served burger and chips and there was always a selection of salad, meats, fish and also cakes.  The ice cream for the kids was endless.

The rooms were brilliant.  Our room must have been one of the largest.  There were four beds in it and there was room to put at least four more.  The towels were changed every day.  The entertainment was really good and there was always something for the kids to do with certificates presented at the kids disco at night.  The resort itself although small had plenty of pubs and bars.  There were some really good shops with bargains to be had.  There was also two miniature golf courses one being in the middle of the resort and the other on the outskirts.
The beach was absolutely gorgeous and the views from the hotel along the coast from our room.  We met some lovely people.

We booked two trips through thomsons.  They were both brilliant the pirate show was fantastic i would recommend it to anyone.  The western water park was brilliant as well.  

What more can we say except we can't wait to return.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : 41, 38, 13, 10

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

just returned from a week all inclusive at hotel america, and had a great time! our first time all inclusive and what great value for money! staff where helpful and friendly, and always smiling. rooms where great, only thing to bear in mind ladies is theres no hair dryers! the only thing i would say is they could do with a couple more lifts! if you are going here then your in for a great holiday, lovely setting lots to do for all the family or just to have a relax while the kids have fun.
good variety of food and drink on offer from a variety of places throughout the hotel all day.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Croydon - 44,42, 10

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We stayed at this hotel for a week at the end of Aug.

The hotel was spotless, staff friendly and rooms clean spacious and had excellent sea views. We found the staff more than helpful and cheerful, which is amazing considering the amount of hours they work and the number of guests at this hotel.

The sunbeds are just like any other hotel we have stayed in. If you want to fight for one then start queuing about 8.30am. It not go to the beach which is just down the steps. It has two nice sandy coves with plenty of sunbeds. The sea is lovely and warm with clear waters. We went on the glass bottom boat to Porto Cristo, and would also recommend this. You can dive off the boat and have a swim for about 15 mins before starting your journey again.

The food in the main restaurant was good for the first few days, but found you were eating the same thing over and over again. We decided to try the bbq, which was fantastic. The food was seasoned and tasted wonderful, especially the chicken, and cooked to your liking. The poolside bar also served great snacks, the hamburgers and chips were nice, and there was also salads if you wanted something lighter. Did not rate the pasta and pizza bar that much though.

In the resort itself there are plenty of shops to browse around. There are several bars to have a drink in.We see a tribute band in the Rock Cola bar on our last night and wished we had of gone there before. Happy hour till 3am!!! There are also a number of restaurants if you fancy something different to eat.

All in all a good holiday. We would stay here again without a doubt. However, maybe not peak season as found it a bit too busy, shuffling around queuing. In saying this is, it would not put us off staying here again.For the views alone it would be worth it.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Marina, David, John & Emily (38,35,11,8)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We read a load of reviews before we booked to go here.  We had visited this resort before but stayed at a different hotel.  We had an absolutely brilliant time.  Our room had to be one of the largest in the hotel. It was spotless.  The food was brilliant and the staff were always pleasant. The entertainment that was on at the Hotel was really good and the entertainment team were fantastic with the kids. The only downside was there were not enough sunbeds although this has not put us off wanting to book for next year. We really think that this should be classed as a 4 Star hotel. We met some lovely people. The beach was small but beautiful. There is a path that goes along the small cliffs right around the resort which is well worth a look.  

What more can we say except that we can't wait until next year!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Riley's - Middlesbrough ( 45, 45, 13, 9 )         

Resort Rating: No rating

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Never got to see the Hotel America as it was overbooked. Tour operator (Direct Holidays) Told us this on arrival at Palma airport. We were sent to the otherside of the island to a hotel full of people in the same position as us, all were booked with Direct Holidays.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : 38, 36, 6

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Our second visit to the America only this time was during school holidays. The hotel has been refurbished and all rooms now have air conditioning. The food was excellent so long as your not one of the pie n'mash brigade. The hotel offers very good value and this coupled with the quiet resort can offer a good holiday for the family with younger children or couples outside of the school holiday period.

Our holiday was marred by the sheer number of older teenagers at the hotel this year who hung around in large gangs. Although it has to be said that most of the kids there were well behaved and well mannered, there was a sizeable minority who appeared to have been abandoned by their parents on arrival and who were abusive to the staff, vandalised some areas of the hotel, set off fire extinguishers, went shoplifting up the town and then came back to the hotel to sell on their stolen wares, wrote graffiti on the walls and intimidated other guests. 

I would highly recommend the America and I will be going again but never again in August.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Internet August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Mike Cawley  Blackpool Party of 9

Resort Rating: No rating

Accommodation Rating: No rating

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We read the good reviews on this site for this hotel ...... but be aware when booking this.  It belongs to a large group called Hoteles Globales and with only 5 days notice (we booked 5 months earlier), they told us it was overbooked and there were no rooms for us.  Not an isolated incident we found out.  They did offer us an upgrade to a 4* on a completeley different part of the island - Hotel Cala Vinas in Cala Vinas, which to be fair, turned out to be excellent, but I think it is only right to make any readers aware of the unfair practice this company operates.  We were lucky - others may not be so.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - August 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : 40,37,14,9 paul,linda,kirsty and nicola london

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from a great holiday at the america. We have travelling to the Balaerics many times in the last 15 years, and have been on all inclusives for the past 5 years. This hotel ticked almost all the boxes.
Food - Breakfast 0800 to 1000, take your pick of full english, cereals just help yourself. Missed breakfast, no problem, poolside burgers - hot dogs- bags of chips- or help yourself to salad with sardines - cheese- ham - cakes.
Lunch 1300 - hot and cold meals good selection, all the meat I had there was tender lean and full of flavour
Dinner 1800 to 2100 - as above, with carvery each night! Barbecue also available in lower garden till 2100. Drink was lovely too, one drawback could be the queue but we went peak season so could hardly complain.
Entertainment -  standard fare -bingo, "professional" shows, plenty of activities during day so you can be involved or relax by one of the 2 pools.
Hygiene- the hotel is spotless, they clean continuous and the pool is done each morning too.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Steve - Kent (36,32,8&5)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

hotel very good and the staff were really polite and helpfull in every way. rooms clean with a maid service neally every day,all rooms have a wonderfull sea view.bit of a long transfer from the airport it took about an hour and a quarter with one other stop.food was good but towards the end of the week it got a bit repetative,but there was always a choice to eat.you could get snacks of burgers,chips and hot dogs all day from the swimming pool bar which also served ice cream for the kids and any drink you wanted be hot or cold.there was also a pizza bar where you could get pizza,pasta and pastries for lunch.fantastic beach down a few steps from the hotel very shallow you can walk out quiet a way.

evening entertainment ok mini disco for the kids then all the usual,bingo and dancing shows.town was only 5mins walk from the hotel which had an english speaking doctor,pharmacy and plenty of supermarkets and bars.loads of trips but most of them were over an hour coach trip away.great hotel for families,excellant position,would go again.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - August 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Linda - Middlesbrough (45 45 12 9)

Resort Rating: No rating

Accommodation Rating: No rating

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Arrived at Palma airport to be told the hotel America was overbooked, we were sent to a totally different part of the island to a hotel full of families that were also suppose to be at the America. All had booked with direct holidays.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays July 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : J Burnside - West Lothian (47,46,16,11)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Arrived at Hotel America and was very impressed.  We could not have asked for a better room, it was superb.  A separate bedroom for the girls - ideal.  99% of the rooms have either a pool or sea view.  Fortunately we had both and the scenery was spectacular.  Fresh towels supplied daily and the rooms cleaned to a good standard.  Air conditioning is a god-send.

There are three pools, (1 baby) and two large pools, however the depth goes from 1.6 to  2.7 metres very quickly so beware!  Lifeguard on duty but he was more intent on reading his book!!!

The beach is a two minute walk (via a series of steps and a steep hill, so not suitable for the unfit) from the hotel and although the resort is quiet, we found there to be more than enough to keep ourselves occupied. 

There was ample food to choose from, with something to suit everyone - even my children!  The restaurant is clean and the food is hot. There is a carvery most nights, and several themed nights (Italian, Mexican etc). Wine, water, fresh orange, apple and pineapple juice aplenty with every meal.  There is also a barbeque in the gardens each evening (obviously depending on weather conditions), however be prepared to wait because everything is cooked to order.

There is a pool bar serving most alcoholic drinks and Coca Cola soft drinks, from 10am till midnight. The staff were great, always attentive.  Great burgers and chips made fresh to order. (10am - 6pn) How this chef can cook so quickly is beyond me, but I can assure you they were the tastiest burgers this side of the Mississippi!    In the chilled cabinet at the pool bar you can make your own sandwiches with a variety of meats and salad items.  WARNING:  Do not miss out on the DOUGHNUTS, they are delicious!

There is a photographer at the pool side most days and she takes an assortment of photographs which you can view at the side of the pool at night time, with no obligation to buy.  You can then have them printed onto a mug (cost ?10).  Or alternatively have a collage done for the same price.  Superb quality and not to be missed.

There are activities held every days for both adults and kids alike.  Try your hand at archery, shooting - pistol and rifle, water polo, darts, boules and many more.  Great fun.   Do not miss the paella demonstration, fascinating to watch and even tastier to eat.

You can book through your tour operator day and evening excursions.  We went to Western Waterpark in Magaluf  and a great time was had by all.  Definitely don't miss the PIRATES show, also in Magaluf.  This was one of the best nights entertainment we have ever had on holiday with the girls.

There is a games room behind reception with INTERNET access (?1 for 10 minutes).  A LIFESAVER for parents (especially us) whose children cannot live without MSN!  There are also many games machines as well as their own bar. 

Entertainment every evening, starting the kids mini-disco, fortunately my girls have outgrown this!  Then the fun begins with BINGO in ..SIX.. yes I said 6 languages, this has to be heard to be believe!  Good prize money.  There is the usual Spanish entertainment, flamenco dancers, magicians, parrot show, karaoke, men versus woman.  All in all the entertainment was decent.

All in all a fantastic holiday, the girls met lots of friends, and I am sure will keep in touch through MSN for a long time to come.

Would we go back again?  Most definately!!!!!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thompson July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : PJ and Annmarie Larkin Harrow 40's

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Hotel America was right by the sea with beautiful views.  

Our room was spacious with a large comfy bed and very smart bathroom.  The maid kept it very clean and we had clean towels every day which is unusual nowadays.  

This was the first time we have been all inclusive and it was nice to go to the bar and not get your money out! There was a large selection of food for breakfast lunch and dinner, some days better than others not the best I've ever eaten but acceptable for such a large number of guests.  There was a pizza/ salad bar open 12-12 which was handy if you felt peckish. At lunch time they also cooked burgers, chips and salads by the pool, which were nice and there was a barbequeue in the evening which we only tried once.  There were lots of activities you could join in through the day if you wanted like water polo, archery etc, we didn't!  

The entertainment at night was more set up for families and as we didnt have our children with us we didnt partake. The area has plenty of little shops selling knick knacks, clothes and nice leather shoes and bags etc.  There are various bars are favourite was the Rock Cola as it was the livliest and had tribute bands inc. Supremes, Four Tops, Bee Gees etc and did two drinks for the price of one all evening. There are also karaoke bars and an Irish pub which had an excellent rock/pop group on the Thursday.  The beach was lovely too it was a short walk downhill with plenty of sunbeds to hire. 

All in all we had a lovely stay. only complaint was you couldnt keep your room on the day you were leaving and they only gave you the curtousy room for 15 minutes! We had a night flight so it was a long day, the good thing was you could have all inclusive food and drink until you left if you wanted it.  

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Fitzpatrick - Ayrshire (52, 42, 15, 12)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just got back from a great holiday at the Htl America.  Highly recommended with great food options available - something for everyone ranging from buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner with a carvery every night.  You can also eat from the pool bar all day providing snacks like chips, burgers, hotdogs, salads, cakes etc. or try the Pizzeria which is open from 1200-2400. They also have a barbecue area in the garden. All the staff are very friendly and the bar staff keep you entertained in the lounge bar.

Rooms clean but basic with clean towels provided every day and air-conditioning at great plus with the heat.  Sunbeds locked up at night and opened at around 8.45 am.  They are in great demand around the pool areas but we found the garden area a bit more relaxed and not as crowded with more sunbeds but again you need to be there in the morning when they are unlocked.

Activites on throughout the day.  The entertainment at night is a bit basic but the team are friendly and work hard.

The resort is on the small side but has ample shops to browse.  You can travel anywhere in the island using the local buses which are very reasonable and stop outside the Hotel. 

This hotel should be rated 4 star and not 3 star. We plan to return again the this hotel sometime in the futre.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Joe Bloggs Newcastle

Resort Rating: Poor

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

does this hotel exist due to when we arrived at plama airport we were shipped off to totally diffrent hotel because they said they had overbooked the america we ended up in the hotel acorn sumba in cala millor which ended up been a much better holiday i would never book with direct again

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Sheila, Rab, Lee & Glen 40s 12 & 7

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just back from the Hotel America after having a great holiday. 

The food is plentiful from the various resturants and snack bars. You have to queue for drinks but the staff move you on as soon as possible, Adults 3 drinks, kids one drink at a time, as often as you like. The poolside bar serves burgers, chips etc as well as the drinks so it is busy but nothing to be bothered with. The pizzeria serves pizzas from noon till 12 as wellas other snacks etc. The main resturant kept myself and the kids well fed, always git a table without any hassle. The all inclusive part of the holiday was exceedingly well run.

The hotel is well looked after out room (709) was massive overlooked the sea and the snack bar but the doors were shut to keep the air conditioning working so heard nothing from the bar. Room was well cleaned with fresh sheets towels etc. Rest of the hotel was kept in very good order. The pools are excellent can be busy at times but you can move from one pool to the other isf you wish

 The entertainment for the kids was well run, there were far too many adults in the adults activities making it competitive rather than fun. Kids got 6 certificates each. Nightime entertainment was good, kids disco, bingo then show , same as many other hotels. The kids liked the activities and they were well run.

The beach is very shallow with a small incline in clear blue water and is very inviting, downside is no watersports from the beach due to it being too small for the watersports. Boats leave from the cliff taking you to Porto Cristo so well worth the 2 hour round trip. The resort is all combined round the rabbit warren square and caters for everyone who wants something different from the hotel, (if you want to)

The excursion places in the main center are cheaper than the tour operators and worth the money. went to both the auqaparks again, Aqualand is still better than wacky west and if arranged via the local excursions you get to play there longer.

SUNBEDS. They are locked up until approx 9am, if you go on holiday to queue for a sunbed then enough said. We used to stroll down at 10.30 and always got at least two sunbeds or used the seats that are plentiful . The terrace has piles of spare ones that no one uses becuase they are dirty and last years models. Poolside locations are all taken by approx 9.05am we used to watch everyone from the room window beavering away like ants to get the best loction or same location every day.

You are on holiday relax and make the most of it, this hotel definitely caters for all your needs and is well recomended

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: first choice

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : Keith,Jayne,Luke (33,38,14)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Excellent hotel should be a 4star, lovely sea and pool view all rooms have a sea view,sunbeds are a nightmare as some people reserve the beds on the balcony at 3am in the morning, bar tends to get busy late afternoon so you are queing for about 5minutes before being served.lots of places to sit and chill in the hotel when you want to get away from the sun as was very very hot! in july.there is a few bars and shops and restaurants up the road about a 5min walk this is where we would go most evenings for a little drink as entertainment at hotel was not that good.beach is lovely clear blue sea you could swim right out and was safe to do so too as was only a small beach.my son enjoyed every bit of this holiday as he met alot of lads his age.If you love sea, sun and sand this is the place to go.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays July 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : J, L, A 40's & 14

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Absolutely wonderful you cannot fault this Hotel in any way. The staff were always polite and helpful. The rooms are spotlessly clean, with clean towels when required
The food was really good with plenty of variation. The only downside is queuing for sun beds in the morning. Entertainment is fine but a bit boring for a teenager, but then what isn't!!. If you have an early morning flight ask for a packed breakfast the night before and it will be at reception for you when you check out, we didn't realise this until we saw everyone else with theirs

All in all a delightful holiday

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson june 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : jane , shell ,joe (42,18,7)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just got back from hotel america and had a superb holiday! hotel clean staff great food was good views fantastic! beautiful beach sea beautiful and clear . Take the boat trip to porto christo highly recommended cant wait till next year would definately go back ,just one little moan if you want a sunbed get up at bout 7.30 !

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson june 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : Victoria Wrexham (32,37,5,1)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We booked this hotel only 4 weeks before departure at a bargain price so we were a bit unsure of what to expect.  However, it was brilliant.  The hotel is very clean and every room has a fantastic sea view.  There were 3 swimming pools catering for every one.  The entertainment was quite basic although the team cannot be faulted for their efforts and always encouraged the children to join in the daily activities.  The night time entertainment was average.  Food in the hotel was great with plently of choice for both children and adults including a carvery in the dining room every night - you could also dine in the pizzeria, the snack bar by the pool or sample the BBQ! Fans of the traditional british brekkie will not be dissapointed either.

The resort was small but ample and there is a coastal path from below the gardens round to the town which is very pleasant on an evening.

On the down side - be prepared for the lengthy bus journey from the airport (ours was 1hr 45mins with only one other drop).  Ignore earlier advice on this site regarding sun beds - we found that they were in short supply and there was a mad scramble for them at 8.30am when they were unlocked.

All in all we had a great week and would recommend this hotel to any other family.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: june   2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : tina  dave barb alf (51  54  78  78 )

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just got back from a really good weeks holiday, hotel is spotless only thing that lets the hotel down is the evening entertainment,entertainment staff work really hard ,just need a bit more variety,apart from that you cantfault the  hotel .all staff really friendly ,we had a small problem with our room which was sorted in minutes by frindly +competent staff .wonderful views from room ,we will definatley go back

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson  -  13 June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : rick williams--south wales ( 47,47,8 )

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We only have two complaints about this hotel, 

1 - we arrived at 3am, after a 50min ride from the airport there was nothing avalable in the hotel for a drink ,-tea or coffee  or for something to eat, maybe a welcome pack could be given to people arriving after the bar shuts at 2-30am if only a sandwhich or two and some juice for the kids.  

2 - they had varied  entertanment for adults and children but the mini disco every night at 8pm was the same music every night , after five days of hearing bob the builder it can get a bit much. bingo every night in five or six differant languages was a bit of a laugh and they put on some good shows from 10pm til 11.. try not to go in the lounge bar at night time if you are a none smoker, but you can sit outside if you want..  

the hotel is very clean, the staff are very friendly ,i don't know how they can keep going for so long, the food was fantastic, great choice of meals.( sun beds ) these are chained up at night for safty and they unlock them at the same time every morning 8-45  and watch the rush, had a very good holiday at this hotel and would definatley go again. i think it should be a four star not a three star hotel   ( Tidy ) as we say in wales, 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Martin Sandra Kelsey Sian Ross Linda Alex Michelle Rachael ,10 - mid 40

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The hotel is great and the food was really good. We couldn't fault it and finding a deal to suit 9 people isn't easy ! The entertainment is not brilliant but the team try hard and it aws as good as anywhere else we have stayed in Majorca, The resort is small and quiet and the beach and coast is beautiful. We will be back as soon as we can and recommend this to all , it was really good value for money , You will not be dissappointed at all !

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Carrie-Anne Hunter - Newtownstewart (37, 32, 1)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We enjoyed our holiday to the Hotel America, the hotel is very clean and nicely decorated. Every room seems to have a fabulous sea view and our balcony got sun most of the day, it was lovely. The food is all-inclusive and was certainly repetitive and boring after a couple of days so we started to eat out, but food is so reasonably priced we didn't mind. Must recommend the Pirates Show as an excursion but not for people with very small children or babies as it's exceedingly loud and a very late night. The local bus to Porto Cristo is well worth it for a pleasant afternoon.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Darren, Rachel, Megan, Dominic and Laura

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just come back from this Hotel this was our first holiday abroad as a family the kids ages are 16,10 and 8. I would recommend this Hotel to anyone wanting a spotless hotel, fantastic food, friendly staff, gorgeous views, lovely beach, local shops and bars.  All in all this hotel is practically perfect.  Even the entertainment was first class.  We had one day of bad weather, but braved the local buses and went sight seeing only 2 euros return to Porto Cristo very reasonable.  Can't fault Direct Holidays who we booked through at all. Would recommend Marineland the dolphin show was amazing but be prepared to queue for good seats.  

We will definitely be going back but next time for two weeks!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays  MAY 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Julie42/Mick50

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This was one of the best hotels we have stayed in. The views were incredible, nearly all rooms have a sea view, and the hotel was spotlessly clean.
There was a varied choice of food in the main restaurant, plus a pizzeria by the pool, and plenty of sunbeds, with two pools to choose from plus a childrens pool.  The beach was only down a few steps and had two fabulous coves to choose from.

I would recommend this hotel to anyone. The thing we liked most was that there was no need to be down at the crack of dawn to guarantee a sunbed, but it was quieter when we went, so I don't know what it'll be like in the height of summer.

We will definately be going back again.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: DIRECT HOILIDAYS MAY 2006

Opinion submitted in May 2006 by : MANDY  40   & GARY 40

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

we have just returned from a week at the hotel america. it was absolutley brill. 

the weather was great. very hot. the hotel was excellent, it was very clean, the food was brilliant, many choices everyday. staff were always very friendly. wish we had booked a fortnight. we had a/c all day everyday at no extra cost.which was a godsend. the resort is not  over commercialised (yet) so it was relaxing. the shops are like a small maze. it took us 2 days to find the same shop again.there are quite a few bars/cafes. there are lovely cliff walks all around the area. the boat trips are very good also. glass bottom boats.cats etc. the busstop is right outside the hotel  but be patient the buses are normally late but turn up eventually. they go all over the island and are reasonably priced. 

all in all we would highly recommend the hotel america and are looking forward to going back next year.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - May 2006

Opinion submitted in May 2006 by : McDowalls - Glasgow (45, 34, 4, 14 months)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from fantastic week at Hotel America.  Hotel is lovely, very clean and well kept (refurbished 2005).  Food in restaurant was excellent, plenty of choice at every meal and all tastes catered for (even a very fussy 4 year old ate from seperate kids buffet).  Pizza restaurant was great for snacks too. 

Kids are well catered for with loads of activities during the day and "mini disco" at night.  The resort was quiet when we stayed and there were a few things not yet open but enough choice. 

Pay a visit to Central bar which is situated right in the centre of the resort with a small childrens play park right in front - a godsend if you want a quite drink childfree.  Manuel the owner is so friendly and welcoming, they have a large choice of well known drinks and show sports etc.

The beach is very clean and the sea is lovely and clear.  Sea can be rough at times but exciting for confident children.

If you wish to explore the island, bus stop is right outside the hotel.  Word of warning, Inca is a great market but it takes an hour on the bus to get there through an abundance of small villages.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: First choice

Opinion submitted in December 2006 by :

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

First Choice cancelled our original booking with just 2 weeks notice so we had to change resort and hotels. After reading good reviews we decided to book with the Hotel America. We found the hotel to be in an excellent position, overlooking the sea ( we were on the 7th floor)all rooms overlook the sea and the views were fantastic and we couldn't have asked for more.The only slight concern we had was with the food, very repetative and lots of veal!! No fizzy drinks in the restaurant so we had to carry our drinks to the restaurant from the bar. not a major problem but most hotels seem to have fizzy drinks available in restaurant.

The beach is close by ( down a few steps) and the water very warm and clear.I even ventured in as it looked so inviting and i NEVER swim in the sea! 

All in all this was a lovely holiday

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : Bill Aldorino 45,35,16,15,14,11,10,4

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: No rating

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I am disguted! Not by the hotel but by Direct holidays.
We booked our holiday 11 months in advance and had done some extensive research to get our booking just right as we were a party of 8.
On arrival at the hotel our expectations were met,however we were only there for two hours (after long and sometimes very heated discussions with holiday reps and hotel staff)due to someones incompetence (no-one wanted the blame)we found that we had been double booked and had to leave.
We moved twice in 2 days as the alternative accomodation offered was unsuitable.

We will never use direct holidys again

I am gutted that we never got to stay at the hotel America as we had numerous conversations with other families that were there, as we were finally placed in a hotel just 100yds away

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : 73,50

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading all the comments about this hotel on this website we were really looking forward to our holiday, 

the hotel itself is very pleasant and in an ideal position next to the beach, the beach is very nice and there are some nice walks along the headland ,all the rooms and areas were kept clean etc, the food was good, but the entertainment was not very good, the other negative thing that lets this hotel down is security, unfortunately for us while we there we and another couple had items stolen from our rooms, and we also heard about another couple that had had a bag stolen by the pool area, the hotel did need not seem to be particulary bothered when I reported it and and were not very helpful with us, 

so on this basis I would not recommend this hotel to anyone which is a shame because it probably has got some good points.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomas Cook Direct) Thomas Cook - 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Ann Marie Stone - Kent (37, 5)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This hotel is wonderful.  The food is great (my daughter who is 5 can be some what fussy but there was always something which she liked on offer)contrary to other views I found on this website!. The hotel staff are lovely and extremely child friendly especially the reception staff, who were really lovely to us when our bags didn't arrive for three days (fault of Thomas Cook).  

The hotel is spotless and there is always someone cleaning somewhere.  Our room (728) had a lovely seaview and fresh towels everyday. The maid kept the room clean and ant free (we had a few on holiday there when we arrived) for the two weeks we were there. The childrens pool could of been a bit bigger as the two other pools were overcrowded in the shallow parts with teenagers playing ball etc. I won't go there on the sunbeds except to say be prepared to get up early to get one!  The hotel was fully booked when we were there but we never had a problem getting a table in the restaurant or getting drinks from the bar.  The beach is nice and clean and has a lifeguard most of the time. It does operate a flag system as well. The entertainment is ok with the staff working hard - Mara, Eric Enrique, Eloudie and Wille had things on the go for kids and adults all day and did the mini disco, bingo and shows in the evening.  By the way Eric is the spit of Will Smith and Enrique is gorgeous.

All in all we had a fabulous time at this hotel and would definately stay there again.  One last note:  The Thomson Rep Lorraine is fabulous and was always at her desk and really helpful (we booked through Thomas Cook and weren't so lucky).

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: first choice - 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : michael lane - dorset ( 56, )

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: my wife and i spent 2 weeks at the hotel america . food was good plenty of choices , bar staff very friendly , plenty of room around the pool we never ventured to the beach as it is on a bit of a hill . shops in the area are very sparse not a lot to do outside hotel , we picked this hotel because we were told it had an adult bar only . ( we do like to get away from the kiddies in the evening ) but dont be caught out the " adult bar " is full with kiddies . we did visit porto cristo which was nice & the caves are good . if you like lazing around the hotel all day this is your sort of holiday . 

we had lovely weather but we wont be going here again , we were very much mislead . one final point if you are smokers like us you have to smoke outside the hotel because as i have already said the so called adult bar is the only smoking area and you wont find an empty seat .

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date:  2005 / 2006

Opinion submitted in May 2006 by : jasmine dd/ john d/ tania d/ clover dd

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Me my dad my mam and my little sister stayed at hotel amerca for a foufgt night, we havnt got any complaints or anything.
When we arrived it was so miserable, it was wet cold and we felt like we were still in England! but that weather changed, after a few days the temperature reached over 30!
There were 3 pools, a small one for little kids that only probly would only reach their waists, The two other pools were a great size purfect for doing leangths or just lounging on a lilo.
the food was great, they had almost every thing everyday. they also had a snack bar that was open till 12 and perfect if you had the munchies.
the hotel was right on the beach ond only 2 mins away from the town. Most of the staff and manager were always friendly but im not saying any names on the ones that were not that friendly.

Me and my family enjoyed this holiday and hope to go back there again.xxx

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date:  Oct 2005

Opinion submitted in Nov 2005 by : Forrester ( Katy ) - Grimsby

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I have just come back from a week in Calla de majorca and stayed in the hotel America.

The food was ok but bit cold n i tel u now dont go in october its quiet the bars ar mostly closed around the resort is ded and the bbqs on the grass dnt even exist.

Apart from tht the hotel ws clean the entertainment ws great and the rooms are of a good size and have great facilities the. The pool area is pretty big only they clean the area around your feet at like 10 oclock which is stupid i thought.

Overall a good holiday and it only rained for 3 hours. Also i'd like to say ERIC will u marry me (entertainer god he is sooooooooo fine and a credit to the hotel.)

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: October 2005

Opinion submitted in Nov 2005 by : Laura Ridgway ,14,15.18,,45,48,

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

A lovely hotel. Beatiful view, lovely food, helpful staff,good location. Can't fault the hotel. The rooms are spacious and clean, all over lookt he sea, a night the moon on the sea is magnificent. The beach is 2 mins walk and the bars just 5 mins. You can get the bus outside the hotel and go all over the island. Great holiday

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date:  October 2005

Opinion submitted in Nov 2005 by : San West Midlands

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We arrived at the Hotel America and were pleased to see that they had updated the rooms and the pool area which is a great bonus although the down side was that the Hotels facilites were very limited due to the time we went which was the begining of October.

I would also like to add that the food was not what we had anticipated and we ate out on two occasions which fo some one who likes to try anything and is not a fussy eater  this had to be bad.
Usually the food in this Hotel for all inclusive is good so i think this was also down to the time we went.
If we go again we will go earlier.

The location to this Hotel is perfect and would be ideal for familys with children under School age and retired couples as it is a quiet resort with everything Hotel based if you drive it is well worth hiring a car although there is a bus stop outside the Hotels into Palma ect.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - October 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Angie - Scotland

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

When I booked to go to this hotel I had read all the reviews and researched it thoroughly.

I travelled with my partner and our three children aged 12, 15 and 16.

We stayed at the Hotel America for 2 weeks on an all-inclusive basis.

The hotel description from the tour operator stated that the hotel was 'action packed and whilst the kids would be kept busy with all the amenities the hotel had to offer, the adults would be able to relax and unwined'.

Well what a dissapointment we encountered when we were holidaying there.

The entertainment staff consisted of two people, and it was sparce.

the odd game of shuffle board was arranged and killer pool for both adults and children.

that was it.

Night time entertainment was diabolical too.

Mini disco was two songs for very young children to finger dance to and repeated night after night after night.

One or two nights they did not bother even having a mini disco for the little ones!

That followed by Bingo.

There was only one bar in the hotel where everyone sat on a night.

The entertainment staff shush'ed everyone when they were calling Bingo numbers, how can you be expected to keep very small children quiet for a game that seemed to last an eternity?

Many of us felt like we were being treated like kids.

There was one or two shows put on in the bar on a night time which were amateur. That was it!

The hotels facilities were poor. They closed the Pizzeria down during our first week, the pool side bar did not serve snacks at all and seldom opened until after 10 am (and on some days not at all).

The a la carte restaurant which the rep had told us about in the hotel had closed down also when we came to book our table at the reception (the rep did not even know everything was being closed down until guests approached her to tell her).

It left one restaurant open.

Buffet style meals were  available for breakfast lunch and dinner. Dishes were repeated on a daily basisis and soon became boring.

The choices of food became less and less as we entered our second week (7th  oct) and during our last week we had to eat out on a night the choice was that poor.

We knew we would be charged for playing pool. Only thing was the entetainment staff held the white ball. The kids had to play with the balc ball as they were NOT allowed to use the white ball (and they had paid for the game).

Table tennis tables x2 were at the hotel. one was folded away in the entertainment bar behind chairs. and a dart board was available but only under supervision of entertainment staff.

The second table tenis table was out side.

My children even had to go and buy a set of bats and balls to be able to play a game.

This was all part of the all-inclusive package deal!

No coffe was available afte dinner unless you went to the bar to get one.

one a couple of occasions the pool bar and the main bar in the hotel was closed and you could not get a drink unless you paid for it from a vending machine.

This was during the day!

I have stayed all-inclusive before and this has got to be the worsed ever hotel I have stayed in.

The hotel was clean and the room we had spacious. The older children's room was a little cramped but all the same clean.

The lifts kept breaking down. The hotel staff ignored the cries and alarm bells as people tried in vain to get out.

All my complaints were given to the rep who  logged them.

The hotel manager put on a few ham and cheese sandwiches the last few days we were there in the main bar and pool side bar to try and smooth over the dissapointment of us holidaying there.

When questioning the staff and rep about the lack of facilities and the closure of facilities being made around us we were told that it was because  it was comming to the end of the season!

They still had another 2 weeks to go!

I felt it very misleading and was dissapointed at the lack of respect for us holiday makers that had saved all year to pay for a holiday to be treated like we didnt matter.

Whether it was the first day or last day of the hotel season, to me we all should have the rights to the same facilities as set out in the summer sun brochure which we booked from and entered in a contract with when booking the holiday with the tour operator.

The beach is sheltered and clean, the sea is loverly. Very short distance from the hotel but down some steps.

There was a few jelly fish in the water but the flag goes up if there are any dangers.

The resort itself is small. There is a small shopping centre in the middle of the resort which has bars restaurants and souvenier shops.

That is it.

Would I go to calas de mallorca again? NO WAY!

After discussing other hotels with fellow holiday makers I would stay well clear, at least  at the begining and end of the season!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - September 05

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : 73, 50

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Only stayed at this The Hotel for a few days and then we asked to be moved. It  is very clean and in a nice position right next to a small beach,most of the rooms have a view out to the sea. The food is quite good but sometimes the restaurant felt like a staff canteen with people rushing around everywhere to get their food. The entertainment was very poor what we did manage to see, and that was the famous parrott show which is brilliant. The reason we asked to be moved to another Hotel was because our room got broken into and our jewellery and money stolen, we also spoke to somebody else who had had his camera stolen from his room,and he told us that he had heard another couple had had their bag stolen from the pool area, I think the security needs to be tightened up and then this would probably make people feel a bit safer. 

We were moved to the Hotel Sumba in Calla Millor and we could not fault this hotel at all they were absolutely brilliant.    

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours september 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : nicola murphy (26,26,2) (:

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Listen i think that i am likely to be the most up to date opinion on this hotel so as i am just home please take this into account. everything about it is fantastic especially the meals,drinks,staff,views over the water the full monty.I have not abad word to say about anything in this hotel it was a joy to visit and anybody who is booked to go ENJOY IT 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours - September 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Kerry Kirkham - Stoke-on-Trent (30)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

When i went it had been fully refurbished (i was told this by a couple who have been holidaying at the America for the past 8 years) and it was a fab hotel.
It was very clean, nicely furnished, wonderful staff and the food was good.  I was a bit nervous as it was my 1st holiday on my own but the staff went out of their way to look after me. 
The resort was quite quiet so ideal for couples of all ages, young families and lone travellers. 

The beach was beautiful, very clean with golden sand and a very clear, very shallow sea.  Could be a problem for some though as you had to go down quite a few flights of steps to get there.
I booked last minute to go all inclusive for a week but loved it so much i'm booking up to go next year for a fortnight.  Best holiday i've ever had.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson august 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : tina lewis swales 42 32 11

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

hotel lovely  rooms cleaned everyday plenty to eat but the food was the same everyday the hotdogs were lush you get them in the poolsidebar dont relay on the buses out side hotel they never came on time shops only up the road 5 minute walk  there are 2 crazy golf great for the kids  we had a good time you wont be dissapointed

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : Gardner - Cheshire (48,48,19,18,15,15)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We can fully endorse recent reviews and found the refurbished Hotel America excellent overall and probably deserving a better rating than the 3* in the brochures.

Rooms and all public areas very clean and comfortable, air conditioning everywhere (except lifts).  Food varied and generally good with something for everyone and staff mainly very pleasant and helpful.  All inclusive package one of the best we've seen (including some 4/5* deals) with varied drinks and food available from 8:00am until midnight, although queues for bars sometimes a bit longer than you'd want.  Pool area and beach a bit crowded but it was mid-August and we always seemed to find sunbeds w3hen wanted and the setting is scenic.

Hotel location is perfect, close to beach (quite a few steps) and resort centre but at end of road so no noise at all from traffic or town.  Resort purpose built and not especially interesting but plenty of touristy shops / stalls and bars and lively in the evenings, great for a stroll. Enough night life if you want it and the teenagers recommend the Cola Bar and Tiffany's.

Overall a great holiday and definitely would consider going back. 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thompson - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : Terry, Caroline, Laura, Daniel (33,32,7,6)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Left the America on the 20th.

On the whole the hotel is excellent. We were placed in the Annexe on arrival (late at night) and couldn't appreciate anything until the next morning. What a view..... just shimmering sea. The room was spacious and had a/c but no TV - I asked for one as soon as I could but it never turned up! My in-laws were in the main blocks and also had a/c contary to some of the other reviews.

The food was excellent, the bar staff were brilliant throughou, the staff in the restaurant were a little more reserved and seemed to be overstretched most of the time.

The hotel was clean throughout our stay no problems with hygene etc....

The only downpoints were:-

1. The evening entertainment - most of the British guests I spoke to were unhappy with it, along with ourselves - it was poor to say the least, not complaining about the 4 who were in charge but I've been on several AI deals and the entertainment has been a lot better. It also seemed to be linked to my other gripe.

2. Spanish tourists, I've never been in a hotel where there have been so many different nationalities in one venue, most of us seemed to get along just fine but the Spaniards (who seemed to be in the majority) seemed to get priority in things, were generally arrogant towards other non Spaniards and at time were down right rude. I actually got hit by a sunbed one morning when one of them decided to help himself to a sunbed I was trying to get down.

Anyway - gripe over.

The Rockcola cafe had some good entertainment on, the Bar Flamengo did dirt cheap Stella (and the lass from Preston behind the bar was really friendly), and the Central Meeting point were all good places to go.

Recomend getting the local bus to Porto Christo and the Caves of Drach (It stops right outside the hotel) 20 minute journey.

Was disapointed with Thomson this time - Del the rep in the hotel was excellent but the rest of their service left a lot to be desired.

I would probably go back here but only if some of the venues I've been to in Ibiza were unavailable or there was a marked reduction in the Spanish tourists (I'm trying not to sound racist but I had no problems with the Italians, Belgians, Germans, Russians, Irish, Welsh, Scottish in the hotel)

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays august 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : marie gooding - ipswich 49, 42, 14, 12

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just got back from the Hotel America in Calas de Mallorca and it was on of the best holidays that we have ever had.  

The hotel is situated about 2 minutes from the beach and about 5 minutes from the resort centre.  We had a large room over looking the sea, the room was very clean with sheets and towels changed regulary.  All food and drink from 8 a.m. to midnight was all included in the all inclusive deal. The food at meal times was always good and plentiful with wine, water and fruit juice on tap.  Snacks are available outside the set meal times, these include burgers, chips, pizza, pasta and salads etc.  It was great going to the bars ordering drinks and walking away without paying !  The pool was usually busy but never over crowded.  If you can't find a sun bed by the pool go down the stairs by the poolside bar where you can usually find some more. The resort centre is packed with shops, also bungy trampolining, henna tattoos, hair braiding and mini golf.  Out side the hotel is a bus stop taking you to other resorts. Glass bottom boat trips are available from the beach, also pedaloes.  

All in all a great holiday !

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - July 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : Burgess Family - Northumberland (42,41,12)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

From the moment we arrived everything was perfect, the accomodation and the staff were brilliant.Unfortunately we had only booked a weeks holiday, but we will definitely go back and stay two weeks next time.

The bedrooms were clean and tastefully decorated, beds were comfortable, we had a tv, an excellent sea view from the balcony, but best of all was the air conditioning.

There were plenty of food options, the restaurant, the pool bar which served snacks during the day, a BBQ in the garden every night and a pizza restaurant which was open from 12pm to 12am. We thoroughly enjoyed the food.

There were two good sized swimming pools, with lots of sunbathing areas. Sunbeds werent usually unchained until 8.45am and there were plenty of them. The pool areas were cleaned every morning.

Sports activities were provided throughout the day for children and adults.There was also nightly entertainment outside with different shows. As well as the pool bar there were two bars inside.

Steps led down from the garden to the beach.Shops, bars and restaurants were just a short walk, the local bus service stops outside the front door of the hotel.

We have been on All Inclusive holidays before but this was by far the best.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice july 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : karl,claire,jordan&luke34, 31, 12, 9

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I will start with the entertainment its average, bingo in 5 languages is enough to push anyone over the edge! everthing else FANTASTIC.

The rooms have a/c all have lovely views and are clean and tidy.the food in the main resturant is great carvery nearly every night kids section nuggets chips beans etc and plenty to choose from for all, there is wine red and white on tap, water, hot drinks and fruit juices all self service. The food is lovely AND HOT!

The pool bar is great all the drink you need san miguel,wine spirits and the green juice!! food inc. hot dogs, burgers,chips,fish,salad,fruit,cakes and the staff are wonderful hard working and freindly.There is also a pizzeria 12noon to midnight cooking a variety of pizzas plus pastas and salads.There are three pools two large and a kiddies paddling pool well maintained.I have heard that this hotel has had a major refurb. 

well all I can say is well done we had a brillient time met some lovely people and would not hesitate to return so if you are reading this waiting to go i am very jealous,have a good time we all did. 

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Skytours - June 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Nicola Edwards - S.Wales (42,34,8)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

A great hotel, it has just had a 3.5 million revamp and is very clean and well decorated.
Excellent food in all of the restaurants.
Very friendly and helpful staff.
Would definitely return to this Hotel in the future, a very pretty resort with excellent sea views from all the rooms.
I dont think anyone would be disappointed with this Hotel

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Skytours - June 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Lynn Chiesa (30, 29, 4 & 1)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just returned from a weeks holiday.  Well what can I say, other than this hotel is fantastic!
We had a very large family room that overlooked the sea (an amazing view) and was also very clean.  The hotel was the same.

The food was excellent and plenty to choose from (even the children ate very well).
The pool area was very clean and tidy, with lots of space to sunbathe and a choice of 2 large pools & a childrens pool.

All of the hotel staff were very friendly & helpful.
This hotel is situated in a quiet area, but as there was so much choice (food options)and good entertainment there was no need to leave the complex. Not much spending money needed.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice -june 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : rick stenning worthing-56.54,44,46,26,20,14

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

when we read the reviews on your site we thought what and where are we going to.
well do not worry,
this with out doubt is the best hotel and resort left in majorca.
every thing on this holiday could not be faulted the hotel.the staff,the location,the flight,a very big thank to everyone.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: first chioce - June 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : stenning/boyland (56,54,48,45,26,20,14.

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

FAB hotel,infact there is nothing we could find fault with on our holiday,04/06/2005.
location is splendid and centre caters for every need,we must admit to having a night out at rock cola bar where there tribute to abba could not be any better.
hotel clean and food was great(went size 32 waist came back 44)no ALL JOKING APART EVERY THING WAS GREAT AND A BIG THANKS TO EVRYONE.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Skytours - May 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : Julie, Heath & Ella-Mae Gill (37,35,5)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just returned from Holiday at the Hotel America, we went, a little reluctantly after reading mixed reviews.  However our holiday proved to be excellent. 

The Hotel is situated in a lovely position, it was clean, staff were very pleasant.  Food & Entertainment were good and whlist we were there we didn't hear any complaints from anyone else in the Hotel, on the contary, everyone seemed to have only praise.  We would recommend this hotel if you would like a quietish, relaxing holiday.  The resort itself is quite small, beach is small but beautiful, the only downside we could see would be for those people who are less mobile.  

We would definately go back to this hotel.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - May 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : Michelle Ford, Welwyn Garden City (35, 39)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Having read some of the reviews on this hotel we were more than a little worried.  But we needn't have.  We had a fantastic time.  The hotel had undergone a £3m refurbishment and we found it to be fantastic - very clean and well maintained. 

The food was great.  There was always a good choice.  We never went hungry!! 

The staff were friendly and we ate and drank ourselves stupid all week.

The rooms were nice and clean with tv and air con.

The location of this hotel is excellent and the beach was stunning.  It is a quiet hotel without discos and clubs, although there is some entertainment, but this is why we chose this hotel in the first place.

If you just want to get away, enjoy the sunshine and relax then this is the perfect place to go.

In fact, we enjoyed it so much we have just got back and booked for next year (this time for 2 weeks).

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Robertson Family . Leicester.  43, 40, 13, 11.

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Quite simply the best AI hotel you could visit in Majorca.

Great staff, great food ( especially the pizza bar ) Plenty of sunbeds, only the sad and insane queued up in the morning.

We're going back next year.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - Oct 2004

Opinion submitted in Nov 2004 by : Colin,Jo - 38,35

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After just returning from our hols in Oct, I must just let other travellers who wish to stay at this accomodation, not to! We as a family have stayed in calas before and have always admired Hotel America from afar, but no more? After entering our room we checked the balcony which to our horror seemed very weak and thought that it might pull away from the wall. There was no air conditioning or tv's in the bedrooms as advertised in the brochure. We had to hire a fan which was 18 euros per week.

The food was always just warm, although they do supply use of a free microwave to heat up your cold meals,(which i thought was a nice touch). The staff were very miserable and unhelpful, the hotel was more or less being pulled apart around us. emptying the vending machines(no more midnight snacks!) no adult cocktails,no poolside snackbar,limited entertainment, and if you've got kids? forget it! there was nothing for them to do(no kids club)

To be honest, Dont let this put you off from going to Calas De Mallorca, its a lovely part of the island and very lively in the summer(which i would say is the best time to go). In general Hotel America's owners need to get there act together if they want to encourage holiday makers back year after year.

Take pot luck if you want to stay here but dont say you haven't been warned!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - Oct 2004

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : Michelle & Rob (40) Southport

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Having just returned from a week All Inclusive we are amazed at other comments about this hotel.  It was absolutely diabolical!  The hotel closed 16.10.04, guests having no prior notice of this.  All facilities were withdrawn around our ears: evening entertainment cancelled without notice, adult only bar not available, kids club closed with no alternative child friendly activities arranged.  

Food cold or luke warm at every sitting, regular repeat of dishes, choice limited with snacks left to stand all day in the restaurant.  Poolside snack bar closed, with management saying never been open! Kids pool had broken tiles in the bottom.  Staff disinterested and mocking to guests who dared to complain.  The highlight of the week was watching the toilets in the bar area being removed whilst guests were still in the hotel.

In summary, this was the holiday from hell.  Having saved for our first all inclusive break we were extremely disappointed and have come home extremely angry and disenchanted with this hotel.

I would advise anyone considering this property to think again.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Aspro Discounts) Aspro - september 2004

Opinion submitted in Nov 2004 by : Malone, Archibald (23,20)

Resort Rating: Poor

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well from the moment we set foot in the hotel we were greated by the police and to some out of control english women that were shouting abuse and made it hard to check in. WE were lucky enough to be put in the new part of the hotel which had recently been built which was above what i had expected. people we met at the hotel were put in a room above the kitchen which was horrible so they complained then they were put in the room next to us where the ceiling colapsed in the bathroom. when it rained the reception was crowed with people complaining that their room were leaking and flooding due to the weather.

The food - where do i start!? The fact that we had paid all inclusive yet there were no avaliable snacks at any time as the snack bar had been closed down - umm thanks take our money but don't feed us! The drinks from the bar made us ill after one and the staff at the pool bar were rude. Breakfast was the best meal of the day with full-english and cerals to choose from. lunch time was either food left over from the night before and mashed into some kind of meat and chips just like every other day. The evening meal did not get any better day after day they served up the same thing with no choice and after a few days you really get sick of eating chips and chicken. The most entertaining thing was the night they put on a big spread was the night they wanted you to fill out a questionnaire about what you thought about the hotel. Our stay was for two weeks and lets just say we ended up spending all our money on food. I do highly recommend Rock Cola to eat at where the staff and shows that were put on were brillent!

The pool was freezing and the scuba driving instructor told us that it was the coldest pool on the island. You also had to get up to put your towels out to get a sun bed as there was not enough sun beds or room for the amount of people in the hotel. The beach was nice but don't be ripped off by the prices of the inflatables in the shop on the way to the beach as they are half the price in the main shoping area of the town that is 2 mins walk from the hotel.

Dont stay at this hotel if you can avoid it!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson September 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by : sharon and John Hewitt - Llanelli (45 + 49)

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just returned from Hotel America, and personally it is not a hotel we would go back to.The hotel is sited in a lovely spot, but it is very shabby, although inside fairly clean.

The food is reasonable (although a bit hit and miss if you are a vegetarian, some days there would be a couple of veggie meals on offer, other days none, but I certainly did not go hungry), the all inclusive drinks are good. Staff are courteous and polite.

The annexe accomodation was lovely - overlooking the sea, but no hot water in the mornings, and staff at reception although appeared to take an interest in this problem, actually did nothing about it. Air conditioning packed in and again nothing was done about it.

My main concern in this hotel was the dreadful standard of outside hygiene. The pool area needs a good clean, the white tables around the pool were very dirty, and around the annexe accomodation chips which someone had thrown away were still there 6 days later. Wheelie bins at the back of the hotel (which is the main access to the annexe accomodation) were hosepiped out and the dirty water left running towards the path to the accomodation. the rep told us that they have had many complaints about the pool area, but nothing appeared to have been done about it. Although tables were cleared, they were not being wiped over. If you are not too concerned with hygiene then you would have a good time at this hotel.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomas Cook Direct) Thomas Cook, Jumbo Tours - Sept 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by : G .45

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Just returned from my very first all inclusive holiday and was very impressed. 

The hotel was great and i can,t fault anything about my stay here. I would like to add that i was on my own here, first time abroad alone and it could not have been better. Everyone made you feel welcome and nothing was negative about my stay. This hotel was great( and iv'e been in a few over the years) i felt really safe. There is something for everyone here. Even me on my own. The coastal walk is amazing. The views spectacular. The waether, well it was sunny some of the time. If you need somewhere to take kids and want to keep them happy then this is the place to go.   Can't fault it.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson- august 2004

Opinion submitted in Apr 2005 by : me (18) othat ppl i went with (40) (40) (15) (12) (10)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

rite where shall i start!
Brilliant holiday!

THE HOTEL- really nice, big, but nice. It is all very clean and the staff are extremely friendly

THE ROOMS- the room are basic but cleaned every day but the maids. The were very warm tho because there is no air con os up grade to a room with it..itll be worth it.trust me. The rooms over lookin the pool were nice but the noise of the sea kept me awake the first nite or so. also people tend to get up at like 6 or 7 in the morning 2 wait by the sun beds in order to get a sun bed! madness!! do they go 2 bed at 9 to get up at that time!
so thats a little anoyin. You dont need 2 be up that early 9 o clock u will still get a bed.

POOL- there are 2 pools which are very nice! very cean and there is also a lifeguard who sits in between the 2 pools just in case.

BAR- There are 2 main bars. Tip- At nite time there will be a big queue for the outside bar(nr whr the entertainment is situated) so go inside and get ur drinks from the lobby bar! common sense!

PEOPLE- The holiday makers there are from the uk mainly but there are a few germans and spanians that go there 2. The entertainment crew r really gud-- they speak like 4 languages!
Bingo gets borin as they do it every nite for half an hour at about 9ish.

For younger people that go wiv there family and/ or a few mates..stick around and get ur free drinks untill 12 wen the bar in the hotel shuts.. the head off into town(3 min walk.. there are some great 2 for 1 bars there.. a coupl of niteclubs and some gr8 bars that play english music which is gud.. they usually stay open until 2.30 ish but there are no rules so if thrs alot of ppl thr buyin drinks theyll stay open longer!

Food- bit repetative at times but over all ok.. The salad and fruit lovely tho

Overall!!
wicked holiday aimed at anyone whos up for a laugh!
The miss and mr america comps were so so funny!! ppl we met amazing!
Have fun ppl!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - August 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by : Angela (41), Lucy (16) and Oliver (8)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have recently come back from a fantastic week in Hotel America.
The food was lovely,  we stuffed ourselfs silly for the whole week. The unlimited San Miguel on tap in the restaurant was a big hit. We could always find a table and there was a short que for the food, (but you didnt wait as long as you would in a restaurant.) Mornings choice of full fry up, french style breakfasts, ,toast and lots more. The days and evenings varied mainly pasta dishes, good meats. We didnt eat the salad coz it seemed to be out for a long time, none of us were ill from the food and we ate pretty much everything.

The staff were nice,  the tall receptionist man was always friendly. One thing we would recommend is to make sure that the wrist bands arn't put on too tight, my mum had to have hers changed. Oh and the sharp edges can kill if you scrape your sunburn, so be careful with that.

The entertainment in the evening was very funny, eric was great, the one problem,  hving to listen to the bingo in 4 different languages ut i suppose thats what you get for going on holiday to spain. the mini disco was great for kids and finished at just the right time!! The bar is good,  cheap round!! haha!! You forget you have already paid for the drinks seems funny just to ask and not pay!

The pool area was generally quite clean. Finding sun beds was not too much of a problem ut i wake up early so a few mornings i went out and put my towel out!
We met some nicec people, Ged,  Linda etc. Had a good laugh with them.
Views from every alcony were gorgeous, and im a preson who doesnt useually appriciate views. The rooms were clean, the maids did a good jo.

The weather was very good - most days went in for midday because it all got too much and went to your head a bit.
The beach is so close, just walk down some steps and yourr on a smallish, lovely beach.

We went on the boat trip twice, first to the visit to porta cristo, which was good, ,lots of shops at other end which were a bit more expensive than the one near the hotel. The second boat trip was tye one which didnt stop, we found this too much, it was very rocky, ,and desite having aboat ourselfs so are used to the water we felt very sick, (or was that due to the unlimited vodka the night before) The men on the boat were very friendly, let my brother have a drive since he was so interested in the boat.

There are lots of shops aout a 1 minute walk from the hotel,  sold lots of souvaniers, fake dior handbags!!!! V good!!!
It did rain for 2 minutes one day! went out after and the puddles were boiling hot!
2 Bad points - The coach journey was long - you are warned of this but just be prepared. On the way back to the airport the driver got lost so we had a bit of a de tour all felt a bit ill again!
2nd bad point - the holiday ended!

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Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson August 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Mark J and Emma - West Sussex (24,21)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Having reviewed the sites' reviews before I noted that there was a mixed bunch of reviews for the Hotel America, however I am pleased to say that our holiday fell in line with the positive reviews on the site.  This was our first all inclusive holiday and we will be definitely be going all inclusive again as it is excellent value.  I have broken the review down to the following areas:

Hotel - this was listed as a 3 star and I would agree with this.  The hotel is clean, however there are some parts which could do with a lick of paint here and there but on the whole I was happy with the standard of accommodation.  The bedroom walls were quite thin and you could hear most things in the room next-door which did wake me up on some nights.  The hotel had 2 pools which were very clean.  There is no air conditioning in the room which meant it was hot all the time (I think you could upgrade to a air conditioned room for a cost).

Location - 30 seconds walk to beach which was wonderful.  Local shops only a few minutes walk.  The resort itself is reasonably quiet but this was fine for us - few bars and restaurants, although we stayed in hotel every night.  About 60 min transfer from airport.  It was always very windy by the pool as you are right on the coast, but this can be quite cooling during the day.

Other guests - mixture of Spanish, French and Germans, but a large majority were English.  A few couples, but mainly families.

Staff - very friendly and helpful, not a bad word to say.

Food - excellent - full English breakfast and other selections, full lunch with good choice of salads, meats, and puddings - and again the same for dinner.  Between all meals there were snacks of chips, burgers etc - therefore between 8am and midnight you could eat food all the time as part of all inclusive.

Drinks - beer and wine on tap at meal times  - San Miguel and the red and white wine was quite nice too - soft drinks on tap also - from 8am - midnight the bar is open and again all drinks included.  Local spirits were used but these were fine.

Entertainment - kids mini disco every night for 30 min which the kids enjoyed.  9:30pm bingo every night for 1 euro fifty per ticket, quite fun - 10pm every night some sort of entertainment - when we were there, there was a Parrot show, acrobat show, singer, and bands - some of it was cheesy but was in line with most other Spanish hotel chains we have been to.

Summary - a good hotel for families and couples and good value with the all inclusive.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Aspro Discounts) Aspro - August 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Sherideen Wilson - Cumbria (31, 31, 14, 10)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well when we got to our hotel room, we knew this holiday would be great. We had the most amazing view of both the sea and the two pools. The food was pretty much the same everyday but you got quite a selection. The bar staff are pretty pleasant. Adults are only allowed three drinks at a time and kids are only allowed one. but you can get these drinks as much as you want. 

The entertainment is good, a mini disco from half eight until nine for the kids, bingo and a show for all to enjoy after that. The hotel is situated right near the beautiful beach. there are rides to aqua parks and pirate shows, etc. There's a burger king and lots of bars, clubs and restaraunts nearby. 

It was the best holiday we've had so far.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson August 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Paul 41 Heather 39 Jackie 39 Simon 36 Kirsty 16 Paul 14 Gregory 13 Carl 13 Adam 8

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Have just arrived back from our annual 2 week summer holiday. This year we went on holiday with our good friends for our first experience of all inclusive. Our friends had been all inclusive last year in Ibiza, but we had nothing to compare to, so we had no expectations.

On arriving at hotel America we were greeted by 2 very helpfull receptionists, who checked us in and gave us our coloured wrist bands for identifing we were all inclusive. Be carefull of the sharp edges on these as they can catch you when washing or applying sun cream.

We were given our keys to our rooms. We all had rooms on the 1st floor, our friends had 2 adjoining rooms facing the sea, and we had apartment b facing the road over reception. Our first reaction to this was, were not staying in here for 2 weeks, as there was no balcony, no sea view and very old furniture, but there was loads of space and you could of played skittles in the bathroom it was so long and spacious. We decided to stay. Room turned out to be ok although, sleeping was difficult being at the front of the hotel did get rather noisy with coaches delivering and picking people up all night and people coming in late from bars and discos.

Meals i would rate at only average, lots of food appeared more than once the same day and some appeared again the next day. I would recomend the french stick at evening meal, they were always fresh and warm. But i may well be more fussy than some. Both the ladies in our party found the food to be good and the kids filles up on bread and ice creams.None of us ever went hungry.Someone else has mentioned that the outside snack bar was shut as was the cafe, so all snacks were served from the dining room and you cant take them out of the dining room.Ice cream was in tubs, so again you had to sit in the dining room to have one. The fact you had to where t shirt and shorts was a pain, so the men in our party didnt bother.

Drinks were brilliant. Although you could only get 3 at a time, they were plentifull and the bar staff were fab. We tended to try and speak a little Spanish to them and we generally got a good response. They would help us along and we felt we had befriended some of them along the way. Look out for Lina she has red hair,Swepp good at football,Pedro bar manager, Franc, Alberto and not forgetting Lorentho who seemed to do a bit of everything, but he was the lifegaurd/first aider. All of these guys were great fun.

The resort itself is nice. Hard to get lost in the town as it seems to go in square blocks. Very safe and you dont get people hastleing you all the time. Found some friendly bars and some even serving a decent pint of John Smiths smooth.Children enjoyed the town, 3 or 4 arcades for them.

Hotel entertainment looked ok, but you had to be out on the terrace by 8pm to get a table and chairs near the front. Mini disco started at 8.30 for the kids, followed by bingo. There is organised activities during the day run by Eric Christian and 2 young ladies. On Thursdays it is worth entering a team into the special day. Teams compete against each other in 8 activities and 1st second and third placed teams receive certificates.

Boat trip from the rock below the hotel to Porto Cristo good, but barter with the ticket sellers, as they will go lower to get your business.We paid 16 euros each, but a day later the same trip was 10.

We did one trip through Thomson. We went to Marineland and Fantasy golf in Palma Nova.Dolphins and seal lions were great but the parrots were pants. Also you only get a couple of hours at the golf, so you can only squeeze in 1 of the 3 courses unless it isn`t to busy.

You know before you go that the hotel has no air conditioning, and whilst we were there temperatures exceeded 110 so you will get hot, but there is a gentle sea breeze which helps a little.

We rated this hotel and resort at 7 out of 10, and i think if you are willing to make the best of what you have got, then you should enjoy the hotel America.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - August 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Lisa & John, 30, 24 & 11 months

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

After just returning from a 1 week all inclusive holiday to this hotel I have sat and read the reports and am amazed.. thankfully i didn't know about this site before I went because I don't think i'd have been looking forward to it much!
Our holiday was superb in every way, I think the people putting in bad reports must be at a different hotel (or should have booked 5 star not 3 star.) it was by no means the ritz but for the price it is and the fact that you know it is a 3 star hotel it is just, in fact better than what we was expecting.

The only few negative things were
1)the lifts, there were not enough of these and were very slow so we often ended up carrying our daughter in her pram down the stairs.
2)the rooms were made of very thin walls so tended to be very noisy from the noise of the corridors and the rooms next to you.
3) no air conditioning in the rooms, however you could upgrade to a room with this service.

Apart from those few things everything else was great. The view from our balcony was absolutly beautiful, it overlooked the pool and the sea.
The room was of a standard size which is fine on holiday cause you really don't spend that much time in your room on holiday.
the food was lovely, some of the best food i've ever had in an all inclusive hotel, plenty of choice.. and never cold like some people have suggested.
The pool area's were nice and clean and the beach was lovely, so close aswell.

The actual resort itself was just perfect for us, there was no "looky looky men" no one selling scratch cards, you could walk down the street at night and feel perfectly safe. We found a excellent cocktail bar called something like "ca pango" it is between the hotel and burger king. they are the cheapest cocktails we found and are to die for!! sadly the hotel didn't do cocktails.

all thats really left to say is that if you are thinking of going here and your standards are of a 3 star rating then don't hesitate to book, if your holiday is anything like ours your in for a great time, have fun!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Direct Holidays) Direct Holidays - July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Angela,Jez,Jack &Joe - West Yorkshire (44, 40, 11, 10)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading good reviews about this hotel we decided to book a fortnights holiday. The week before travelling I came upon this website and read more reviews. I was very worried and to be quite honest was not looking forward to this holiday.

We arrived at 3:30am, tired from our journey, the rep had left the coach at a location 30 minutes previously, leaving us in the hands of the driver! After being told by the receptionist they had no booking for us (Direct Holidays had given them a different name) we were finally given the keys to a room on the 6th floor, even though in October of last year we had requested a low floor. 

The room was a corner room, very spacious and very clean. The rooms didn't have air conditioning but we just left our patio window open all the time so didn't feel the need to hire a fan. We did go and have a look at the 'annexe' which boasted air con and a TV but they were about a 1/4 size of the room we had so we opted to stay where we were. 

The next day we got up too late for breakfast but snacks were being served. The food was good, at lunchtimes,breakfast and evening there was plenty of choice. The staff kept the dining room clean and tidy, although making your own toast at breakfast time was a nightmare, there just wasn't enough room to move around the drinks machine, cereal table and toaster. 

The staff behind the bars were mainly polite and grossly overworked, you were only allowed 3 drinks from the bar, which was a pain for us and other families with more than 3! The bars were supposed to close at midnight but every night in the outside bar,the manager would stand in the queue at 11:30 and not let anybody else join, telling them to go inside and get served there, this would have been ok apart from the fact only one person would be behind the bar. 

You could never get a sun lounger as there are those people who go on holiday to get up at the crack of dawn to sit in 'their' spot and wait for the beds to become unlocked at 8:30am, then ensued a massive scramble, which I heard every morning from my 6th floor room.

The resort itself was very nice, plenty of shops and restaurants for it not to be too busy, we booked a few excursions from a little backstreet place which was run by a lovely, helpful lady who originated from Scotland but had lived there for 21 years. We went to Aquacity, which was ok apart from the long journey there and the long queues the kids had to endure after lunch. We also went on the glass bottom boat to Porto Christo, then a glass bottom catamaran to Sa Coma, then reversed the trip, it took all day but we had time to look around the two resorts before changing to the next boat. We all enjoyed ourselves, it gave us a day away and all for the price of 20 Euros! The beach was located down a couple of flights of stone steps, so would not be suitable for anybody who has walking problems, we found it to be clean if not a bit busy at times.

All in all we did enjoy our holiday, in spite of our reservations. We would not go to this hotel again but would have no reservations in recommending it to families.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Mediland July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : John - Glasgow (31, 31, 5, 1)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

On arrival at midnight, we were allocated the last and possibly the worst room in the Hotel. The next day we were upgraded to the Air-conditioned rooms situated in a block next to the main Hotel. These rooms were fantastic, and well worth any extra supplement.

The restaurant was very busy, I recommend getting in early to avoid the rush. The food was good, although a little repetitive. We went for a meal to the local Chinese 100 yards up the road, which made a nice change. The all-inclusive drinks were excellent, with a wide choice and the bar staff worked Hard at keeping queues to a minimum.

The Beach next to the Hotel was good, although quite busy and a little dirty (thanks to the Brit's and the Germans). There is another beach a few yards south that is quieter and cleaner.

There is a bus stop right outside the hotel, which runs an excellent service to all the local attractions, Porto Cristo, the caves etc. I would also recommend a trip on the glass bottom boat, which stops near the cliffs right beside the Hotel.

Overall a good Hotel in an Excellent location, and a good time was had by all.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: Medinland July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : west yorkshire 42,35,10,9

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just returned from a 2 week all inclisuve holiday at this hotel. i did read this site after i had booked this late deal and was very worried i really didnt want to go.

although the room was clean and plenty big enough for four beds i did not like this hotel it was very large and far too many guests. the food was ok but we did visit burger king in the resort on a few occasions as well as some restaurants.

the staff were sometimes quite rude and their attitude was youve already paid and you will be back,some areas of the hotel were not looked after in particular the pool terrace was quite dirty and needed a good scrub quite a few people were ill including my young daughter for three days and a friend daughter even had to go to hospital in palma.

overall we did enjoy this holiday but that was not down to the hotel or the resort but because of the lovely people we meet and the good fun we had,i hope we will stay in touch.

the actual resort had every thing you needed but you did feel quite isolated as it was quite a long way from all the attractions,the beach was fine and next to the hotel nice and clean with plenty of sunbeds you could also get a packed lunch from the hotel to take to the beach.the snack bar at the pool side was not open for the whole 2 weeks and is not to be opened this season,so snacks had to be taken in the restaurant you couldnt go in wet and had to have shoes and t shirt on to be allowed in a bit of a pain for young children and no ice lollies just very small tubs of ice cream.

all in all there were alot of complaints all of which the staff had heard before,mainley from people paying full price,but we got a cheap holiday and we got exactley what we paid for so we couldnt complain
if you are thinking of booking i wouldnt. hope this is helpful.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Skytours - June 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Nigel Ryan-Halifax 66,37,35,8,7

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Everything about the resort and hotel was excellent.  

The hotel was very clean, staff were very friendly.  The food was excellent with plenty of choice.  The only problem we found was the dis-organised mealtimes due to the selfish people who used to take one of the few tables for 6 when there were only 3 or 4 people dining. We were on holiday in June 04 and we saw no sign of people been ill as reported on other reports.  

We didn't know what to expect from this hotel after reading some previous reports but what i would say is take it from us there is no problem with this hotel or resort. we were all inclusive and the rule about only 3 drinks per person was not a problem as we all had our own bands and were able to get our own drinks.  Emily our rep was very helpful and the kids reps were great.  Our room was really spacious with superb views over the beaches,mountains and gardens.  

All i can say is that our holiday here and i speak for all of us was BRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: fleetway june 2004

Opinion submitted in June 2004 by : nicola humm - romford (29,32,4)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The hotel looks plesant and the views are stunning the best ive seen, maid service was ok, the entertainment was funny, The rooms are spacious.  The food is not up to scratch we suffered unset stomachs and sickness, we spoke to 6 others on our stay, my advise would be to eat out, theres lots of ants about the hotel also, its a good place for a bargin, the hotel itself looks lovely and is on the beech which was nice.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours June 2004

Opinion submitted in June 2004 by : Steve, Ellie & Eleanor (4yrs) - Healing Nr Grimsby

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

We booked this as a quickie, so we could join some of our family at a near by hotel for their last week of their holiday. We choose this hotel because it seemed to fair resonably well on this web site. We were pleased we went to this hotel, it was clean & all the staff was helpful & appeared happy, nothing was too much trouble.

It was our first time on an all inclusive holiday. The food was very good (the chef is English), we had a good choice of meals & it was always topped up, if if was empty you only had to ask & a fresh supply would be sent through to the dinning hall. San Miguel beer on tap as well as the white & red wine.

A couple of grumbles was the children's swimming pool wasn't very big & was very cold, but the other pools are a good size & clean. People was up before 8am to put towels out (sad gits!!) But the beach is only a stones throw away.

Also when you went to the bar you could only take away 3 drinks, if you wanted more then you had to return for more. Some friends of ours was a family of four, this made no difference he still had to return to the bar to get a fourth drink, couldn't see the sense in it, but the bar staff stuck to this rule & wouldn't lisen to reason.

The night time entertainment appeared okay, we only went to one night event because we went out with our family from the other hotel. But the night we watched was funny, they did a Mr America, the victims had to carry out several tasks to win, i.e. Skipping, burst balloons with their partner, get dressed up in womens clothing etc. Apparently they did Miss America the next night, but we missed it.

The buggy that we took with us broke, but we was able to hire on from the hotel, only 15 Euro's per week. The resort is quite small, but generally we found it okay & the local shops had whatever you needed.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - May 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Family of three (30, 26, 1)

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This is the worst hotel that we have ever stayed at.  From the moment we arrived and checked into our (filthy) room, we wished we could go home.

After complaining about the dirty room, we "upgraded" to the annexe (at a cost of 8 Euros per person per night).  This was a much better room and had actually been cleaned following the previous occupants' departure.
The annexe was quiet, which was a relief after enduring the other guests conversations (at the top of their voices) outside our room door and hearing their kids run riot up and down the corridors outside our room.
The clientele during our stay at the Hotel America would not have been out of place at the local Social Club, and had little or no interest in controlling their children.
The parents drank all day as their kids basically did as they pleased.

The food on offer was simply awful.  Although the majority of other guests didn't seem to mind the endless supply of chips, or the fact that most of the food was near-cold.
If you buy your weekly shopping at the local freezer shop then you will love it here - lots of battered and deep-fried food, beans and ice-cream.  One evening we even had battered cauliflower (!) this, I might add, was one of the only occasions when any vegetables other than limp-looking salad were on offer.
On the plus side there was plenty of fruit available at every mealtime.

What the brochure doesn't tell you is that the hotel probably hasn't been refurbished (maybe even cleaned) since the 1970's so every fixture and fitting is shabby and worn.  As mentioned, the guests when we stayed there were not interested in controlling their unruly kids, which meant that we didn't really want to sit by the pool.  The drunkest people I have ever seen were on show at the hotel - these people didn't seem able to control themselves with "free" beer on the all-inclusive menu.

Overall, I would have to give the holiday experience 1 out of 10.  The only reason that they even scored one is that the staff were very friendly and the resort itself was okay.  The coastal walk is lovely and there's a nice cove with sun-loungers.  Sorry, but that's the best I can say.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: travel city  may  2004

Opinion submitted in June 2004 by : jean and john   64, 66.

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:  

We had a great time here.  after reading some of the coments we were not to sure.
the hotel was in a great area over looking the beach and resort centre only 100yards up the road.   i would definately go back again. they are going to upgrade it for next year so it should be even better.

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours - April 2004

Opinion submitted in June 2004 by : Jeremy Hagitt - 22,16,39

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

When i went to Majorca it was the first time i had ever been on a plane.
When we came into the resort of Calas De Mallorca it was all very tidy and thriving with tourists! The hotel had fantastic views from all of the rooms which we had. We were looking out to sea!

The rooms were spacious and there were no animals such as ants or cockroaches, the bathroom was emaculately clean and was up to standard! the sea was warm and beautiful to swim in again the beach was packed but very tidy. The shop owners in the resort were polite and helped you in any way possible

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Hotel America - Calas de Majorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - Date Not Specified

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : ian sutcliffe-sheffeild(39,39,14,11

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

great place to stay if you like a typical all inclusive hoilday .how ever it has its bad points but none enough to put you off.bingo is played every night and takes an hour. kids dosco is same 6 songs every night but the kids love it.you can only get 3 drinks at a time, but you have all week to drink and they do serve quicky.bar shuts at 12 ,but if your not in the que for 11:40 you wil miss out. 

food is never hot but warm enough to eat ,it is also very repititous.the waiters are in no rush to clear the tables so most end up doing it them selfs. you will not get a bad veiw wear ever room you get put in,all have a sea veiw. only a short walk down some steps to the beach wear you can have hours off fun in the big waves .

when you get sick off the entertainment at night ,and you will .its only a short walk to the main square wear there is plenty to do.i would go back to this place but there is room for inprovement. we all had a great time,and the beer is san mig,plenty of room all over the hotel,if you want a quit drink are sunbed , you can get one with out getting up at the crake off dawn there is 2 pools and terece next to the sea.

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: xl -July 2007

Opinion submitted in August 2007 by :  Reading  60,41,40,38,37,13,12,9,9,7,

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This hotel was booked up under 24hrs to go due to a mess up, so didn't have anytime to look at other reviews, however when we arrived at Hotel Balmoral, we were greeted with very pleasant receptionist, and drinks were also offered which was very nice.  

We have always gone All inc, but this hotel has beat all of them with the food and drinks, plenty to choose from and all of our party put on weight, and not only a few pounds!! One of the best things about this hotel was the sun loungers there were loads available any time of day.  The beach is about 15mins walk or you can catch a train which is 2euros, there is a little beach across the road from the hotel but be carefull of the steps for they are steep and slippery. The hotel complex has a good choice of pools for all different ages and you can also visit the sister hotels across the road, which also have a choice of pools, there are also quiet places to lay if you wanted peace.  Entertainment was good we all really enjoyed it. There is kids club which looked good, but my kids entertained themselves in the pool allday. The rooms were basic, cleaned everyday, and the fan on the ceiling is excellent.  

If anyone has booked this hotel then you have made a good choice, there is nothing to complain about. We will be going back.  

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: June/July 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : Pete Stringer - Plymouth (51,50)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

we found the food at the hotel to be of a good standard with a wide selection of items at every sitting both hot and cold (if you were hungry here you must be the fussiest eater in the world). the rooms are basic but kept clean and tidy by the friendly linen fairies.my advice to anyone who enjoys getting involved in the sports and games during the day,and stage shows competitions etc etc at night is go for it,the entertainment crew at this resort are really up there with best, a friendlier and madder bunch than we have ever met at other resorts . carla and carmilo both of them had us laughing so many times ,and not forgetting viki ,thanks guys.the bars and clubs outside the resort are only 7 min walk and are good friendly too. the beaches are good crystal blue water fine white sand. the weather was brilliant with sunshine and no humidity. there is plenty of things for the kids to do we never saw a bored one at anytime during our stay there.

all in all a great holiday . and it was good to make new friends tony and marie from glasgow adam and sara from manchester  fond memories

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Oct 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : Jennifer/ Billy  58 & 60  Essex

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Arrived and allocated Balmoral Hotel.
The reception is so worn out it looks like a Salvation Army Hostel.They take you picture when you book in and give you a swipe card with you photo on.
The room is basic a 2 twin beds a chair and a small table. I have never been to a three star hotel that does not have televisions or even a mirror or bedside cabinets in the rooms.
The maids keep the room clean and the balcony was ok.

You could not sit in the lounge if you did not smoke. You came out of your room and the smoke hit you, nearly everybody seemed to chain smoke.
The resturant was not big enough to cater for the number of diners. You had to line up at each meal time and wait for a table to be become empty and then you have your card swiped. All meals were buffet. The food was not very good, all right if you like stew or chips.
The hotel is long past its sell by date and should be demolished.

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: travel city direct august 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Peter,Margaret and Alice Bowey 50,47,14

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well i see my old review is still on here from 2004.Well i am sorry but the hotel Balmoral in my opinion has gone back quite a lot.It seems to me there has been some cost cutting as at meal times the staff could not keep up with demand for tables to be cleaned so we did this once or twice. There was always something to eat but it was always pork,the soup was nine out of ten times asparragus so you could still eat the bread and butterFruit and salad were very good to but for some reason the food was just not as good as before.The dining room staff in generaL were quite friendly apart from one or two who just shot their hand in front of you eating you would say thankyou and smile they would ignore you,one in paticular looked at people as though they were muck and that riles me.

At the bar if a Spanish person came up they went straight to the front and were served.Someone must have complained to management and this was stopped.The lager is worse than dishwater.The cleaners are very polite and friendly and do and excellent job.Rooms are spotless but our room some days absoloutley stank.Rounding up it may sound bad but it is passable(just).Our holiday was made more bearable as we met a nice couple from the boro (middles)and we were with them the whole fortnightDave and sue cheers we enjoed your company.If you go go with an open mind

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: holiday nights july 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : karen doncaster 38 41 12

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

what a great hotel entertainment day and night the shows the entertainment staff did on a night were great staff very friendly the food was great rooms cleaned every day 2 large pools the pool down the steps was quiter and not has ectic 2 childrens pools we arrived late at night and had fresh orange juice from reception they were very helpful and friendly would definately go again but not in july too hot

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: travel city direct  july 04

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : 43,42,37,37,37,33,16,12,12,7,3,3

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

very good holiday overall,first time all inclusive and quite impressed .
hotel staff very good and entertainment staff for the adults were excellent day and night.
no complaints everything was as expected for the price .
resort small but interesting and main beach good but very busy

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Hotel Balmoral - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Travel City Direct - 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : k davies 50, 47, 24, 14

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I was dreading my holiday after reading some of the reviews of this hotel. But after arriving, I wondered what on earth these people were used to!!!!  We arrived at 1.15 am and the staff had welcoming glasses of fresh orange on our arrival and considering the time were courteous and obliging. 

Ok, so the bedrooms need updating, the ceiling fan was brilliant, the hotel was spotlessly clean, the food delicious with plenty of choice for all ages. Having done all inclusive quite a few times, this has to have been one of the better places we have stayed, no fuss over drinks, always a smile from the staff and more sun loungers than I have ever seen in my life.  No getting up at 6 and putting towels on the sunbeds.  The fact that there were 3 hotels on the complex meant you had a choice of where you wanted to go to sit for the day.  

My only dissatisfaction, ( cant call it a complaint)was if you were over 30 the entertainment staff were not interested, they only asked you to join in if you looked young.  But that is irrelevant. I would go here again AND recoomend it to friends.

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Hotel Balmrall - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: travel city direct - July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : peter  margaret and alice bowey 48,45,12

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

arrived 19-07-04 worried at first because of reviews and soon found out what aload of twaddle some are. Had excellent time the reps kirsty (who i kept calling lynsey)and sally very helpful.I went in for lunch first day pork chops suckling lamb chops prawns but then again if youre used to caviar all the staff were very friendly and extremley polite most of the people there were welsh and they were great we met alfie and elaine peter and amanda they were great company . 

of course one or two spoiled things but we didnt let that bother us the rooms were cleaned every day bed linen and the towells i really cant say enough about it but to round off i went with travel city direct may i say one of the best hols i ever had and will try to go with them again

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Calas Park Aparthotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: independant july2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : 2 adults kids 4,9

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

love calas park 2nd time around for us you can not get this quality at this price anywhere else. accom cleaned 5 days a week,air con, meals lovely ok a bit repetative but you get this anywhere staying for 2 weeks. kids entertainement great ( thanks monica xx) but adult eve entertainement is not all that. However you make your own fun chatting with other families and enjoying the large measures. going back next year.visit porto cristo , lovely.

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Calas Park Aparthotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Travel Republic - June 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : 42,40,14,10,3

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The Calas Park was a nice tidy hotel, rooms fine, pool area good, restaurant fine, the food was okay for a 7 day holiday, and the all inclusive option what you would expect with locally produced products, although the red wine in the restaurant with our meals was great.
We were lucky to get a room overlooking the pool and sea view, fanstastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Negative point is the evening entertainment, poor!!!

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Calas Park Aparthotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: sunstar leisure- sept 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : robinson,davison,williams (54, 53, 35, 33, 28, 27, 9,and baby

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Hotel lovely, we had rooms overlooking the pool and sea , fabulous views. Food ok a bit repetitive, but always had something we could eat.Entertainment not very good, but they tried. Weather a bit iffy most days cloudy by 4pm and a bit of rain on 2 days. 

All in all a nice relaxing holiday and we would return to this hotel.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Independently booked - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Chris, Sue, William, Oliver (42, 21 again 10 & 8)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

By booking independently we had an All Inclusive Holiday for about the same price as the Travel Agents were advertising for similar self catering holidays. Bearing that in mind we expected to eat out quite a few times and really wasn't expecting too much. The only thing I would have done differently would have been to hire a car for the two weeks which would have cost about £200 as the cabs cost between 60-70 euro each way from Palma airport, parking didn't seem to be a problem at the hotel.

We ended up having a fantastic holiday because the complex is quite small, the food was generally OK and the entertainment was complete rubbish (I also agree with the other reviewer about Saeed).

Our kids soon made friends with other children & as the complex is small we didn't mind them going off playing (the pool is also not very big and we felt relaxed about them being in it). Being self service, the children soon starting going off to lunch and dinner with their friends. This gave us quite a bit off unexpected free time but also meant we ate at the hotel more than we expected. In general the food was quite good, a couple of really bad days when we had to go out.

You meet people quickly around the complex & as the entertainment was so bad we ended chatting, drinking with a great bunch of other people. We first heard the two mad drunken Scots John & Angie before seeing them and had a great time with them and their boys Conner & John Joe. 

We were happy with the resort as a whole and the hotel was very clean and good sized rooms. Sound proving not bad as Big Johns rendition of 'King of the road' at 3am didn't open any doors. There are a lot of stairs as the complex is on different levels. The restaurants in the resort are very reasonable and a lot have 2 for 1 drinks. Pool side activities ok, Water Polo a good laugh. The bar and toilets shut at midnight so when your table is full of drink and you need the loo it's a trip back to your room, well for most of us ay Angie!

Overall we had a great time because the children were happy and the people we met.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Aug 06

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : The Gardens, 32,31,6,4

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have just returned from 2 weeks at Calas Park.  

We hired a car and from airport, the resort is probably about an hours drive and easy to find.  we were welcomed by the friendly reception staff in the bright and airy main building and tagged to prove we were guests!!  Our room was very clean when we arrived and was stinking of bleach!  Was a good size with kitchen facilities including a fridge. 

Our room (321)had wonderful views of the sea, without being at the front beside the pool and entertainment. But as we saw other guests were not so lucky as their rooms were pokey with no Drinks- massive measures.  The cherry brandy delicious! food- Breakfast- my youngest had beans and chips every morning!  Lots of choice.  Lunch really nice.  Dinner- swayed from acceptable to revolting! Lived on salad and cheese!  We ate out loads by the last week as so not wanting another same tea.  Snacks were leftovers from the day.  Our family motto was dont eat anything disguised as a fritter as it was usually a day old!  

All in all, if you want all inclusive for saving on juice and ice cream and drink, plus you dont mind eating out a few times and you get a rediculously low quote then this place may well suit you.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Travel City Direct August 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Mandy Davis (42, 39, 14, 11)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Travel City Direct were excellent and provided an efficient service considering the wife lost the tickets 5 hours before our flight.
Calas Park provides a standard of accomodation that refects its three star rating.It is built onto the side of a cliff so be prepared for stairs. The staff are helpfull and friendly and are a source of information if you have better things to do than go to the welcome meeting.

The rooms are adequate, they are air-conditioned at no extra charge and are cleaned three times a week.
The food was excellent, a wide variety at every mealtime and always salad and plenty of fresh fruit available throughout the day. You could reserve a picnic box the previous day if you had an excursion or day out planned.
You had to be an early riser to get a sunbed, they were usually all reserved by 8am at the latest apart from on changeover days. This caused a bit of friction poolside as the hotel didn't enforce its 30 minute only reservation rule displayed at reception.

We all enjoyed the sports and activities organised, beat Reggie at rifle shooting, did beach volleyball and the highlight of everyones afternoon was the very physical game of water polo where it definitely wasn't the winning that counted but the taking part!

The evening entertainment can only be descibed as akin to scratching your nails down a blackboard, it was cringe-worthy and thats being kind. The best thing was a magic show which happened on our last night, the rest was pants. There was nightly bingo for a cheap 2 Euro watch, not many takers for that funnily enough!
The entertainers had to repeat everything in 5 different languages so not an easy job but the quality of the entertainment was abismal, we would have been happy with a disco and karioke night, both suggested and neither forthcoming. Not the place to stay if you can't make your owm entertainment or you want your senses to be stimulated!

Fortunately we met a good bunch of people and had a good time thanks to Pauls Speedos, Sxy Sandra and Gorgeous George and of course The Lovely Caroline! Thanks for making our holiday such a good one!

All in all I would sum up as a good family hotel with adequate facilities, good value for money and apart from the entertainment somewhere I would recommend.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: medinland - July 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : 45 39 17 17 11

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just got back from callas park, if you don,t mind a holiday with the germans you will be alright.
resort more for people who just want a relaxing time. hotel ok food ok staff ok entertainment could be better but only a small hotel so they only had 3 acts from outside, so it got a bit repetetive after a while.
the mini disco was the same every night with the same 5 songs (no them off by heart now} but the team did try hard
every thing though had to be repeated in 4 languages.

if you have a child betwwen 3 and7 this will be ideal any older and their is nothing for them, great small safe pool , stunning veiws. no teens.

all in all great relaxing holiday thats all.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Independently booked  June 06

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Tony & Lisa , Leigh and Gwynfa, Atalya & Keynaan, middle aged, mid-thirties,  6 & 3.

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Four Adults, 2 children, aged 3 and 6.

Resort is downbeat, relaxed. Consists mainly of hotels, a few bars and shops up in the square. Buses available to other resorts.

Accommodation was good. The Hotel is structured in tiered blocks that run down to the pool. OK if you are fit, but a no go for the elderly/infirm. Walking up from the pool a few times a day gets the blood circulating. Meals are taken ACROSS the road from the entrance to the hotel. If you fancy a snack, you have to walk from the pool, up 3 tiers of steps, into the hotel, out of the front entrance, across the road, down a small flight of steps, into the restaurant.

Breakfast was hit and miss. Don't expect a full English every morning, cos it won't happen. Main meals were OK, not a bad choice, but not brilliant. Snacks were exceedingly poor. Really not worth the effort of the walk from the pool. Just leftovers from the main meals. Strictly, you are not allowed to take snacks out of the dining room.
If you decide to go out and order a packed lunch, please note, you are given an empty box at reception and you fill it yourself in the Dining room.

Drinks... Beer was Cruzcampo...not very good...OK with lime. Came in 25cl plastic cups. Shorts were OK. Bar staff friendly, and the service was good. You could help yourself to soft drinks and ice cream which faced out on the bar. Great idea, which meant no queues.
Daytime activities were below average. Kids club was good given the limited facilities, as the girls running it were excellent.But don't expect anything brilliant. It's really just a creche for little ones aged 3 to 8.

Adult entertainment....Twice a week they have a professional show from outside. OK but you won't be asking for autographs. Once a week there is nothing at all, and the other 4 nights you a gonna wish there WASN'T anything. It was diabolical. The "head of entertainment" Saeed is in the wrong job. His scripting and choreography is dreadful. He had to be the centre of attraction at ALL TIMES.  He had taken over this season, and during our week he'd argued with a female colleague who was moved to another hotel. Shame, cos she was good with kids and adults. We've seen his antics and he comes over as childish and spiteful. One guest beat him at table tennis and he sulked and took the equipment away. Our personal opinion is "he's not very nice", and many other guests felt the same way, but no doubt others would have found him OK. When we were there the hotel clientele was predominently German...about 95%. I got on fine with some of them. Enjoyed the Footie. Even though I sported a Swedish flag on my forehead during the German/Sweden game, and told them all they had no chance, they took it in good fun. Thank heavens Sweden lost though! Be prepared to get up VERY EARLY to get a sunbed. After 8.00am you can forget it. The hotel has a "no booking a sunbed with a towel" policy, but it's not enforced.

All in all it's a pretty hotel. Decent rooms, quiet position. Nice water feature running down from the hotel to the pool, cascading water running into little pools, with a live terrapin in each. Let down by the dreadful entertainment, terrible snacks, no snacks at the pool bar, the "drudge" up to the dining room, main meals OK but wouldn't impress Gordon Ramsey (Oh, I wish he'd been there!) and the poor quality beer.

Value for money? Not really. I've paid less and got better. I would'nt rush back....and I'm not the "fussy kind". Never mind, there's always next year!!!

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Sept 2005

Opinion submitted in Nov 2005 by : Claire - Cardiff (39, 37, 6, 4,

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Read the reviews on this hotel and we were looking forward to it but how disappointed we were.No problems at all with the staff and the entertainers (Alex and Matteo) were lovely but the kids club was only from 10am - 11am and 3.30pm - 4.30pm and nothing at all on Fridays and the evening was o.k but only 3 professional shows and friday you had to wait till 10pm for anything to start cos of the entertainers were on a day off.

Food for breakfast was terrible unless you were German.We had bacon once a week and the sausages were extemely spicy. When you did have bacon you didn't have fried egg.

The same soup was served for lunch and dinner on the same day and we virtually had veal every day which was like leather. We heard that the hotel was at the end of their budget and this was why the food was so poor so I would not recommend that you go at the end of the season although there were 2 weeks left to go.Goodness knows what would be dished out then.

The rooms were large and spacious and were cleaned 3 times a week which my children could have cleaned better. They would forget to leave toilet rolls so we had to go to the main toilets and take some.

The beds were changed once a week. My sheet had a hole in it which ended up huge by the end of the week.The socket which you put your key in for the electric to work constantly kept buzzing and tripping out so when you were in the shower etc the light would go on and off.Air condtioning in the room was lovely until the manager switched it all off because HE found it was getting colder.This action also caused a problem in the restuarant because people left the doors open and then in came all the flies.People felt sorry for us because we were there for 2 weeks and most were only there for a week.The beach was lovely but if you go the short cut past the America you will see lots of rubbish and glass, not what I call a pleasant view.

We go to Majorca every year all inclusive but this hotel and area is definately the worst and we will not be returning and listening to other people there, they won't be either. 

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: September 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Michelle, Dom, Natalie and Ben - Bournemouth (22,24,22,23)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Booked direct with hotel, which was definitly the best way as we got flights, hotel and car for half the price that Cosmos is charging for the same time next year!  Two of us were in a room right at the front and the views were amazing, watched sunrise one morning which was gorgeous.  Unfortunately the other two were in a room at the back so the views werent so great, but you could still see the sea!

The hotel was nice, clean and catered for all but the food was definitly not up to our standards..if you like your holiday full of wonderful meals then you need to find a way to Cala D'Or!  The food at the hotel was repetetive and sometimes looked quite scary, the restaurants in the resort were more like back street greasy cafes! We took our Focus Estate (sorry, Mondeo!) down to Cala D'Or most nights as there was a lot more there.

The beaches were lovely wherever you go, soft golden sands and crystal clear water. Went to water park (Aqualand) one day which would have been better if half the rides weren't shut..but it was a nice day out! 

All in all the resort was ok, shops all sold the same things but was nice to just walk around in the evening, although not one good cocktail bar in sight..the hotel was very nice and we would definitly recommend for a cheap but relaxing break.

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Calas Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Medinland - Sept 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Claire - Cardiff ( 39, 37, 6, 4

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Read the reviews on this hotel so we were looking forward to our holiday and my goodness what a shock we had.I'm not a fussy person but either the standards dropped in the low season or people must go around blindfolded.
Room was clean upon arrival but after that my 4 yr old could have done a better job.
Had to go to the main toilets to remove loo roll cos cleaners didn't provide enough.
My bed had a hole in the sheet which ended up huge by the end of the week when it was eventually changed. The sofa beds for the children were like bricks.The electric kept tripping out so we continually had clicking noises and lights flickering on and off.

Breakfast - Terrible,if you were looking for a cooked breakfast the sausages were either hot dogs or garlic ones. In 14 days we had bacon 3 times but when the bacon was on you didn't have fried eggs.Chips every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Lunch - The same soup was in the pot for lunch and dinner. Veal nearly every day which was like a leather boot and dinner was the same.Catered more for German tastes and we got told that they were at the end of their budget.
Air conditioning throughtout the hotel was turned off on our 2nd week by the manager cos he was cold. Flies were then coming into the restuarant making it even more delightful.Rubbish & glass on the way to the beach which when you eventually arrived it was nice. There is a shortcut passed the America hotel which again is full of rubbish. Nothing to do when it's cloudy or raining. The entertainers were lovely but had Fridays off and kids club was 10.30-11.30 and 3pm-4pm. 

I have been to Majorca a few times but we will never visit this part of the island again and would never recommend the Calas Park.    

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Calas Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: went though hotelopia com august 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : julie abbott leigh abbott natalie and nathan abbott 46 42 16 12

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

first time for our family on all inclusive this hotel done us proud everything meal wise was excellent drinks very large omount of variety to choose from entertainment during day for familys or adults was good night time well they could be some improvment in that maybe a couple of extra shows on like bands right next to the sea veiws were fantastic staff and recption staff very freindly and helpfull we had a good 10 nights stay here and we would recomend it to antone with families thanyou for making our stay pleasant and enjoyable the abbotts from england

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (MyTravel Direct) My Travel light - june 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : luke preston - leicester (35,33,16,9,2)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

this holiday was brilliant when we first arrived at the hotel it was about 4 in the morning, the reception was really friendly and helped us get into are room as fast as they could, the entertainment staff were amazing and the people thee were realli friendly as well the food was nice but it got a little bit repetative as the weeks went on but apart from that very nice, the maid service is great coming 3 times a week and keeping the place very clean, wouldn't recomend it for people woth dsablitys tho as there is alot of steps to go up to the resturant and reception, we had a room right at the front over looking the pool and the sea which was very good, it was very nice but could of done with a gate to stop the baby walking down the stairs but he didnt do that much so it was ok, 

the day time entertainment was really good i didnt start doing it untill the last week but when i did do it it was really fun event tho i got beat at everything, the surrounding shops were all ok and quite cheap and the resterants were quite expensive but we was all inclusive so we only went out to dineer about 2wice, over all the holiday was great the beach wa about 5 minutes walk down a little road,(and i recomend the pizza baguetes from the beach bar there :p) 

i would very much consider going back there but for maybe a week this time.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice, june 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : 44,39,34,33,42, 37,8,5,2.

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The Apartments at calas park were very clean and a decent size.
You couldnt get closer to the sea if you tried. The views were breathtaking.
The staff were fab exspecialy the entertainment crew,mateo,alex and regina.
They kept adults and children entertained day and night.
The food was quite good,not as much choice as in some all inclusives but what was there was realy nice.

Calas park is not suitable for the disabled or people who are not good on their legs as their is a lot of steps.
We would defo recomend it otherwise.
The beach is just a 5min walk and is fantastic.
The pool was clean and regularly checked.
Our only gripe was that there was no snacks by the pool area you had to go up to the restaurant.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: A1 Travel - June 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Vic - Glasgow (45,34,16,16)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from a one week all inclusive holiday at Calas Park.

The complex is located overlooking the sea and the views are very good.  The rooms are spacious and very clean and having a fridge in the apartment was very useful.

The variety and quality of food was excellent and the all inclusive element i.e all snacks, drinks was very good.  I have been on all inclusive holidays in the past and this was the best yet.

All staff were very friendly and helpful and the entertainment team provided an active day and evening program.

The resort is nice and clean although quieter and smaller than other places and is perfect for couples and families.  If you are looking for lots of nightlife then this resort is not for you.

We had a very enjoyable weeks holiday and would certainly return to Calas Park.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Holiday Hotels - May 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Margaret - Tyne & Wear 59,56,38,37,14,10

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Stayed at the Calas Park end of May 2005.  Lovely accommodation, fabulous setting - our apartment overlooked the sea and the pool - the views were fabulous.  The food was fine and the staff very friendly.  Enough entertainment to keep adults and children alike occupied daily.  The resort itself is pretty quiet, but nevertheless very nice.  Ideal for couples and families.  

Would definately go again and recommend it.

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Calas Park Apartments - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: escape 2 travel  july 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : joanne hanna-byrne 37-41-12-04

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Hi we arrived at 5am and.Went straight to our room our view from the room was breathtaking go for 1st floor at apt overloking the pool and the sea and the moon stars at night apt very clean well maintaned always frendly happy to help the bar was good some food was good bar man,lady very nice 

the beaches are cristal clear all restaurants serve the same food but go to the restaurant mallorca and calas pila go the the flamingo music bar happy hour everyday polinesia bottom square good prices but manaco day market trip waste of time and rip off the train is as well ok for kids thers mine go carts bouncy caslies go to supermarket 2000 for best prices and tabaco shop but the apt was 10/10

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Thomson June 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : Anthony Stock-Hastings (57-52)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We usually book Thomson Gold and only booked this for an early break. The hotel has more facilities than most (2 adult pools and 1 for toddlers, a football pitch, tennis courts and beautiful gardens, ample car parking and its own beach 10 minutes walk away)
Our room on the 4th floor was spotless with a television (Sky) and ensuite toilet shower and bath;maid service and clean towels daily. The all inclusive really was just that even ice creams on tap for the kids, Food was ok, mainly salads and chips, boiled potatoes and meat was mainly chicken or pork, Breakfast lunch, dinner and snacks at supper time (better than Gold) Entertainment poor but good on Fridays. Mini train (free) into Calas De Malorca a really lively family resort with excellent cafes and bars. 

We will return to this value for money hotel

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: mediland  Sept 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : Sam - Oxford (31,29,6,3)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I went on This holiday with my husband and my 6 year old son and 3 year old daughter.
we have been on package holidays to many places and all 3 star...
I wouldn't even rate this as a 1*.

As soon as we arrived at the hotel we went straight to the room and excitedly ran to see the view from our room...It was a building site! we were gutted but kept optimistic.

The first few days were OK as we settled in but our room was a little smelly (especially the bathroom) but we figured someone next door had a funny tummy. on The 3rd day I was fed up with the food. I just couldn't stomach the breakfast as the bacon was just rye, eggs mushy scrambled and sausages uncooked! so i decided to have toast. I missed lunch that day as we were late coming back from a trip but as they have a snack corner in the restaurant I decided to go and eat a burger.....
A couple of hours later I was violently sick. then came the diarrhea and the shivers. I felt awful and my stomach cramps were unbearable.
this happened for 3 days. I drank only bottled water.
as we paid over a thousand for this holiday; we didn't have enough money to eat out so had no choice but to eat at the hotel.
also what we had for lunch was then heated up and put out for dinner and what was left over from that was put out in the snack bar....

The Entertainment was really good and is the only positive thing about this hotel.
the swimming pool is very deep and no life guard or ring. this little boy my son was playing with was running past and fell in.. my husband had to dive in and save him and as even my hubby at 6"3 couldn't even touch the bottom had to swim underwater with the child to keep his head above water. This happend to a few other children per day!! Iwas always Hearing mother screaming for help because there children had fallen in or got brave and jumped without armbands.

I suggest that you use the pool in the hotels sports complex across the road. it has music playing throughout and games. plus the pool has shallow end through to deep end.
Another thing I was not happy about was the bad weather facility's. we had Rain, thunder and lighting for a couple of days and there was absolutely nothing to do in the hotel, so we just sat in our rooms. And one night whilst I was sick in my bed my husband had our kids watching the entertainment as it is outside and a big thunderstorm came over. this mattress and chair came flying out of nowhere and landed in the pool and the wind was blowing all the tables and chairs around. as the entertainment was around this pool every body was grabbing for their children and running for shelter. This woman Helped my husband with my little girl as she was crying and he had my son too. I could hear all this from my sick bed!
Also at night when me and my husband was on the balcony , we noticed tons of rats and as our balcony was over the restaurant it really put us off the food.

When I had gotten over the food poison we realised that it wasn't our bad tummies that was making our room smell.. it was a broken sewage pipe in our bathroom. we asked to get moved and was given another room with no balcony, this was with 2 days left of our holiday. so we had to pack and move to avoid the stench.
To be honest I couldn't wait for it to all be over that I had a lush kfc at the airport and was so glad to be home to eat proper food.

I have never been so happy to cook myself and we had the best fry up we have ever had the following morning.
so if like me you have little money and have to borrow and tighten your purse strings just to get a much needed family Holiday, please please avoid this hotel.
I wouldn't wish my Experience on anyone.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Medinland - September 2006

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : Bonnie Aherne (56, 55,42, 31, 28, 15, 11, 1)

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Where do i start?
To begin with, the worst part of this holiday was most definitely the food. My worst experience was when I reached for a few slices of pork and spotted a snout with teeth attached to it! Needless to say, this ruined my appetite. On all other occasions the food was inedible as it was left marinading in grease and covered in flies. It didn't help matters when several members of my family and I became ill, suffering with upset stomachs. The drinks had the same effect as the food which resulting in us leaving the hotel and eating elsewhere. The bar staff were not exactly friendly however there were a few members of staff who knew how to smile!

The rooms were far to small and after several requests to be moved, we were ignored. However, the rooms were kept clean by the daily maid service. Although, I was infuriated to find both my daughter and sister had money taken from their rooms at some point.

Yet another negative would be the wasps. They were a complete nuisance, as were the flies. There was not a moments rest from trying to swat wasps and flies away from drinks, food or just yourself in general.
I found that other people staying at the hotel were just as unhappy and we were even asked "how much time do you have left to serve?!" It really just about sums this place up.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: medinland-august 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : dawn ade jake  32 35 6

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

went to this hotel last year and it was great,just come back what a difference a year makes this hotel has really gone down, food is terrible, 2 hours from airport jumbo tours left some passengers behind and had to go back.jumbo tours 1 hour later when returning home. entertainment staff are fantastic,wasps everyhwhere. 

not much to do in and around resort. queing for food and waiting for a table not enough staff to clear tables so people are standing and eating food standing up.  pay the extra and go somewhere else it is worth it you get what you pay for with all inclusive and the food proves this.  lots of spanish and french here really rude. if you have already booked this hotel my only concern is the food but in toen there is fab chinese and steak bar.    

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Medinland Travel - June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Andera Leighton, 52, 47, 38, 33, 11, 6 & 2

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We wish we had taken notice of the reviews prior to travelling to the Canarios Park Hotel as they for the most were spot on.  Whilst the hotel was clean, it was noisy on an evening, children running up and down the corridors at 1.30 in the morning, parents shouting at them and disturbing other residents.  To cap it all the food was rubbish.  We would definently not go back there and at least half a dozen families got onto their travel agents and were moved to other accommodation - they were that unimpressed. 

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Icon Travel Sep 2005

Opinion submitted in Dec 2005 by : Linda and Ian (51,48)

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

OK... You will no doubt do what we did, which is think to yourself that it can't possibly be that bad...it is!

Let's start with the hotel. Not quite as bad as other reviews would lead you to believe. The good points being that the rooms were kept clean, and the staff were ok. On the down side the rooms were extremely noisy, with children running up and down the corridors just when you wanted a little nap! We of course thought having read this in previous reviews, that it must surely be down to the guests staying at any one time. Not so, this would seem to be the norm..sorry. The hotel seemed to be occupied by 70% of the most offensive people you could ever have the misfortune to be trapped in a hotel with.. I kid you not! These "guests" had children with unfortunate names, which were screamed out on a five second basis. They were left to their own devices which varied from filling a glass with every drink available, then pouring most of it on the table before running away. Their parents seemed very young, which may explain why most of them were drunk at about 8.30pm. 

The bar area was dimly lit, and for some strange reason, also had no smoking signs everywhere. As most of the guests were smokers,the floor looked like a huge ashtray at the end of the night, as no astrays were provided anywhere. I dread to think of the riot if anyone had tried to impose a smoking ban!! The main pool area was depressing and seemed very closed in, the Sports Centre across from the hotel having a better pool and bar area  There is a track leading to the beach from the hotel, but it seems totally unsuitable for young children or anyone not too steady on their feet.The beach area was a small bay, and uninteresting.
The food was great if you like veal,pork,and fruit salad, which was on the menu every night. It was generally  cold and uninspiring food.

The resort centre was a fair walk away, although the little train was generally good and reliable. Pizza D'Alfil an absolute lifesaver, and we went nearly every night. There are a few bars and tourist shops, but not much really going on. The bus stop is right outside the hotel. Timetable from reception. Very useful as a means of escape! All in all, definitely the worst holiday I have ever been on, I cannot stress this enough. 

Do not go here, thinking that these reviews are exaggerated, unless of course you have a very loud voice, have children whose names sound like a newly discovered wonder drug, and like getting roaring drunk, fighting and swearing every day and night. That being the case...you will love it.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Sunsplash-September 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : S +M Baillie - Stranraer (42,39)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading some bad reviews we were a bit worried about going here but we need not have worried. 

First impressions of the hotel were good, very clean and friendly staff on reception. Our room was one of the cleanest we have stayed in anywhere and had maid service every day. Daytime entertainment was pretty good but the evenings was not so good, apart from Sister Act and Jacksons history taken care of two nights. Restuarant was spotless and the food was okay but a bit predictable. Resort itself is a bit quite but has a couple of bars that are okay and a Burger King for the kids. Getting to the resort centre is by way of an eneven pavement so care has to be taken. There is also a walk down by the cliffs to the beach which is good. Would I go back? Yes, for a cheap, relaxing holiday it was alright.

p.s. some reviews mentioned wasps, yes there are a few about but if you keep the empty glasses in the bins they will leave you alone. pools are deep so keep an eye on non swimmers.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: teletext - end august 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : 47 42 37 14 13 8

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

i thought it was the worst hotel i have ever been to.

Firstly the wasps were really bad there were hundreds of them around the pool and the bar areas you could not rest as they were constantly around,the food was also disgraceful we basically lived on cold chips and horrible pizza,in fact we ate out probably for about half of our meals,the entertainment if thats what you call it!! well bingo went on for about an hour on just one game,every number in every language so boring and all to win a cheap tshirt and cheap wine,daytime entertainment was also rubbish,the swimming pools were also really deep so be careful with young children who cant swim.I thought the staff all looked miserable(who can blame them).

The location was bad as well it took about 20 mins to walk to the town.The only good thing was the rooms were ok and cleaned daily.My advice would be to go to the beach every day it was really nice there,and into the town at night a few good bars and a few ok shops taxis were only 4 euros.Also a long way from airport seemed to take forever to get to the hotel about an hour and half.I Definately would NEVER go to this hotel or resort again and would not recommend it.VERY DISAPPOINTED after saving up and looking forward to our holiday we could not wait to get home.Paid for 3 star holiday got a 1 star holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: teletext-august2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : sarah carter-swansea[34,33,12,07,006]

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

we arrived early hours to a lovely hotel.we were on the 5th floor,so i was glad we didnt have a balcony as i don`t like heights!the room was lovely and clean.Food was lovely.plenty to choose from and all cooked beautiful. DRINKS-plenty!

we found the shallow end of the swimming pool far too deep for little kids.even the deep end was VERY deep,so be careful as there is no lifeguard.there are a lot of wasps about,but by lunch time they tend to go away!The little town itself is lovely,but you should visit it at night as it is all lit up with rides for the kids.The beach clostest to the hotel is ok,but we prefered the beach by the town.The entertainment is ok.Bingo and kids disco.they should have a disco at the end of the night as well,but once the entertainment was over that was that!!All in all we had a fab time!Happy Hols!!!!!!!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : 36, 36 , 9 , 7

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Reading reviews about this holiday before going i was very apprehensive, however this was the best holiday we have ever been on.The rooms were grand and the linen and towels were changed every day even sunday, the only time spent in them were to sleep at night.Staff were very friendly and helpful and great with the kids ..the food was exceptionl and we were able to eat from 8am - 11.30pm ..if we had wanted and kids could take unlimited soft drinks and ice cream from 10.30-12midnight yes there were wasps but this wasnt a problem ...

yes the pool was deep but both my kids who are not confident swimmers agreed to wear armbands which made this easier and they lived in the pool for the whole week. we are from N.Ireland and made a lot of friends including a child from belgium who spoke no english but our kids and her got on brilliant!Entertainment was great ..especially for the kids ..although by the end of the week iand all the other adults couldnt wait to do the adults dance at the end of each nite ..."the roof the roof the roof is on fire" has a very poignant meaning for anyone staying from the 13th-20th august!!!!! im saying no more... if you areb thinking of going here we rate it first class and wil be definitley going back next year .

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Med hotels -  August 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : Unhappy - Kent (34,34,11,4)

Resort Rating: Poor

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I must has gone to another hotel or something. This is the worst place I have ever stayed in. Filthy dirty, smelly and packed in like a sardine.

This hotel should be knocked down!

We stayed for a week and went out every night. The enterainment was dreadfull and the pool areas were too small for a hotel of this size. Food was ok, if you like the feeling of being in a motorway service station.

If you have children under 6ft (pardon the pun) they won't be able to stand up in the pool at all.

Oh yes and get up at 6 to reserve your bed - you really have to believe this if you see it - you can't move for people.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Internet - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : Fran McHugh - Crewe (50, 47, 14, 10)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

August 2005

Just got back and have to say this hotel was great. The staff were very helpful and very friebdly. We had a problem with out loo not flushing, they offered to move us, but we said as long as they could guarantee it will be repaired we would stay in our room. After all we had emptied out the cases and didn't reallt feel like moving rooms. They sorted it out after a minor mistake in about 30 mins and all was OK.
The food was good, always a good choice. The restaurant was a bit crowde at times, but we managed to get tables OK.
Entertainment was the usual childrens disco with it aggrevating but catchy tunes which get into your head and drive you mad, but our youngest loved it. Daytime activities kept our 14 year old son busy every day, and he met up with some really nice kids.

There is a sports complex where all the day time sctivities take place, there is also a pool over there as well, but we stayed by the pool within the hotel which at times became a waterbed mad house, but in general was good. Only moan here is that it has a small "shallow" end that quickly deepens. I can't see why they have built it that way but if your kids are not good swimmers then it can be a worry. There is a kids pool but its away from the main pool.
All in all we had a great relaxing week, the kids really enjoyed themselves and the bar staff were great.
We had a 0425 return flight. We had to be out of out room by 12 noon, but we managed to get a room untill we were leaving. Very useful.

Would we go back? Yes, but with better flight times!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: first choice-june2005

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : ian hartley-birmingham

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

holiday from hell! swarms of wasps, poor entertainment, full of drunken yobs and wild children. small rooms and not enough sunbeds. we wanted to leave early and decided to take villa holidays after going here.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Hello Holidays - June 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : Sarah Peters - Liverpool (ages 26& 30)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

My Husband and I recieved this holiday as a surprise Honeymoon for 3 nights, after reading a lot of the reviews we were a bit worried but none of these bad reviews are true.

When we arrived there the hotel staff were really friendly and spoke very good english, the room and bathroom were very clean and tidy and the cleaners come to clean everyday.

The food was very nice and we didn't need to eat out at all, the restaurant was very clean and there was quite a variety of food( burgers, chips, pasta, cooked breakfast etc)and all the drinks were included. There is alot of daytime activities and the hotel staff try to get as many people involved and the pools are very nice(but one of the ladders were a bit wobbly).

In the evening the hotel had bingo and shows on which were enjoyable and you could have a laugh.
If you want to go to the beach I would recommend the one in the town centre(20mins walk or 10 mins by free train)it is alot nicer than the closer beach. There are alot of shops and bars in the centre also and all the locals there are very friendly.

All in all we enjoyed the holiday from start to finish and we are even thinking of going back there with our 2 young sons.
The only thing bad about this holiday was the 1 1/2 hour drive to and from the airport.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: teletext -June 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : Lisa Hand - Liverpool (63,60,60,58,37,36,30,30,10,6,6,3

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading about this hotel on this site i was not looking foward to my holiday at all.I have just returned home after a wonderful two weeks,the food was  really nice,the room was cleaned every day,and the staff were really nice especially the barman Jose he was a good laugh.There is a childrens club which my three children really enjoyed and the reps really work hard they seemed a real good bunch.      

There are wasps around the pool but this is people being lazy,not putting the cups in the bins,which there are plenty of all around the poolside.The pool was always being cleaned while we were here,as on the first week there was a tree which was sheading its fury leaves all into the pool. 

The town is about 20 minutes walk away.Or you can get the free train outside the hotel.Its good for a change to go and have a meal in the town the chinese is lovely and quite cheap.The smirnoff vodka is £6.55 and the cigs around £18.I have not got a bad word to say about the hotel only that we were a bit crushed in the family room there being five of us in it.   There was twelve of us went and we all really had a great time.

So if your going and think like i did that it was going to be a nightmare,wait until you get there yourself,you may enjoy it.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: two can travel may 2005

Opinion submitted in May 2005 by : jackie prior  [colchester]67 62 60 60

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

just spent a very enjoyable week at this hotel my first all inclusive it was amazing food was very good not the same things at every meal
the rooms were a good size & very clean
the maids changed bedding three times & towels every day lots of activities to do for kids & adults shooting aerobics archery & lots more there are two pools & a kids pool
there is a free train that takes you to the beach or to the shops not very big but enough to buy souvineers and some cheap t shirts & jeans & hand bags

we stopped in the hotel every night there is a good team of entertainers & they put on a show each night
there is a small shop in reception that sells sun cream cigs etc if you don"t want to go in to centre
we will be going back there again thats for sure

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : W Halligan Co Antrim

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

My wife booked this holiday online and presented me with the details.....i read the reviews on here and started to panic somewhat!!!!......We agreed however to just go with the flow and allow ourselves to make our own minds up! i cannot say one bad thing about our holiday....From the minute we arrived at 1000pm on our first night we started to relax.....the bar staff were friendly at all times.....but then we were friendly to them at all times too!!!!......the measures were colossal.......which added to the friendliness.....lol.....the food was excellent......our kids loved the idea of trying loads of new things and the chips at breakfast time were a real novelty........the problem now is that readybrek is not a viable option.....but we shall overcome!!!! 

The rooms were cleaned daily and there was always clean towels and bed linen provided. the entertainment at night was the highlight of our holiday......excellent for the kids and adults alike......the "sister act" show was brill.....look out for the priest with the toilet brush!!!!!but the highlight of the week was the "roof on fire" which the bar staff managed to extinguish before the fire brigade even arrived!!!!!!....i jest not.....i was at the bar and heard the audience chant  "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire" which was chanted every nite as part of the entertainment......i looked at the stage and sure enough the roof was indeed on fire...the fire was quickly tackled by the barstaff and it was only in the light of the next day the damage was truly apparent.........the stage was a mess........repair work was already underway at 0800am and i was astounded that the show went ahead as planned the evening after the fire.......full credit to the barstaff for their efforts at putting it out and to the entertainment team for managing to pull it all together and carry on the following nite....the entertainment staff were fantastic credit to Mouse, Slim, Regina and the rest of the team!!!As for the much talked about wasps....i have never met nicer wasps in my life.......when you shooed them away they just went........not like the persistent northern ireland wasps i am used to.......what can i say.....

we will be back next year and in the mean time i will have to live with my wife and kids doing "follow follow follow the leader" up and down the sitting room accompanied by the CD we bought from the entertainment staff which has all the songs used for the dancing at nite.......made loads of friends....."thanks" to the people who gave us all their inflatable pool toys on our first day because they were going home....we passed them on too!!!!!have nothing more to say.....cant wait to return.........and have secretly made a copy of the CD to listen to in the car just for the memories of warm nights, good times and lots of laffs!!!!!!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Freedom Direct - 2005

Opinion submitted in Aug 2005 by : Karen McCourt - Newcastle (37, 32, 10, 9 )

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

First time to Majorca, usually go to mainland Spain, majorca is a beautiful Island, beautiful beaches and coves, harbours and countryside. Calas de Majorca on the south east coast is relatively small compared to larger resorts i.e, Alcudia, Palma and Magaluf. Fortunately other resorts are accessable by bus from hotel, first thing to get is bus timetable from reception, as this provides info on daily markets in various resorts,there is only one bus from hotel in morn to daily markets so best to get breakfast early, best market is Felanitx, on sunday,  about 15 mins by bus, usually stampede on bus to come back, first in queue doesn't mean first on, other nationalities just barge on, many families shared taxi to get back.

Canarios Park is a lovely hotel for the money, it is out of the way from town, about half hour walk, there is a mini-bus every half hour free to the beach, but it stops early evening, if you want to return free to hotel you must leave from beach or it costs 3 euro, if you leave from town.

Hotel rooms are small for family of 4, 2 single beds and bunkbeds in same room one cupboard 2 store clothes, bathroom basic, there is t.v but you don.t need to put it on as you can hear next doors, the walls are very thin.
There is ample food and drink on offer, it is the usual all inclusive variety, to suit everyone, you will never go hungry at canarios park, remember to book your picnic box b4 8pm for next day and you fill it yourself. The bar is by the pool, children can help themselves to pop n ice cream, the staff are very quick and helpful, every evenng there is a differnt show, get your table early, the shows are good, after the bingo.

We went to aquacity, booked it in town you can book at hotel, it was great waterslides, they have there is also aquuapark that has dolphins,and animals there is also westernworld water park these are all in magaluf, about 1 half hours drive, we had great day, remember t take your picnic.

Swimming pools at canarios park are great if your'e a confident swimmer, THE MAIN POOLS ARE VERY DEEP!! about 10ft throughout, the main pool next to bar is mainly children the pool in sports complex is bit more relaxed, plus free bar nearby, this is where most aerobic activities, tennis, archery ,fotball and water polo, I loved it near this pool, as the view of the sea is beautiful, plus best place 2 relax for a tan.

All in all Canarios park has everything under one roof, it is a bit remote from town, if you're after lots 2 eat lots 2 drink and lots of sun then this is for you I always go all inclusive overall I give canarios park 5 out of ten, it would be higher if transport was improved

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - sept 2004

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : Lucy wood (50,45,21,16)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Having enjoyed my holiday i decided to look at what other people though of the hotel and i can't believe it! well, actually i can understand some of the points made such as the children but as far as i could see they were all enjoying themselves and getting on with eachother fine. 

When we arrived the weather was not so good i was a bit apprehensive to what it would be like for the rest of the week but it turned out to be the best weather i've had on a holiday. Being only 16 i was worried that i wouldn't be able to drink in the hotel as we went all inclusive this and the food was what i was most excited about! how sad! and sure enough they slapped a yellow children's band on me boo hoo! but my holiday was not ruined as i did have a few drinks not that i got must i mention.

Food was fabulous! i love food so i can't complain. sometimes it was a little repetetive but they made adaptions to the meals such as different toppings on pizza's etc. And the best part you can eat as much as you want! i can say i have put on a bit of weight.

My mum and her partner didn't exactly enjoy the evening entertainment but me and my sister loved it. that's what we went down to the bar for every night. Even though the kid's disco and bingo does get a little tedious i have no doubt that the songs will grow on you! i was very tempted to buy the c.d again how sad! me and my sister got asked to be in one of the shows it was sister act and we would play the part of nuns. Even though we were a little scared about getting it wrong the whole fun of it was that it went wrong. We got a certificate at the end of it. The entertainers had decided to involve the audience more which i thought was great! they did it again the next night too. The entertainers were all lovely, me and my sister got quite close to them and some other guests and went out into a bar in town with them a few times. There was karaoke and a men vs women night which was hilarious! i tell you they must have had me crying with laughter about ten thousand times in the whole week i was there!

The sports complex pool was great. much better than the other one although i couldn't touch the bottom. The activities on during the day were a real laugh everyone very supportive of eachother however some people got a little competetive but men will be men! And they played music out of big speakers which was great because they ranged the music between all different tastes.

We rarely left the hotel only to go to the bar in town twice and to go into the centre to get the usual fags and booze to take home. i felt no need too. i became really attached to the place and when i did leave just wanted to get back. On complaint is that the bar should have been open for longer but feeding all nationalities with copious amounts of alcohol can't be a dream job so i understand they need to have time to them selves. On our last night they got outside flamenco dancers in which was really boring i would have preferred to see the entertainers from the hotel give it a go atleast that would have been funny!!

All in all the staff were friendly, i had a wicked time! it's been a week since i was there and im still missing it and probably will for a long time yet! most definitely would go back, wish i could right now. me and my sister have already made plans to and my mum said her and paul would come back to! my only wish is that the entertainers will still be there because they made my holiday so special and i would love to see the again! I cried when i left so that must mean something. Best holiday ever!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: journeys direct- september 2004

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : barry,margaret,rebecca,jake (39,44,12,10month)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Canarios park was a great hotel and i would recommend it to anyone.
The rooms were cleaned everyday except sunday.
the bar staff and reception staff were all friendly other than the odd one.
yes, the wasps were a problem but what do you expect in a foreign country and kids leaving cups and ice cream pots around.

The pool was quite deep but you didn't have to go up to the top you could stay in the middle.
I'm only twelve and quite small but i didn't find it a problem at all.
The food was good and had an excellent choice everyday and we could always find a table.
The entertainment would be alright for kids but some adults would find it quite sad! Although some people enjoyed it more than the kids!

All my friends that i met had a great time as well.
The walk into town was about 20minutes which was a pleasant walk but the pavements were like crazypavement but we had a buggy and we managed ok.

Rebecca Agan! Aged 12.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours-august 2004

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : lynda godfrey-belfast

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After i booked my holiday i checked out this site and got a bit worried about some of the comments i read, espically about the rats as i was taking my mother on her first holiday in 30yrs and she is absoloutly petrified of rodents.

Frtunatley there was not a mouse or rat to be seen the whole holiday.There was myself my husband my 2 children my mother and my sister, iI must say the food was wonderful. 

I have only one thing not positive to say about this hotel that is the staff, the staff were the most unfriendly people I have ever met in my life except for one barman asmall man with dark hair and a lovely smile ,everyone else even the restaurant staff were the rudest people I have every come across. And I think this led to the guests also being very rude. When you walked about the hotel nobody said "Hello" to each other. you know what us Irish are like, we would speak to everybody. I found that people did,nt talk much to each other unless they were together. We seem to be the only people in the whole complex from N.Ireland.

Everything in this hotel is great except if you expect to make some knew friends ,please don,t go here.I would recommend the Caves of Drach they were beautiful,but unless you are able to walk a great distance avoid these.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: sun choice direct .   28 August 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by : Fay, Brian, Katie, Brooke, Reagen   (30, 34,13,10,8

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading the reports on this hotel i have to say we went with caution on this holiday, it was a late deal and there were actually 14 of us in our party. 

On first impressions the hotel seemed clean and quiet but we had arrived at 5.30 am so expectedly so. The next day we went down for breakfast and the food here is un faultable, there is always an abundance of food  and not once in our week stay was anyone in our party dissapointed with the food, there was always a selection for the kids which they thaught was really great, and the snacks that are provided in-between meals are just enough. 

You are quite a long walk away from any beach and the one closest to the hotel is a bit small and not very safe for the kids, i would recomend taking a bus to the town of porta crista, also the caves of drac are a good day out, the bus costs 1.85 per person and the caves are 8.50 (euros) if you have children under 6 its free. 

The busses rarely turned up on time but the taxi's are very reliable (4 euros to get into town) 

I do however have many downsides to the hotel which are, you can never get a bed outside as you know towels are placed on them early morning and then no sign of anyone using them untill mid day. The pool was never checked as they are here and the only thing that was put in to it was chlorine poored neat (not measured) every night from a 2,ltr carton. My husband and my friend both got bad ear infections while we were there and have had to have their ears syringed, and my step daughter got an infection in her mouth it became ulserated and full of puss. You can make of this what you will but cleanliness at the pool is not good, if you take a close inspection of the overflow grill that runs around the main pool you will find old plasters, lollypop sticks ect and the water lies in there stagnant, i dont think there is any excuse for this? 

The wasps are bad but no worse than we have had here this year. The staff are rude and misserable but as i understand from my neighbour who went the week before the staff had an awfull week the week before with children having icecream fights, fighting over food in the resturant, and children setting off fire alarms, so i can sympathise with them a little, we went there in the last week of what i would call there main season as the kids in the midlands got 7 weeks in there summer holiday this year. 

We did have a nice holiday and i understand the further north you go the nicer the island, i wouln't go back to Canarios park again as i didn't think the pools are maintained enough my kids will spend all day in the pool, but maybe if you go earlier in the season it may be better looked after? 

If you have children over the age of about six dont count on the entertainment it is dreadfull, we had the same 5 people doing the entertaining all week, we went in to town after the first night and when you have paid to go all inclusive its a bit of a raw deal, we thaught they put terrible entertainment on so as people did go out of the hotel in the evening, not even free drink could pursuade us to stay. 

If you go into town in the evening try the kareoke bar, they have some fantastic singers get up in there, and there is always very good entertainment on in the Rock-Cola bar, if you are going and wanting good entertainment i think everyone will agree you must be under 6 to enjoy it!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson-july 2004

Opinion submitted in May 2005 by : simon-donna-fay-lynsey-danielle 31/30/14/12/9

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

well i had read the review on this site after i had booked and paid for the holiday and i was realy not looking forward to taking my family to this complex.but when we got there me and my family loved it it was great the food was nice the reps was great friendly we had a great holiday 

only one down fall they was a lot of wasp but if you put your empty cups in bin you will be fine they only go round you if u leave emptey cups  and icecream paper laying around they is a beach very next to hotel and other baech you have to go on land train but it was fine

we met a lot of nice people at this resort me and my family would go back to this hotel shows at night was good to say reps did them and we played bingo every night even kids joined in rooms was cleaned every day.if you have booket this holiday go and try it you will ever love it r hate it but me and my family loved it .

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Hello Holidays July 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Graham Sharp- Kent ( 53, 43, 17)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After seeing previous reviews of this hotel we nearly decided to cancel the holiday.. We are glad we didn`t.anyone reading the comments would think this is a holiday from hell.

The comments are unfounded.The rooms are clean with bed linen changed daily.food is prepared well and a variety each day.sometimes the restaurant gets busy but you need to stagger your times or go early to get a table.there is activities arranged throughout the day for all ages.sunbeds are available but you need to be quick as us brits are worse thans the germans (yes thats right).
if i had any criticism it would be that the noise at night in the corridors can be disturbing,however this is in most hotels.

litter is caused by people not throwing rubbish in the bins provided,although the areas are cleaned daily,aswell as having pressure wahshing of terraces and paths.
we found the staff friendly and working to please everyone.the entertainment team are there to help you enjoy your holiday

Overrall i would recommend this hotel if you like a quiet surrounding with good facilities.We would certainly consider booking again  

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Teletext - July 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Barrett/Betts  - 38, 36, 35, 33, 11, 9, 3

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I felt I must add a review regarding this hotel as having read previous reviews submitted I nearly did not go on this holiday.  

Our whole party had a lovely holiday, hotel was clean, staff friendly and helpful, food was very good, just a bit repetive.  

Hotel rooms were nice, only complaint regarding that is the family room did not have a balcony.  Swimming pool was good, a bit deep and cold, but a lot of fun was had by all.  Entertainment was okay, bingo in 4 languages was very funny to hear.  

The beach by the hotel is a bit of a pain to get to, we named this area "death valley", but we spent a whole day there, and the kids loved it. Went into the town quite a lot, good souvenir shops, ate in a particular nice restaurant, Pizza D'Alferi(wrong spelling!)  Staff were really friendly, and also food was very nice.  Visited Aquacity, also Manacor Market and Felantix Market, if you like haggling you love these venues.  Porto Cristo has a lovely beach.  

Overall this was a brilliant holiday, don't be put of by previous reviews, after all a good holiday is only what you make it.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours - June 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Nicki Laidler - Newcastle (17,49)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

It's a really long drive from the airport(approx 1.5 hrs) but the hotel is really good. It's clean and the reception staff are really helpful. Infact all the staff are helpful, only complaints would be about the rep at the hotel as she didn't seem to really know much about transport or the resort but the recpetion staff help you out with this also. 

The rooms are big and really clean, the maids do a thorough clean everyday. Theres loads of facilities for kids aswell. Only problem is that there are loads of kids and there isn't really any control over them. They run about in the restauant and play about with the lifts,etc. The food is good in the restaurant and there is loads of variety but the drink is poor.The pop was us flat and the lager wasn't very nice, also you had plastic cups to drink out of. There aren't many facilities for people staying half-board,as we did. When we wanted dinner we had to walk to the town to get some as the supermarket at the hotel only sells crisps and chocolate,etc.

The only problem really with the hotel is how far out of the way it is. It's about a 20-25 min walk to any shops. Theres a train that goes to the hotel every hour tho that will take you to the beach or the town and it's fairly cheap. The taxis are really cheap too. Even once your in the town there isn't really much there. A few souvenier shops and pub/restaurants etc but it's good to get out of the hotel. I reccommend pizzeria d'alfin! veryy good and the waiters are brilliant. Theres a little cove beach about a 10 minute walk frm the hotel but the bigger beach is more of a 30 minute walk, but again the train takes you there free if you show you are staying in the hotel.

Another thing u have to do when your there is go to see Son Amar, it's amazing! and the meal is massive and it's free alcohol all nite!

Overall I had a brilliant holiday and I would definately stay in that hotel agai but maybe in a lively resort like alcudia. Although my mam said she would definately go back. i think it's more for couples or people wanting a relaxing holiday, which isn't really my type of holiday.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: sunchoice  26th June 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Paula & Paul , Liane (16) Greg (13)  Sheffield

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We booked this about 6 weeks ago and read the reviews afterwards and you can imagine how we felt (sick).Anyway here's a review from someone who travels 2-3 times a year in all different standards of accomadation.

The hotel is comfortable and clean and the food is ok but can be repetitive. The pool area's does have a few wasps which start to get annoying later in the afternoon but all you have to do is make sure you put your empty cups straight in the bin and pour water immediatley on any spilages, also we took some wasp killer spray and kept it with at the poolside and zapped them.(worked a treat). I would have preferred more than one bar open in the evening but that didn't spoil things as we went into town and found a Fab bar called Rock Cola who put on great entertainment and the food was great. 

All in all it was value for money, because your all inclusive dont stay in the Hotel, get out and see the wonderful sights around the Coves and there's a nice walk into town alon the beach path . There was alot of children there but its also what you expect in a family hotel and at this time of year. So dont be put off with last years reviews just go and enjoy the hot sunshine and the free flowing spanish Cava.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Med Hotels - May 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Nicola 23, Mecquel 5, Carla 30, Naomi 14, Becky 15, Mia 5, Kerry 32, Brandon 5

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

READ THIS REVIEW!!

If you are worried about your stay please feel reassured now. I only read the reviews on this hotel since I returned from holiday there and I can't believe its the same hotel!  Staff were polite at all times and bar staff were particularly nice considering we were the only people to give them tips all night!  As for the ear infections etc, when a lot of people come together in a small space such as a nursery or a hotel infection easily spreads - kids play together and touch each other constantly. 

Sunbeds - I firmly believe that if some has left their towel - take it off!!  My son used the kids club, he filled in a register and had a great time there.  The fact that kids serve themselves drinks is great fun, the spanish are renowned for loving children. The food was among the best I've ever had.  Since I have returned home I haven't felt like cooking the same boring meals when the variety was excellent at the hotel and so fresh.  The paella was out of this world!!!

I must say I never saw a wasp,and although yes the rooms are small, you don't go on holiday to sit in your room, they re manageable.  The pool is far too deep for children in the shallow end, but it doesn't ruin the holiday, I commend the staff and the hotel chain, keep up the good work.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: may 2004 sunchoice

Opinion submitted in May 2004 by : alan davies  -manchester

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We arrived late in the night and we found no problems at receptions. i had booked this and read about it on this site afterwards and was worried about what i'd read.All i can say is that my family enjoyed it . the staff were very friendly, though i was well embarrased by some people treating them like slaves.

the food was fresh and there was a choice ,but i suppose like any place we ate out a couple of times. the resort is quiet and is mainly for famalies which i liked .The boys liked all the sports and kept themselves busy that way ,though we went out to the local beach and to the caves of drach , worth a visit.

we went in the 2week of may and the hotel was spotless. from the reviews i read it seems the management has made a lot of improvements.the entertainment is basic but a couple of nights it was good. we paid a great price for the holiday and for what we spent it was fantastic value .

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Thomson Direct) Thomson - 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by : joanne and donny - harlow (25,25)

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This resort is very basic cheap and cheerful i would not go to this side of the island again all the resort is all inclusive with a small town to see in the evening as it is a small place you tend to see the same people during the day aswell as at night. 

We found the hotel very basic and even though we had no children there was a bunk bed in our room and the rooms are very small as it is so wee could hardly move all week and kept banging ourselves on it the hotel was not prepared to move it as they had no where for it to go. 

if you just want cheap cheap holiday dont mind that there is not much to do, same thing every day and are willing to wait for the transport to get everywhere then you will be ok also if you are getting a taxi from the airport to the resort we got done over we was charged 80 euros and other couples got charged 60 euros same amount of luggage if not more so be careful 

not the best holiday we have had if we where to go back to majorca we would go to sa coma what a lovely place.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours - 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : 36,35,7

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We booked this holiday before reading the reviews, and I must say once I had read them I really didn't want to go, but that would have been a mistake, I had read about all the bad things like the swarms of wasps, rats, cockroaches etc. didn't see 1 rat or roach, there was a few wasps but they were only after the drinks and if you keep your sun lounger area clean there not really a problem, it's mainly due to others leaving there rubbish around just being too lazy to put it in a bin.

The Hotel it's self is continually being cleaned and the staff work very hard to try and do this, but again there is a lot of lazy people that just leave rubbish lying around.

The food was of cause Spanish style, but you would expect that in Spain, we always found something nice to eat, and for the kids there was fries, pizza, burgers and all the other things they like, the food labeling could have been better.

This can be a noisy Hotel, but that is not the Hotel's fault it's the parent's that won't or can't be bothered to look after their kids because obviously alcohol is more important to them, this wasn't every family we met a lot of nice people.

The evening entertainment started at 8:30 with a kiddies disco, then 9:30 bingo, then 10:30 a show, and the one's we watched were quite good.

The Hotel has 3 pools, a baby pool which was about 0.46M deep, the main pool was 1.4 to 3.3M deep and the pool in the sports area was 1.8 to 2.2M deep, a little too deep especially for the kids, during the day the entertainers laid on pool side games, like darts, shooting, archery, table tennis and a few more, they were all fun and if you win in the evening you are presented with a certificate, great for the kids.

Every evening the Hotel let people set up stalls, the guy that sells the sunglasses and hats is twice the price of the town shops, but if they guy that does the pictures with tins of car spray paint is there he is worth watching, this guy is so good.

The little train that runs down to the town/beach is free but when your coming you can only catch it free from the beach, there is also a bus stop out side the Hotel and there are plenty of busses to places like Manacor market, Porto Cristo, Caves of Drach (Worth a trip and under 7's are free 8.50 euros for over 7's)

We got taxi transfers from the airport to the hotel and it cost 65 euros going, 56 coming back, but it's worth paying the extra for the taxi as it only takes 50 Min's, others we spoke to who used the coach took around 2 hours.

The worse thing about Canarios Park is a hand full of guest that don't care what their kids get up to while they are in the bar drinking and let them run up and down the Hotel screaming, messing with the lifts, chucking chairs in the pool and just being all round little thugs, but the Hotel are quick to stop them if they get too bad.

So was this the holiday from hell I thought it was going to be? defiantly not, and would we go again? defiantly, one of the best holidays we have had.

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: (Airtours Direct) Airtours - 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Miss Baggott  -Newcastle (52,44,13,10)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The hotel Canarios Park was a quite plesant hotel with many facilities.
However it is a 20 minute walk to the town and a 10 minute walk to the little beach.
Hotel not suitible for people who are not able bodied unless they do not want to go out of the hotel

the hotel it's self is very clean and the food is what you would expectof large hotel-basic but nice!
the poolside bar was ok but there was alot of wasps and you couldn't leave your drinl for more than 3oseconds before a wsap was in it ! my advice is take some wasp repellent
sunbeds were hard to get. (if you have a chaild who gets up quite early in the morning get them to go downstairs and reserve a bed with a towel!)

the airtours rep did not know anything about the local area!!!!!!!
the reception staff were friendly if you showed them respect!(well if theywere horrid to you  you would be horrid back! wouldn't you!)
in the afternoon there was sometimes a faint stench but if you ignored it it went away after about half an hour
the mini train is good however a taxi is cheaper!

i reccomend a bar called pizzeria d'alfil it is opposite the taxi rank in town and all the staff are very friendly towards all ages!
this bar also has a wide range of entertainment and the food is beautiful!
the hotel's entertainment is average and it is ok.
my only complaints are that there is alot of children who are left to run wild and this gets quite annoying   but this can ve good if you like sitting watching the world go by!
my second complaint is that there are too many wasps!!!!!!!!!!!!

i would go to the cals de mallorca again as it is a lovely little resort suitble for families and couples who want to relax!

ENJOY YOUR HOILDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: teletext - Date Not Specified

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : becky simpson leeds (16,37,35,11,4)

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

our holiday went without a hitch the weather was beautifull costantly and my tan quickly topped the hotel was very accomadating there were three pools a big one and a little one for infants also there was a park, tennis courts and a bar just over the road wich belonged to the hotel and thats were the third pool was situated the hotel was friendly and clean 

there is a pool bar all inclusive and a buffet style restaraunt in my opinion the food was not at all desirable and the evining etertainment wasnt up to much the sad thing about were the hotel was situated is there were no bars around and no restaraunts you had to cach the bus to the town about 15 mins from hotel and there was loads to do once there and the beach was immaculate and beautifull there was also a cliffe to jump from it was ace 

i really wud reccomend this holiday to families with young children or young friends wanting a good laugh xx

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Med Hotels.com - Date Not Specified

Opinion submitted in June 2004 by : Carla, 30, Kerry, 32, Nicola, 23, Naomi, 15, Becci, 14, Mia, 6, Brandon, 4, Mequel, 5

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

A wonderful holiday experience!

When I first read the other reviews on this site, I had already booked the holiday and was extremelly concerned to say the least! When I got to the hotel I was really relieved. The hotel was immaculate, clean, staff were friendly etc. we arrived late so the first meal we had was breakfast. WOW! there is a huge choice, cereal for the kids, continental (ham, cheese croissants etc) Saugages, tomatoes, beans, fruit, toast, pastries etc. The food was delicious, it was not cold as other reviews said and if it was there was a microwave to use, even though we never had to.

The hotel offers snacks all day, everything is self serve and the staff just keep bringing it out, the main evening meals at 6pm were delicious, we tried so many dishes, including steak, fish, chicken, chops, Pealla. I really couldnt get over the other reviews I had read when I saw the choice and even if the kids didnt want anything off the main choices , there was always chips, burgers, hotdogs pizza and more to choose from.

We hired cars for the week and the hotel offes a picnic service, you order it the night before and in the morning they give you a picnic box with bags and containers inside, then you help yourself at breakfast, where there is fresh bread, ham, cheese croissants, pastries, cakes and fruit, you can take as much as you want. We took these on many occasions and thouraghly enjoyed.

The only fault I would give the hotel and it isnt major is the room set up. This time i went with my daughters and friends so I didnt mind sharing, but the rooms are hotel rooms and only have one room, in this room is a double bed and two bunkbeds at the bottom. If my partner had come with us, I would have found this quite small. But because we booked through Med hotles, you dont pay any supplements and the cost is so low, when we return we will book two roms instead of one, there is no extra cost as long as 2 adults or children over 14 are listed in the rooms.

The hotel offers lots of fun activities for the kids to do, there is a park, crazy golf, 3 swimming pools, pool tables everywhere a games room etc. The kids club attendants were fantastic with the kids, they really enjoy spending time with them which was nice to see.

The evening entertainment was a bit tacky for adults, as there was bingo! andthen different shows, the shows to be fair, were funny and the entertainment worked hard, it wasnt really my thing, but we just went int othe town, (5 mins away) a couple of nights. All the alcohol is free and the staff are very funny and friendly! especially if you throw some change in there tip jar!

There is a sports centre, which offer volley ball, football and games for the little kids. There are kids discos every evening at 8.30pm, they give the kids certificates for competitions and get all involved.

The kids loved the fact that they could help themselves to drinks and ice-creams all day, one review put about wasps, i didnt see any at all, it was well kept and staff made sure it was always clean.

Other reviews said that kids were running around the hotel throwing water, i find this hard to believe, the staff made sure children were not running around the hotel and all children were outside playing, or in the entertainment rooms.

All in all I would reccomend this hotel to anyone, we didnt spend any money only when we went to the beach, (the cala domingos beach in the town is one of the best beaches I have ever seen!) the sea is clear and warm and there are no rocks or stones at all!

It was really enjoyable especially after reading the horrible reviews on this site. I would also recomend to book independantly through the net as we did, we saved a few grand compared to brochur prices, we had 4 adults and 4 children for 1 week and it only cost us £700 at the hotel and then flights with my travel light each for £100 a true bargain!

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Canarios Park Hotel - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Sun Choice - Date Not Specified

Opinion submitted in May 2004 by : Kerri Scott (17,38,39,15,5)

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

On arrival to the hotel it seemed really clean and spotless, but miles away from the airport (60 euros to get there in a taxi).

Overall, staff were not friendly or helpful, the kids area was a discrace as the kids could walk in and out as they pleased because the gate was not lock and was often left wide open. The kids pool was very slippy, i slid into it myself on one occasion and bruised all my back i can just imagine if that had been my 5 year old sister, or my mum's friends son who is only 4. Also the tiles at the bottom of the pool were cracked and there were kids jumping in, some of who cut themselves. The big pool was no better, everytime i came out i felt sick, and that also had cracked tiles at the bottom.

The food in the restuarant although nice, was very repetitive. There was veil something or other every night. The snack bar started allowing kids under 18 1 burger or 1 hotdog at a time which was a discrace.
The stairs were uneven and the kids almost fell down them numerous times.

Once it got to 12.30 everyone was told the bar area was shut, and the lights were put out regardless if there were still people sitting outside or not. Also one of the hotel staff dubbed "the shoosh shoosh man," came around at night and told everyone to be quiet as there was people sleeping. It was so bad me and my brother got a knock at our door, getting asked to turn the music down when we were listening to it through headphones.
Entertainment at night was the worst i have ever seen. The only good nights was the parrot show and the night when there was no big show, just a disco night.

I would not go back to the canarios park hotel, nor would i advise anyone to go. I pitty anyone that is going there on holiday.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: first choice oct 06 2 weeks

Opinion submitted in October 2006 by : christine, trev, anthony, kirsty, sarah, mason. 41, 45, 18, 16, 10, 4.

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

booked this holiday in jan 06 and could not wait to get there, as we read all the reviews we hoped it was ok well we had no need to worry 

as we got there the receptionist called CASS was very helpful and made very good friends with us, the apartments was clean and big enough for all six of us, the pools were great had 3 of them for all ages the food in the complex was not much good so went in to town which by the way was up a steep hill and you needed a torch when comming back at night we went in the restaurante bar mallorca it was the best food in mallorca the chicken and the spag boll was to die for the waiters called angalo and hosea they were great they always made us laugh and made us very welcome by the end of our holiday the new us very well and made a special friend with my son mason who misses them both, the town has lots of shops but most of them selling the same things lot of gift shops to get presents also has lots of bars and restraunts and there is a burger king there as well as two small fair grounds for the kids, 

there are boat trips on a glass bottom boat which were ok and the beach was great and clean and only five min walk from apartments, the entertainment by all the first choice reps was the best we have ever seen by GEM, KEL, AMY, and what can i say about big boy dan he kept the kids and the adults laughing all day and night they all derserve a medal they worked so hard and the kids club was great my son still asks can he go to the kids club the reps silly sarah, groovy gemma, and energetic erica,were great and worked so hard to keep the kids happy  and we all miss them already ,

the only downfall is that we would love to go there again but first choice no longer do it and we are not able to book it direct so if any one goes there and reads this they will have a great time.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Ali, Steve, Josh and Sam (41, 41, 7, 4)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We booked this holiday a week or so before we travelled and therefore didn't expect all the bells and whistles as it was only 3*.  On arrival the hotel looked fairly average, but very friendly and accommodation was spacey and clean.   After only a day we realised we had really hit on a winner, the pool area was lovely with plenty of room for everyone.  Yes, you do have to get up early to put towells on the sunbeds, but most people were respectful and would only take what they needed.  The beach was only 5 mins stroll down the hill and you could walk to the other beach over the cliffs if you dared !!   The beachs were great, but for older children, our 4 year old was a bit dubious, but our 7 year old was in jumping the waves and had a great time.  There was a jelly fish alert when we were there, so be careful.  

The staff at the hotel were exceptional.  The Kids club welcomed our children with exciting themed sessions every day, our oldest only went a couple of times, met some friends and was then off having fun around the pool, but our youngest just loved going.   The girls made him so welcome and he really enjoyed himself.   We love spending time with the children, but just having that 2 hrs to yourself during the day was fantastic.  There was no queing for book them it as we have encountered on previous holidays, you just turned up 5 mins before and in they go.   I think the girls did a great job with their constant themed sessions which made it so interesting for the children, and not just sitting them down to do some colourng.   

The entertainment team were incredible.   They were just ALWAYS around, not in your face, but just wandering around the pool chatting to everyone and seeing who wanted to join in.  The week that we were there was really lively, with some really funny characters and groups who were all up for a laugh all the time.   Danny, Gemma, Amy and Kelly worked so hard all day and all night.  The shows they put on were REALLY funny and very good.  Gemma's dancing and singing exceptional (good luck with the career Gem !) Amy and Kelly were also fantastic in everything they did.  Danny, well what can you say about "Fat Dan", as he preferred to be known as, kept the kids laughing all day and night, put on some fab shows and was generally a great fella.  Not a day passed when we didn't have a good chat with all of them.   I think First Choice should put in their brochures who the Rep Team will be with the hotels, because if you got this team again, you would SO guarantee a great time.  

The restaurant at the hotel was OK, we ate there a couple of times because the chidren wanted to join in the disco but the food wasnt anything special.  The pool bar was OK, the normal burgers, hot dogs etc. bagettes were nice.
We took a walk (after reading some tips from previous reviews) into town via the "road to no-where", up the cement hill and via the town houses, and it was great.  You basically end up bang in the  middle of town and we ate in the Italian Pizza Karaoke bar a lot.  Food was excellent, reasonably priced and service and entertainment fab.  The children moaned a bit about the hill, but loved coming home in the dark with their torches like little explorers !  We ate out most days, had some fun on the go-karts (which were expensive, but really brilliant fun for the children) and then got back to apartments for the 10pm shows.  These were always worth seeing, and the lounge area was lovely, with A.C. on full blast.  Bar prices a little steep, but worth it to chill out and see the show.  The kids either watched or hung out with their friends around the pool tables or games room.   It was just so relaxing.  

All in all we would recommend this hotel and resort to any family.  Its a real little gem and ticks every box for a family holiday.  We would 100% go back again.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - August 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Big T & Family  39, 34, 8, 1

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Talk about Hills !! Up and down them all day long but once you are used to them it's a fantastic little holiday village. Yes it's a little dated but the space and location more than make up for that.

Never overcrowded even when the place was full so you could always get a seat and a swim without bumping into the next person.

The resort feels very safe and with 2 young kids that is what you need it helps you to relax.

The staff are great, the entertainment was pretty average. We did have an annoying rep Dan who would not shut up and was so cocky you just wanted to slap him.

It's a 10 minute walk with . . .you got it hills . . to the village. It's a small centre but plenty to do and again has a fairly safe fell to it with no street salesmen and timeshares etc.

Cala Domingos is a good family holiday and I'm sure you will have a great time there.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Shane, Nicola, Lucy, Ethan (39, 37, 8, 6)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from two weeks at this resort.  Transfer from airport was not as long as stated in brochure.  Took about 45 minutes in all.

All staff on complex very helpful and friendly, especially reception staff and the girls that work in the Supermarket.

Apartments were OK, have stayed in better.  Very basic equipment provided, ie four of everything in a one bedroom apartment.  Take your own corkscrew and can opener as these were not provided.  Had to buy new from the supermarket.  Very clean, new towels every two days, linen changed once a week. 

Pools are fantastic for the kids and adults.  One is slightly quieter than the other.  Sunbeds and umbrellas were a nightmare.  If you didn't get down with your towels by 9.00 am you didn't stand much chance.  Surcumbed in the second week as needed shade for little boy who was poorly.  Annoying when people reserve beds first thing in the morning and then don't turn up until after lunchtime!!

Entertainment was very full on.  Not a quiet place to be but the kids enjoyed what was going on all day and night.  Reps were great, especially Kelly.  She is fantastic.  The place is definitely not the same when she is not around!!

Food in the snack bar is limited but good.  Prices are a little steep.  Buy your drinks from the mini supermarket as they are half the price!!

Walk into town is either a trek across the beach or via a steep pathway which is a little hard to find unless you know it is there.  Ask other guests where it is when you arrive.  Very dark coming home, TAKE A TORCH!

All in all, a good holiday although I am not sure if this holiday was quite what we were looking for.  If you like full on entertainment day and night, this is the place for you.  Butlins abroad!!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice -  Jun/Jul 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : John, Sharon, Connor and Abigail  34, 36, 5, 4

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Cannot say enough to recommend this place. Just returned from 2 weeks there, and it was fantastic, were a little apprehensive about going away to somewhere with kids clubs, as I go away to spend time with my kids, but they were great, kept them entertained whenever they wanted, wasn't in your face, but were always happy to come and chat to the kids as they passed, which put the kids at ease and encouraged them to join in.
Disco's will never seem the same without Amy and Gemma strutting their stuff on stage.

The resort was about 10 mins walk away, and was very Englishy, chips with everything, but Dalfis and the Chinese at the end of the resort were very nice.

The accomadation was great, very spacious, but just missing the Air con, the food on site was better than expected, after reading the reviews, but think they have just got a new chef ;-)
The photos of the pools dont do them justice, they are very nice and spacious, and never seemed over crowded.

Can highly recommend the swimming lessons, Michele was a star, and helped both the kids to improve their swimming, to the effect tha Connor managed to swim the entire length of the pool whilst there.

We went to Menorca last year, and thought we would really struggle to find somewhere better, but I think we did it.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - June 2006

Opinion submitted in July 2006 by : Maria & Tobie (33, 36)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We had a wonderful holiday and would recommend Calas de Mallorca and the Calas Domingos Apartments.

The apartment was very spacious with all the amenities listed in the brochure in good working order apart from the ceiling fan.  This didn't pose any particular problem for us but it may during July and August.

The cleaner came every day to empty the bins, the towels were changed every other day and the bed sheets were changed every four days.

The apartments are geared for families and children will be very well taken care of by the First Choice reps, there were always plenty of pool games etc.  We were initially concerned that it may have been overridden with children but perhaps because of the time of year it wasn't - so if you are a couple without children please do consider it.

We found the staff and the First Choice reps to be friendly and accommodating.  The restaurant at the apartments caters for most pallets, dishes with chips, pasta dishes and fish dishes.  We strongly recommend the homemade bread and butter pudding - yummy!  However, do make your way into town, as there are some lovely restaurants there.

We recommend the Restaurante Mallorca, which can be found by the end of the mini golf, which serves up a selection of traditional dishes and English dishes, and their sangria is good.  Chinatown is a really nice Chinese restaurant, which can be found behind the Rock Cola bar, a little further down from Supermarket 2000.  There is also a very nice Restaurant, which serves great pizzas opposite and to the left of Chinatown.

You can access town either by crossing the beach where there are a lot of steps or by walking up a steep slope.  For the beach you will need to walk straight ahead at the roundabout outside of the apartments main reception area, and for the slope you will need to take a left at the roundabout (the apartments should be behind you), walk for a short while where you will find 3-4 steps and a slope.  We explored both but found the slope easier and more preferable in the evenings - no sandy shoes!  It is quite a steep slope and it is unlit at night so we recommend you take a torch with you.

During your stay we recommend you visit the Caves of Drach, which is just wonderful inside and you will be treated to a mini classical concert at the end of your visit, the only downside is that you are unable to take pictures.  First Choice do a trip but we made our own way there with the local bus (air conditioned coach) which saved us a lot of euros - the bus journey will cost you 4 euros and the entrance fee is 9.50 euros.  There are a number of bus stops in town and we found them to be reasonably on time and they run regularly to Caves of Drach/Porto Cristo.  Timetables are located at each bus stop or they are available at reception.

We did book x2 evening events with First Choice.  The Pirates show is a spectacular show, which involves the audience (lots of booing and cheering) and has some stunning acrobatics, fire eating and much more.  Children and adults alike will enjoy this event.  However, the food is a little basic - sausages, chicken, beans, potato wedges and a pasta salad to share at your table.
Es Fogeuro was the most magnificent and impressive out of the two.  You are entertained all evening by some wonderful singing and dancing - this includes cabaret, Abba tunes, riverdance, traditional Spanish dancing, slapstick comedy and an African tribal dance and much more.  We were served a beautiful 4-course meal - vegetable soup, seafood cocktail, meat (or vegetarian), and a delicious chocolate mousse.  A truly wonderful event. 

We hope this review has helped and hope you have a great holiday.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - May 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Karen Warren - London (65,34,33,16mnths)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from a great holiday, was very anxious as taking a toddler away for the first time but the transfer was not as bad as expected and shorter than quoted in the brochure.
We were pleasantly surprised on arrival, the apartments are lovely very spacious, most upper floor ones seemed to have two balconies and very clean. Agree that area is tricky with a buggy and apartments are on a hill but to be honest not a real problem.

The pool area was nice and the snack bar was good, restaurant was quite basic but adequate for general needs. The staff at the apartments and the mini market were very nice. Beach is stroll down the road lovely beach did get busy but never really felt like we were cramped.

We did find a path that led to the centre without having to go across the beach, if you go towards the beach you come to what could be a roundabout take the round that goes to the left follow it (looks like its going nowhere) and as you go down you see a path up on your right, it is steep but not long it takes you right into the top of the centre, wish we had found it at the beginning of our hols.

The centre has plenty of restaurants, bars and shops, there are two play parks either end of the square, for those with toddlers there is a really lovely restaurant owned by a scottish family which has highchairs and they couldnt do enough to meet our needs cant remember the name but it is opposite the lower play park near hotel America.
Just one thing taxis were in short supply coming back from evening in centre if there are some make sure that they know you are there, we met a family who waited an hour for a taxi to come back.

All in all a really nice resort for those looking for a relaxing holiday with children. We would go again to the resort and the apartments

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice May 2006

Opinion submitted in May 2006 by : Lisa Sleaford

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Travelled with a friend, her two children aged 4 and 8 mths and my daughter aged 18 months, the resort is not buggy friendly as there are steep hills and steps, however this did not alter the enjoyment of our holiday, it just made it slightly harder work. The town itself is fantastic for families with young children but the restaurants do not cater well for infants as they do not have secure highchairs. The accommodation itself was clean and inviting, everything is very well laid out and there is entertainent all day and night for those with active children, The entertainment staff work very hard to keep all their guests amused and entertained. There is a good mini market onsite but go into a big supermarket in the town for the better prices.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: First Choice - 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Trudy Burton - Portsmouth (40,14,13,12,5)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Took 4 children on my own to this resort with trepidation! We arrived at 0745 12 hours after leaving our house and found our apartment without any trouble. The apartment was excellent with plenty of space and a lovely large patio. The best thing about the accommodation is that it has a village-like atmosphere, you don't feel like you are living in each other's pockets. The pools are fantastic and cater from 0-80 with something for everyone. My only gripe would be that some guests would come down at the crack of dawn and put several towels on sunbeds and then not materialize until midday, which I thought was a little unfair. That apart you can always ask if the sunbed is being used a most guests would give up at least one sunbed for you!

The kids clubs are good for the younger ones, but the teenagers in my group weren't impressed with their entertainment (wavelength) it was more geared towards 9-10 year olds.

The walk into town was not too bad about 10 mins and I did this with a 5 year old without too much trouble. We didnt come back in the dark though, I suggest a torch if you are thinking of doing so. There are plenty of souvenir shops, restaurants and a small amusement area that included go-karts, bouncy castles etc.

If you are planning to have snacks and drinks whilst you are around the pool it's advisable to go to the mini-mart on the corner of the complex rather than purchase them on site as it can be rather expensive.

This has been a relaxing and enjoyable holiday for us all. I would definitely recommend it to families.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: September -October 2005

Opinion submitted in Jan 2006 by : 25/24/4/2

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Firstly after reading some reviews, we arrived with an open mind.

Transfers from airport was good, but driving into Calas de Mallorca was a bit of a nail biter!!!

When we arrived, the place was better that expected, the pools are fantastic and with small children there is something for everyone.

Staff were friendly and helpful and on our first family holiday truely wonderful.

The only downful is the walk into the town, dirt track is to scary to walk down in the dark and broken glass on the beach.  We walked into the town but always got a cab back (about 5 euros very reasonable)

Wheather was great for that time of year, had only two rainly days.

Entertainment was great and we where sad to leave, meet great people and would go back.

One last thing, food a little basic, town prehaps a little better but find the Chinese called China Town on the outskirts of the town, great staff and wonderful foods.

Brochures dont show how great these pools really are!!!  enjoy!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice-August 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Maurren and Bill 60 and Bradley 6

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well we wanted to take our 6 year old grandson away for a week so we picked this site. My wife and I, at our age are 5 star people would not settle for anything less. We were wrong, the apartments were very nice, ours were in lovely gardens and some way away from the complex up a very steep hill. We never found it a problem. 

This place is for kids. So Bradley our grandson was delighted with pools he had one to one swimming lessons. The reps are all so good it would be unfair to name any particular person. The shows in the evening were good the kids loved the cha cha slide etc. The childrens club was good he enjoyed it and we had a rest in the bar. Local town is a bit naff but found one or two reasonable places to eat. Its no problem crossing the beach, but if you had a push chair it could be very difficult. The taxi back is a bit steep 10 euros, so we walked on the last night and managed OK. Our grandson made friends and is already asking if he can go back next year.They now have safety deposit boxes in the reception area. 

We found it very safe. Would recommend this holiday.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: Eclipse Direct- August 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : Gill, Jez, Hannah, Jamie, Harry (36, 36, 10, 8, 4)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Arrived at the apartments at 10.30 at night tired, hot and stressed after waiting for an hour at the airport for the man at the Avis desk to give us our hire car. It was pitch black and the First Choice reps at the airport didn't have any printed directions to the apartments, although they were very helpful. After picking up the keys from reception we spent the next 10 mins walking round the complex looking for our apartment! When we finally found it we were really pleased, we have only done villa holidays before and this apartment was comparable to some of the villas we've been in. Even though it was boiling the ceiling fans meant we had a good nights sleep. Be warned can opener and corkscrew were awful!!

Woke up to glorious morning had breakfast and went to the complex. Apartments are up the hill from the complex,we liked this though because we could sleep in peace!
The first week was quite busy and you need to be there for 10 to get a good position sunbed (there was room for more and it would enefit from them). People do put their towels on there, go for breakfast and then bring whole family down. It did annoy me to see 2 adults and 3 small children bagging 5 sunbeds- unnecessary! We had 2 the whole time, the kids didn't need one they were too busy in the pools.Great pools!
There were lots of single parents with kids there and it is a good place to go because we felt totally safe round the resort.

Bar, snack bar and restaurant- expensive! Buy all your drinks and snacks for the daytime at the supermarket on the corner. We're used to going to Spanish bars so prices for tourists were a surprise! Resort across the bay was very English but the kids loved souvenier shopping there.
Even though we didn't use the car for first 4 days well worth the hire. Cheaper to hire the car and visit Caves of Drach (wonderful), Marineland by ourselves than pay for excursions. Also drove to Palma, Puerto Christo and did glass bottomed boat trip 2and half hours-wonderful.

Entertaiment was great apart from the singer and the entertainment reps were excellent- shame first choice moves them round every 12 months we would go back just because of them

All in all a wonderful relaxing hoilday we would go back again

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : Brett, Sam, Caitlin and Ellie Amos (33, 32, 6, 5)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just got back from Cala Domingos and all we want to do is turn around and go back!  We absolutely loved it, this was the kids' first holiday abroad and we weren't sure what to expect but the kids club reps were fantastic, giving us a valuable couple of hours peace and quiet a day, and providing the kids with loads of entertainment and activities, plus the opportunity to meet Bugs Bunny!

Daytime and evening entertainment was fab, the kids' mini disco was great fun - 8.30pm will always be cha-cha-slide time from now on!  The entertainment reps - Gareth, Donna and Lyndsey were just the best, they work so hard and were what really made this holiday for us.  The range of entertainment is excellent for both adults and kids.  The team cabaret show is unmissable and Gareth's singing...well!! Cheeky cheeky!!

Accomodation wise, the apartments are clean with plenty of space, everything you need and good maid service.  The walk to town is really quick if you don't mind a little bit of a climb (just a few steps but quite steep),and there's plenty of shops, bars and restaurants (including Burger King - always a winner with the kids).  The beach is just a stone's throw away, but the pool area has everything you need - two big pools plus a splash pool for the little ones, a snack bar plus the opportunity to join in the daily activities.

I don't want to go on and on so in a nutshell - if you want a fun family holiday , Cala Domingos gives you the whole package - there's something for everyone and I wish we were still there!!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - via Sky Travel - July 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Thomas, Lisa, Ells & Roman (36, 25, 13, 21 months)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Well we were pleasantly suprised.  We have had a fantastic time, only just got back and wish we were still there!!!

I'll try and be as specific as possible without waffling on......

On arriving at the apartments we checked in very quickly, grabbed a trolley and expected a big trek to our apartment, to our relief we were the very first one - room 101.

The apartments are scattered in a village style arrangement and are very nice and had everything which you'd need.  We had a one bedroomed apt which was very spacious, and in fact one of the nicest we've stayed in.

The apartments are separated from the complex, which is fantastic as you don't hear any of the noise.

The pool area is fantastic, one large freeform pool, with attached kiddies pool (armbands still needed for little ones), there's a really deep separate pool where the swimming lessons etc takes place, and my favorite, a little tiny splash pool, (no deeper than my knees at the deepest point) for the toddlers to play about in.

We never had any problems getting beds, there was always plenty and we were there mid July, although saying that, we did struggle on the last couple of days (but then again didn't come down till (11:15).

The entertainment was pretty average, kids mini disco at 8 which the kids seemed to enjoy (although personally I think this needs modernising).  Bingo every night at 9:15 and then main entertainment on at 10.  After that the bar kind of 'dies of death' and there's nothing much else to do.  The bar stays open till 1 am.

During the second week we headed into Calas more.  Now many people think you need a taxi or you have to cross the beach (which with a buggie and/or heels is a nightmare), but you don't.  If you head down to the roundabout and turn left, walk for 200 metres or so (at a guess) and there's a path on your right hand side, it is rather steep, but it literally takes 5 minutes from the apts into town.  The area isn't lit up at night, but we managed ok and had an army of buggies.

The beach itself is very nice and only a stones throw away from the apts.

The hotel and bar staff were very nice, very good with the children.  The food in the restaurant is very average and very limited, the best thing being the chicken curry (believe it or not).

Kids clubs fantastic.  Reps very helpful.  Entertainment team tried their best, my favourite being GREEDY GARETH, what a star!

If you go on any of the excursions expect a long coach trip as they're all based around Palma/Magaluf (it took us almost 2 hours to get to the waterpark).

I would advise hiring a car if you go for 2 weeks, we didn't bother as we met such fantastic people there, but if we hadn't we may have been bored.

We found an excellent bar in the town, great value for money the measures are twice the size of that in the hotel, plus you always get two for one, THE BLACK BULL, near CHINA TOWN, say Hi to Julie and Carlos, they honestly can't do enough for you and the children.

Rock Cola good for entertainment, but we found it expensive.

All in all it was a fantastic, but expensive holiday.  Both the children and the adults had a whale of a time, and would definitely return.

We will miss dearly the families we met there.  You made our holiday! xxx

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice June 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Wendy, John, Connor ( 38, 46, 6 )

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This is an excellent holiday base for people with kids.

Appartments were nice ( good value for what we paid for the holiday £850 for 2 weeks for 2 adults and 1 child )
The reps were very helpfull and pleasant and there was plenty of entertainment for youngsters, kids clubs, pool tables, games room.

I wouldnt recoment this location for couples looking for peace and quiet or anyone in their twenties looking for a wild time simply because it is set up to cater for kids and families and there are so many of them.

The walk to town was a pleasant stroll but of course if you go down hill to get anywhere you have to go uphill to come back, the 200 yard stroll across the beach to town was fine but some of the steps were slippy and some of the paths uneven so high heels and too much vino isnt reccomended unless you jump a cab back home.The town itself was pleasant and if you look hard enough you may find some Spanish food being served somewhere. Very commercialised and completely set up for Brits abroad but very accomodating for young kids.

The Pirates show is a must, the grub is basic but the show is amazing, Caves of Drach very nice but wouldnt bother going again, Rancho Grande hhhhm what can I say, I suppose as an instructor with two eventers of my own for me to comment too much would be harsh but the boys who cant ride had a pleasant stroll around, the free flowing Sangria wasnt very free flowing at all, the singer should have been shot and line dancing was a bit of foot tapping for 10 mins, the kids were kept hanging around with nothing to do for too( I wouldnt bother again and wouldnt recomend it especially at 4 Euros a pint).

Be carefull not to leave anuthing on the coaches doing the Airport transfers as you wont get it back again.
The local Doctors that are all over the place ARE PRIVATE DOCTORS AND YOU WILL PAY TO USE THEM, the hospital in Palma is the nearest public hosiital that you could use your E111 in so be aware.

(Antibitoics are availble over the counter at a small charge in the pharmacies.)

NB This is Spain so yes you can expect the odd cockroach.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - june 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : jodie - bradford (46,42,20,19,14)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

This was an absolutely fabulous holiday, the family have been before when i was about 7, but obviously now being 14 i didnt remember much of it, it was fantastic i loved every bit of it and didnt want to come home.
Everybody was so friendly!

The entertainment staff were absolutely amazing, big shout out to Gareth, Donna, Lyndsey and Jo!!! Also the kids reps were brilliant, the reps started in the mornin dion all sorts for the kids and adults, then at 8pm they would do a mini disco for the kids which involved a few games and lots of dancing, then at 8:45 gareth, donna and lyndsey did a bingo game, then at 10pm the main show would come on which durin the week it would be a show whre people come in the perform, but on a friday night the reps did a brilliant job of makin their own show which was absolutely hilarious!!!

the resort itself is gorgeous, many ppl complain about the trek to the main centre, but really u walk about 5mins to the beach, up some stairs, i admit theres quite a few but its too bad, and then theres a small road to walk on and your there!, rock cola is a brilliant bar for entertainment, opening at 5pm and closin at 4am, there is a bar called tiffanys aswell which is just below the irish bar, thats quite fun, it has dance music and karaoke and is usually where u find the reps on a saturday night!!!

The apartments are absolutely gorgeous, they are like mini type villas, quite a trek if u get an apartment at the top of the hill, but as i say its not too bad and its worth it,
i recommend club cala domingos to anybody looking for a good holiday!!!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: May 2005

Opinion submitted in June 2005 by : Vicky Jackson - Sheffield (both 19)

Resort Rating: Below Average

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

me and my boyfriend have just come from from a week in majorca at the domingos. 

the apartments were lovely and big, but the walk up to them was abit tireing. the hotel itself is located right in the middle of the resort so where ever you wanted to go there would be a hill to walk up! not very good for people with breathing difficulties or people with prams. the beach was a nice size but if you wanted to get near the sea you would have to get there early to make sure you got a good spot. 

the resturants are about a 10 minute walk and only a few to choose from. the chinease resturants wernt much cop we thought. we loved going into the rock cola bar, it is just around from supermarket 2000, it has brilliant shows for you to watch like elton john.

i probably wouldnt go back there again, only due to the fact that it has hills every where you have to walk and not enough bars and resturants to choose from. if you could pick that hotel up and put it in a more lively place like ibiza then it would be a brilliant hotel. but the resort brought it down alot. 

i would NOT recommend it to people with push chairs or the older people.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - 2005

Opinion submitted in July 2005 by : Gemma and Zoe (16, 14)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

For a start, holiday was fantastic! By far the best holiday we've ever had, great surroundings, great people, great.. barstaff.. and Gareth.. what can I say? you're a star! the appartments themselves, were comfortable and homely. We felt very at home and welcome at Cala Domingos. the holiday was amazing! Back again next year!

special shout outs to;
Dani, Boby, Kevin, Carlos, Stoiko, Sylvia, Gareth, the chefs.. and the boss man!
(modelling career for Dani soon! and Boby.. the next 50cent.)

and thankyou for introducing Kool Savas and Azad.... :)

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice 9th Oct-16th Oct

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : Jerry Dockery ( 49 really young though,45 )

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

My wife and i booked an accomadation on arrival with first choice and after spending the 1st day of our holiday sat in the departure lounge after an almost 10 hour delay at Luton , we were not expecting much when we rolled up at 10.00pm that evening, but we were pleasently surprised, first by the very friendly local staff and then by the lovely little mini villa type accomodation we were put in.

We slept through the heavy thunderstorm that night and awoke to a beautiful sunrise view over the sea from our balcony, good start so far,met with the rep that day , v nice young lady called Kate , who heped to organise various trips etc,(Pirates show in Palma is a must)also introduced to Kerian the entertainments manager( v nice chap, caught him watching Tricia on the TV on his own ,nuff said.....)the cleaning staff are very nice and keep the place spotless ,the food is good basic fair at a very reasonable price, the resort across the beach is a bit of a trek for some but is worth it , good cheap food, v nice locals.(chinese restraunt v good value.), the glass bottom boat trip to porto cristo is well worth the trip its a beautiful little town and not expensive at all,as is the caves of drach.

this was my wifes 1st trip abroad, and it was a very nice introduction to foriegn travel. well worth a visit, i cannot recommend cala domingos enough.( one small gripe the channels available on the room tellys need to be made a bit more uk friendly , sky news at least.)

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice August 2004

Opinion submitted in Sept 2004 by :

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I loved it in Club Cala Domingos, the Reps were Brilliant special thanks to Nathan Kieran and Claire, the food was ok but the best bit of all was definately the evening entertainment which includes mini disco for the little ones then challange the entertainer and for the older generation, cash bingo but DON'T miss the shows which range from Parrot shows to flamenco dancers to the reps very own top of the pops, they were BRILLIANT

!i would definately go back (i din't want to leave), so if you are thinking of going here i would say what are you waiting for!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice- August

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We have Just got back from 2 and a half weeks in Majorca. Me and my sister thoroughly enjoyed it and didnt want to come home.

We are 14,14 and 16 and we had a great time with all the entertainers and Kids Clubs Reps. Claire, Nathan, Kieran, Claire, Hayley, Marie and Leah were the best people you will ever meet on your holidays. We were never bored.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - August 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Di Steve Vicky & Chris Hillman Bristol 48,41,14,11.

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just got back from a 2 week break at Club cala Domingos,it was brill! 

We had a 1 bedroom apartment which was quite large with ample space for the 4 of us. The hill was a bit of a slog. The entertainment staff were excellent,keeping everyone happy all day & night. 

The pool area was very clean but not enough brollies you had to get there early to ensure you had one. It is very annoying when some people put towels out on beds but didn't use them until much later, notices saying that towels would be removed after an hour were ignored. 

Some noise from other hotels but it always finished at 12. the walk into calas de mallorca was ok,coming back in the dark was fun the steps being the hardest bit.All members of staff at the apartments were very friendly from the reception staff to the cleaners who worked very hard.

All in all a fantastic holiday we would definately go back again. the only thing that was missing was air conditioning in the apartments as it was very hot,the club has it which kept you cool. Also make sure you don't leave any food open as the ants do tend to invade.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice   july 2004

Opinion submitted in Oct 2004 by : Emz Claire lisa Stevenage 16,14,14

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We stayed at club cala domingos in july and haven't ever had a better holiday!!! The staff at the bar and the kids club and all the reps were brilliant!!! we were never bored!!! our mum and dad only saw us when we were hungry or needed some money!!! We have never meet some many lovely people who were so welcoming and friendly. Theres no words to decribe such an excelent holiday we had!!!

Just a few shout outz to:-

Lee
Kate
Claire
Hails
Leah
Marie
Nathan
Claire
kerien
Dany
Boby
Syliva

miss ya all loadz nd keep in touch!!!!!!

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: Falcon Ireland - July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Marion Stobie - Dublin (36, 33, 8, 4)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Myself and my husband and two children were in Club Cala Domingoes in the last two weeks in July.  The children had a ball and did not want to come home.

The pool area and the complex itself were kept extremely clean as were the apartments, with towel and bed linen change every two days.

The staff at the complex were extremely helpful and great with the children.  The entertainment staff were excellent also as were the Kids' Reps.

The one thing I would say about Club Cala Domingos is the brochure is a bit deceiving, in that it shows the pool area and you think that the apartments are surrounding the pool.  In fact they are not, they are outside the reception/pool area and up a hill. 

Being pregnant at the time of going on holiday, the last thing I wanted to see was a hill, and our apartment was situate at the top of the hill. 

The other thing I would say in the brochure it states a small walk to the lively town with a selection of shops and restaurants.  In fact you have to cross the beach in order to get to the town.  After you cross the beach, you have to climb steps, go across the road, climb more steps and up a steep hill.  As you can imagine, between the heat and the climbing, this was not good for someone in my condition.  Had we been told about this, we would have booked somewhere on flat ground.  This is not stated in the brochure.

When you go outside the complex (heading for the town), the area you go through is not lit at night, there are potholes everywhere and broken glass everywhere.  One night when returning from the town, a bin truck came speeding down the road, and we had to move both ourselves and the children quite quickly out of the way, otherwise ........

The trip with Falcon to the Inca Market was not very good, as when you eventually get there you only have about 1½ hours to shop.  This may seem like a lot, but the market is huge and there was not enough time to do the whole market.

We felt very safe and at home in Club Cala Domingos, and would go back again, but definately not being pregnant or with a pram.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - July 2004

Opinion submitted in Aug 2004 by : Donna Kavanagh - Hayes Kent (38,8,5)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from a week away with my two boys and we had a fantastic holiday.  The accommodation is very clean, well maintained and small.  The facilities are great and the children were thoroughly entertained from morning till night.  The Kids club was very popular with my five year old and he adored the reps that run it.  My eight year old took part in every activity possible, water polo, darts, giant jenga, killer pool and many more!! He won lots of certificates and had a great time.  

The evening entertainment was good with mini disco, bingo and a show every night.  This is a very family orientated resort and is perfect, I was able to have a good time plus relax because the children were so entertained. 

Will definitely be going back.  

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - July 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Wayne, Gaby, Tom, Joe and Dan  (43, 43, 16, 14,12)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just got back from a week at the Cala Domingos and we had a great time.  After reading some of the other reviews, we were a bit worried about security but we didn't have any problems and heard nothing of any break-ins. The hotel is very nice. It consists of individual little white-washed houses, giving it a village feel. The apartments are basic but clean. No air con but there are ceiling fans in the bedrooms which were a god-send. There are 2 large pools which weren't too crowded, enough sun-beds to go round, poolside snack bar and a games room. The hotel is very close the beach and just a short walk from the resort centre (though this would be a pain for anybody with walking difficulties or a push chair).

The hotel does provide some entertainment (not bad for those with young children and those who like bingo and the reps cheesy jokes) but we preferred to walk into the resort of an evening. Although not a big place, we found enough to entertain us. There are amusements and a couple of crazy golf places as well as plenty of restaurants and bars. They serve great pasta at the Guitar bar and the waiters at all the restaurants we visited were very friendly. Calas de Mallorca is fine for families but forget it if you want non-stop entertainment or to rave 'til dawn.

We hired a car for a few days to see more of the island. Mallorca is lovely. We particularly liked Cala Dor. Places worth visiting are: the caves of Drach, the monastry of Sant Salvador and the water park near S'Arenal.

All in all we really enjoyed our time in Mallorca and would definitely go back. 

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice - July 2004

Opinion submitted in July 2004 by : Lorna Troke - Surrey (32, 30)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just returned from the Club Cala Domingos, where we spent a week in early July 2004. Accommodation is villa style one up, one down, we had a one bed apt which was very spacious and clean in green landscaped gardens  and very quiet, bliss. However we did go out of english school holidays.

This place is set up for kids, kids and more kids, which is fabulous, the entertainment is all day and night, whether it be swimming pool games in the day to competitions in the evening. We did NOT have any children, but did not find it a problem and still enjoyed the entertainment (although a bit Butlins abroad!). Resort is a bit of a walk across the beach, and for people with pushchairs a longer trek around the road. Not too bad in the day and early evening but a complete HAZARD at night, no lighting at all, so safer to grab a cab back.

The pool area is lovely and you can see the sea from it which was nice. Serves drinks and food at pool bar all day, very basic snacks english style - pizza, chips, burgers etc.

One down side was the restaurant, the food is very cheap (a bonus) but you get what you pay for, deep fried, re-heated, microwaved anything with chips.

I would recommend these apts to anyone with a youngish family, but advise to go out into resort to eat. We particularly liked Amarat, which was more spanish and had a fab menu, a little bit more expensive though.

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Club Cala Domingos - Calas De Mallorca

Operator and Date: (First Choice Discounts) First Choice, may 2004

Opinion submitted in May 2004 by : john mahoney, doncaster

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just come back from club calas domingos, all i can say is what a good holiday we had, only bad thing was the room was cold on a night,but wasnt a problem with blankets on bed, rooms were nice, and adequetly equiped kitchen, very nice pool area and didnt hear anything about any break ins which i read about before i went, the reps were great people especially the shrewsbury fan nathan, he was great with my grandaughter,

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: July 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : Tim, Maria, Nat, Chris & Sam 41, 40, 13, 12, 2

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion:

Just returned from a week at the Cala Romani Hotel. The Hotel itself is a bit shabby to be honest. While we were there a big piece of concrete fell off the front of the roof but luckily missed people and cars below. On our last day the courtesy room flooded because a drain was blocked so we were kept waiting about an hour while this was sorted out. This is the story for most of the hotel, I think it needs a good overhaul and a lick of paint.

This Hotel is Italian owned and certainly caters for the Italian guests. The daytime entertainers made sure they were happy sometimes at the cost of others. For example, they regularly removed boys playing football in order for a game of volleyball - they also left the posts in leaving the boys to try to remove them so they could play again.
Our room was not particularly clean although towels were changed when requested.
The 'entertainment' was very poor mainly home made eg battle of the sexes, karaoke, miss cala romani. The all time low was where the contestants in the Miss Cala Romani had to sing Viva Espania whilst gargling a glass of water.

On the positive side the food was nice, the bar staff and reception staff were friendly, small queues at the bar, lovely pool and gardens, good location, lovely beach, nice resport and spacious room.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: fleetwood travel july 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : mandy phillips stephen rowbotham

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

hotel n need of urgent repairs floors on lift all up could cause nasty fall.i went 2 buy news paper an it said 2 euros but when i gave the shop keeper it she demanded another 50euros i tried a few shps and they were all doing it why ?wat a rip off.when we arrived at hotel we new we had a night flite so we askd 2 keep room on the receptions said to ask 24 hours b4 and it would be 20euros but when we did she askd 4 30 euros y?.we were all inclusive but after day 2 and talking alook at all the bland food pasta spageti mussels had enough of the rubbish never again.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Alpharooms - July 2007

Opinion submitted in July 2007 by : Fiona Wilson - Livingston (42, 41, 7)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Excellent - what more can I say. 

Just back from our 2nd visit to Cala Romani and will be back again next year.  The room was excellent and even though there was no air con leaving the door open was not a problem as there was no noise at night.  The rooms are cleaned daily with fresh towels if you want them.  We had a studio and and the fridge was great to keep water in for night time.  There were 3 of us and there was plenty of room for us all. 

The food was the same high standard as last year.  There was always plenty of staff on the bar and you never really had to queue.  The entertainment team are excellent and really lovely people a huge credit to Marianne.  Our daughter loved Mici and Sabrini (it was good to see her again).  There was always loads to do for us all and of course the chance to win a CLUB CALA ROMANI GOLD MEDAL.  The evening entertainment was always of a high standard with a mixture of holidaymakers and entertainers some nights and international shows on other nights.  The Alpitour (Italian) team were excellent and really made us all feel welcome too including everyone in their activities.  

Thanks again for a great holiday to everyone at Cala Romani and look forward to seeing you again next year.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: TELETEXT FLEETWAY TRAVEL - June 2007

Opinion submitted in June 2007 by : PETER & PAULINE - NEWCASTLE ( 51,51).

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

After reading other reveiws we did not expect too much from this holiday.
we arrived at Palma airport to find that we were not on the list at Jumbotours for transfers,  but after shouting a bit got onto bus which took 45 mins to get to the Club Romani.
We checked in got safe keys and room keys and photocards immediatley,and went to our room on 4th floor,room was basic with NO AIR CONDITIONING,which we think is a must as tempreratureson all 14 days of our stay did fall below 90 degress farenheight,and a few days over 100 degrees, ( we bought fan from local shop(1 euros ) which was cheaper than renting from reception,
only 3 dissapointing things during stay for us was ,
1. NO AIR CONDITIONING
2. FOOD SOMETIMES COLD (MICROWAVE IN RESTURANT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.
3. NO ENGLISH SATELITE T.V. AT ALL
other than these 3 things we enjoyed our holiday and the staff were all great and very chatty and always pleased to oblige FOOD good choices and we always found plenty to eat and we never heard of anyone
having any stomach upsets at all.
we never had to queue for food or drinks at bars.
we drank ate and sunbathed all day and it was brilliant and the 3 walk in pools are the best pools ive seen anywhere.
we often go all inclusive holidays as we holiday twice or more every year,and as the price of this holiday was only 405 pounds each it offers great value for money,

BEACH - just down the path and it is superb and a prominade were we walked right along about a mile or so along the top of the cliffs which is a lovely walk anytime of day.
plenty of activities going on either in hotel or downtown just 5 mins from hotel
as was mentioned the first bar on the corner (d'alfil)is a great night out and fun for all the family to with great food drinks and bar staff- erique the boss,alex the son, erica in the bar and John the best entertainer wev,e seen for a long time and is so funny and a must see show.
shops really cheap for clothes but dont get caught out as we bought to much and got charged 90 euros over weight baggage at airport, lol.

SUMMARY - For us a briliant 14 days holiday but remember u get what you pay for.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Teletext - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Louise Coughlan - Birmingham (25, 27)

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Me and my boyfirned have just come back from the club cala romani hotel where do i start....to be honest it all depends on what standard of holidays you all go for i mean we was very disappointed with the outcome.

We booked a week before we went with teletext holiday.com we got an ok deal and went all inclusive.On arrival at palma airport we was told we had to go to a desk called the resort hoppa to be allocated our transfers in which we had to wait around for over an hour bearing in mind we had a night flight so this was approx 3.30am local time we finally got to the hotel there was a big que at 5am in reception and the man dealing with everyone could hardly speak a word of english which was not helpful one bit as we got given our room key i asked if we had a fridge in the room he looked at me and shouted why you want fridge so in front of everyone i had to say i have medication with me as im diabetic he said you have no fridge, he was very rude.Then we got told we had to be in reception the before 10am to sort out the all inclusive which only took a few mintues we was given rist bands to wear.

So we went to breakfast which was ok eatable id say just about but lunch and evening meals well we cant comment on evening meals as we didnt eat there once but it was all the same stuff and very cheap cuts of meat the only good thing about the meals was the sald, pasta and chips.The snack bar was all the left over food from breakfast and lunch then on the evening it was the evening meal left overs which was just awful i cant understand how people can eat what they cooked up even the bread rolls were rock hard.

Then the drinks...so we thought ok food a bit bad but least we have a free bar so on the first day your always a bit excited so we went to the bar to get a few beers...to our surprise it was watered down i mean beer watered down what a joke even the orange and apple juices was watered down everything was and the wine that was the worst it was shocking and you always had to que at the bar and was only allowed two drinks per person but they was in tiny little plastic cups.the pool area was very nice i cant moan about that apart from when it was time for the kids activities the music was stopped and a rep spoke about 8 different languges which took about 15mintues and was very loud..not the best thing to listern to while your trying to relax, but i will moan about the sunbeds people must get up at the crack of dawn as all the beds was gone by 9.30am!!!!

The hotel room was nice very small and no air con but thats what you go away for is the hot weather so i cant moan about that but the beds was only changed once and thats because i stripped them myself and the towels was only changed once and the floor in the room was never sweaped so you can imagine all the sand etc on the floor it was minging!The complex it self was ok not a lot to do there if you dont have kids there was a few good bars we liked the flamingo and the city cafe we also went to tiffanys a few times too where they have a disco till 4am.we had a nice chinese in a place called china town and also the best steak we have ever tasted in a resturant called Amarat which had lovely veiws as it was on the sea front.

The beach is lovely very small but very nice the only thing was there was lots of jelly fish which put me off big time!The hotel wasnt the best ive stayed in nore was the complex we will deffo not be going back  i can say it was the worst holiday we have ever had! our rating is 2 out of 5

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Medinland - Aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Julian - Kent (41,38,13,8)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Poor

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We arrived at Palma airport at 3am and then proceeded to sit on the coach for almost an hour while the Resort Hopper driver argued with a colleague about something or another. When we finally left the airport we travelled at break neck speed to the hotel.

On arrival at the hotel we checked in and were given the keys to our room. When we opened the door we were gob smacked. It was a rabbit hutch! We could only see 3 beds but unfortunaty there was 4 of us. We went back to reception to see if there had bee some mistake and were told to "go to your room" and the night porter would come up. When he arrived he told us that the 4th bed was a pull out bed. When we told him it would not fit due to the coffee table being in the way he told us to put the coffee table on the balcony. When we did this we found that the sliding door would barley open. This still left us with no floor space at all and the cases had to go i the bathroom. It was now 5.45am so we decided to get a couple of hours sleep before seeing the Medinland Rep who the night porter said would be there at 10am. 10am came and went and there was no sign of a rep. We phoned Medinland and they told us there were no reps on the island but someone would phone us back. We are still waiting! We complained again at reception and eventually they moved us to a slightly bigger rabbit hutch. It still only had 3 beds, the coffee table and stall still had to go on the balcony but at least the cases did not have to go in the bathroom. They moved an extra bed into the room for our eldest son which proceeded to collapse the 1st time he got in it (Our son is by no means overweight). He had to sleep on the mattress on the floor until it was repaired. We were not the only people with room problems. One couple we spoke to paid for an upgrade to an apartment and another witnessed the tiles falling off the wall in their bathroom.

FOOD

The food was very repetitive. There was only one toaster in the restaurant which was very slow. This packed up after the 2nd day and we never saw it again. Everything was cooked in oil. The deserts were the same 7days running. Watch out! The chips are not cooked properly and the snack bar consists of leftovers from the previous meal.

DRINKS

We did not find the queues to bad, normally 5 mins at most, but the drinks were watered down.

ENTERTAINMENT

During the day there were activities planned for adults and children. There was very loud music playing in the background. It has to be said the pool was excellent ad there was plenty of sunbeds. In the evening the entertainment was pathetic. It was all done in 4 languages and you lost the plot with what was happening. We went to the resort centre most evenings. There were plenty of shops, bars and restaurants and an excellent crazy golf course in the centre. The beach and resort centre were only a short walk from the hotel.

Our return journey to the airport was not without its problems. We phoned for our pick-up time the day before but when the coach arrived it was pandemonium, everybody rushing to get on the coach (which I suppose is understandable if you had just spent a week at this hell-hole). My wife and children got on the coach while I put the cases in the luggage hold. I had one in when I was told to stop as there was no more room on the coach. When I told the driver that my wife and kids were already on the coach he just shrugged his shoulders and said that there was another coach on its way. My wife and kids got back off; I retrieved my case and waited for the next coach. My wife said that there was plenty of room on the coach but some people had either their feet or bags on the seats. The next coach turned up within seconds but the driver said there was only room for 7 people. There were 11 people waiting. We put our cases onboard but while we were doing so a family of 4 were told that there was no room for them although the coach was virtually empty. It all got rather heated but the poor man had no way of getting to the airport and his young kids were crying. He was eventually allowed on the original coach; presumably people had moved either their feet or bags from the seats.

This holiday has put us off All-Inclusive holidays and we would never vist this hotel or use Medinland again. Not Recommended.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: internet booking aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : 36,34,10,8

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

arrived on 6th aug 1am reception staff very good got keys was told that snack bar was open for late arrivals if needed. got to our room omg we were put in a twin room with 4 beds in it not enuf room for clothes or anything we had to move the table onto the balcony just so we could move.
first thoughts the pool is very good
large euuf for all its guests and there are lots of guests mostly french, german, italian and belgium. but if you dont mind ignorant foreigners that push you and your kids then you will be ok.

food in the restaurant... breakfast was best meal of the day full english or cereals or continental a choice for everyone really.
lunch.... in my opinion the best meal of the day but you dont always want to have lunch do you? so sometimes you would have a look and see something nice and think well this is better than we had last nite so ill just have a bit.
dinner. most of the time was ok but you did get cheap meat i mean turkey with big bones in it. nearly all the food lunch and dinner was cooked in garlic even the veg (i hate garlic). the desserts were boring and all the same.
entertainment... what a disaster cant remember a hotel so bad... started at 8 with kids disco which was best part if you had kids that wanted to join in,(we didnt) but kids could only go on the dance floor without an adult until 9pm in fact i think the only time you could just sit down and watch ur kids was between 8-9pm they wernt even suposed to go in the pool without an adult, well no-one seemed to take much notice of the pool bit but on a night your children were not allowed on the dance floor after 9pm without an adult. so not many dancers pathetic. the entertainment was really bad stand up bingo, i like bingo and said to my hubby y cant we just play proper bingo???????????? did it one night took 50 mins to play 1 game yes 1 game they have to say numbers in 6 different languages. my hubby said thats why they dont play properbingo lololol.

there was about 2 nites of our 14 nite holiday that the entertainment was good but nothing very good.
i would never ever go to that hotel in my life, we are just your common yorkshire family, dont expect much but never again to hotel club cala romani. please be warned....

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: direct - aug 2006

Opinion submitted in September 2006 by : Jane,- St Helens(41,32,7,5,2)

Resort Rating: Excellent

Accommodation Rating: Excellent

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

very clean family orientated hotel, friendly staff, great entertainment both day and night,especially the mini disco, good standard and variety of food even my three seem to find something they liked,
brilliant pools, nearby beach and town
highly recomend to families with children of all ages

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: skyline travel - July 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : * ******* (21, 25, 2)

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

just come back from calas romani after booking late deal and paying over the odds. there was a big party of 15 of us.
reception staff not helpfull at all. put in rooms to small for party.

broken down lifts 3 out of 4 by the end of my weeks stay. got stuck in a lift that shook banged and jurked. then the doors blew apart, was left their for 20 mins till they could free me and was told to shut up by a member of staff when i was paniking and offered no reasurance. luckly enough an english man was waiting for the lift and went to my room to get my partner and tried to calm me down.

the food is not nice and not hot. the snack bar is left over food that is shriveled up. not the snacks you expect.
tried to complain but the reception staff try to pass you off and walk away.
pool area is good even though closed for few hours on certain days needing to be cleaned.
kids club is only for children over 4 which is not stated and payment is required for certain things.
night time entertainment is okay and entertainment that come form outside the hotel are good.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Independent - June 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Linda Coyne - East Kilbride (41, 43, 14, 13)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

We're just back from 2 weeks in Club Cala Romani. We travelled with 2 boys aged 14 and 13 and they had a great time. 

There was always lots for them to do and there are plenty of activites during the day for the kids - anything from French bowls to Connect 4. One word of warning - avoid the toilets by the pool and the restaurant - these are frequented by young kids and tend to be a bit messy. The food was extensive and varied and plenty of it, although sometimes everything seemed to taste the same. 

I would fully recommend the entertainment at night - we saw some wonderful shows with African dancers, acrobatic shows etc. and don't miss the Mr Cala Romani competition - really entertaining. Marianne and her entertainment staff really do a good act when they see one. My one complaint is your not allowed to take your food outside or eat your meal outside - being Scottish we don't get much chance to eat al fresco!! Not sure if I would go back as it's miles away from the airport and although the resort is good - it is a man made resort with no old town or main street - just a commercial centre which has all the usual shops and pubs and restaurants. 

All in all it was a good place to take 2 kids for 2 weeks.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Bedswithease.com - May/June 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Steve Fawke - Hampshire 55, 50, 84, 76, 28, 26, 24, 23 35, 27, 10, 9, 5, 3, 1 & 1

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Just had a fantastic fortnight at Cala Romani celebrating my 50th.

The staff here can not do enough for you especially Marieanne - head of entertainment, she even got a hairdresser to come to my mums room to do her hair (it cost 10 Euros)
Entertainment in this hotel is the best you will see there is something to join in every hour from 10am till 5pm, darts, archery, shooting etc. and something different evry evening.

The hotel is very multi cultured with guests from Germany, Russia, Britain and Italy.  The Italians have their own entertainment company called Volando and, in my opinion, they spoil it for everyone else at times with the music too loud etc around the pool.

Hotel is nice (it would have to be as we have been here three times)but don't be fooled by the "recently refurbished" as this relates entirely to the pool area with new floor tiling etc. the hotel itself is the same as it was when we first went in 1999.  Food is good and varied but as with all all inclusives does get monotonous.
Out and about; D'al Fil is a karaoke bar just down the road and is a good laugh, the St Louis next door is great for food as is Cafe Mallorca further in the centre but for a great time and a serious laugh you must go to Papagayos which is run by Darren and Sean two english lads who just want to party and give you a good time!

You'll really enjoy your time here whether you want a busy or quiet holiday.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Journeys Direct - 2006

Opinion submitted in August 2006 by : Chris,Dave,Pete,Sarah,Tom

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Booked this last minute and if this is the standard of all inclusive on Majorca then we will not be returning.
Hotel is in need of refurbishment and no air conditioning,you have to hire a fan from reception and some people could not get one as all booked out.
We were on bus 2hours dropping off at other resorts first.

We are not fussy eaters but the food in restaurant was awful,cheapest types of meat.eg.rabbit,veal,pork chops that were all fat and mussells were on offer for 3nights.If you have kids there is no kids section and the only thing on offer for them was pizza and fries every night or pasta.
At breakfast there is only one small toaster for the whole of the restaurant and every slice has to go through twice .
We ate out after first couple of days as couldn't find anything to fill up on.
drinks are definately watered down and you cannot have more that 2 drinks per card.
The entertainment was a farce,carried out by entertainment team who mime to records,it was so loud you could not understand as so distorted and in 4 different languages.

Would i recomend this hotel-No Way.and will certainly not go back.   

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Beachsun Holidays - 2006

Opinion submitted in June 2006 by : Darren Z, Swindon, 26,26,24,23,3,2,1

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

The hotel itself is excellent, especially the pool area as it is very well catered for the kids as the pool starts really shallow, so there is no worry that the kids would suddenly jump in.

The service was excellent and the staff very friendly.

Rooms were okay, though no Air Con, it was still cool in the rooms. Went All Inclusive in an 1 bed apartment as have kids of 3 and 9 months as still needed fridge ect, abit disappointed that you could only rent a microwave for 23 euros for 1 week. Also very small kitchen.
Entry to the is a bit fisacal as you use one key for teh main door, then another key for teh bedroom and then another key for the lounge/kitchen. Struggled with finding the right key!!. On the positive, we had two bathrooms which was handy.

Kids entertainment, excellent for all ages.

abit late for dinner though at 7pm, especially with young kids, breakfast startes at 8am and lunch at 1pm.
Snack bar open during day though.

Hotel has own path which leads to beach which was handy, and hotel close to local resort area and shops.

Overall an excellent well maintained hotel, and suprised with this thought, as after reading some of the older reviews thought it would be horrible.

Would reccommend a stay at this hotel but only on an all inclusive basis due to lack of facilities in room.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: sept 2005

Opinion submitted in Oct 2005 by : 36,26,10,4

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Very Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

we was all inclusive at the romani and we booked a quad room. if you have kids like we have then i`d book a 2 bed apartment cos the quad rooms are a waste of space..you cant swing a cat in them. we had to pay extra to upgrade but it was well worth it. we didnt need fans cos there was always a pleasant breeze even at night.

staff were very helpful and friendly except in the hotel shop cos she couldnt really speak english but she did try bless her!!

the hotel was clean and tidy and the pools were excellent. food was varied although a little repetetive and not always hot but better than some hotels i`ve been to. entertainment was generally ok but we didnt enjoy the reps when they entertained but the international acts were excellent. hardly any queues at the bars.

the beach was beautiful but it was a little further away than we expected. the shopping area of the resort was small but well set out. everything you need in a small area. saved dragging the kids round for miles.

overall our holiday was an out and about holiday where we travelled all over the island but if you want a relaxing holiday just to get drunk or get a tan or let the kids run wild then the romani is the place to go although i wouldnt recommend it to families with small children as they cater more for the older children of about 11 years and over. younger kids get bored too easily and are harder to keep entertained.

this was a very enjoyable holiday and it is well worth the money we paid. holidays are what you make them and everyone likes to complain about something. my complaint would be there was not enough brits in this hotel so come on and book up and enjoy!!

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Alpha Rooms - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Jan 2006 by : Karen, Judy & Janice 33, 42 & 45 plus 3 x 10 year olds - Newcastle

Resort Rating: Very Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Basically, the hotel is very nice, staff were quite helpful & friendly, especially the night staff who opened up the snack bar just for us to have a coffee and bite to eat when we arrived at 1am, rooms were VERY basic but clean and maids visited & changed linen, towels etc every day. No air con, but we knew that before we went. Pools fantastic, never had any problems getting sunbeds and it wasn't over crowded. Food was fine, plenty available, not always a great vegetarian choice and my picky daughter missed her 'kids food',(i.e. chicken nuggets), it did feel like a free for all at times though with little organisation leaving you fighting for tables and avoiding people rushing around the room when you were carrying plates. Drinks available all the time and never had to queue very much. Entertainment was old-fashioned but the kids loved it.

However - I feel quite ashamed that I didn't post this on my return like I meant to as there were a LOT of thefts. One person in our party had £100 cash taken from her room on the 1st morning when she went for breakfast. While reporting the theft she was stopped by someone else who said they had things stolen on their first night too and that there were lots of thefts going on. After that, practically everyone we spoke to had had something stolen, from watches to cash, to cameras. I had my mobile phone stolen on the 5th day. We just did not leave anything of any value in the rooms at all. I'm amazed reading through these reviews that only one person has mentioned thefts, so maybe it was an isolated problem and the culprit was caught quickly, but it really spoilt our holiday. The staff also did not seem too concerned about it, we felt that given the number of thefts, they should have advised new holidaymakers to be careful & vigilant and recommended safes, which did not happen. When I reported my phone theft, there were 2 other people reporting thefts at the same time and they were just written into a notebook!

We were there for 1 week and aside from the thefts enjoyed the holiday. It was perfect for families, so probably not to be recommended to those wanting a relaxing, quiet holiday or for those easily annoyed by noisy children!
We booked a last minute cheapie, along with Easyjet flights, which worked out very reasonable for AI, but obviously, given the theft problems, we would not go back, which is a shame.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Alpharooms/EasyJet - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : Yvonne & Neil Gaskell - Wigan (34,34,8,5)

Resort Rating: Good

Accommodation Rating: Good

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

Visited Club Cala Romani for one week AI in August.  Hotel was very clean, maids visited everyday we were there.  Plenty of sunbeds for all guests.  The evening entertainment was good with several international shows throughout the week, the daytime entertainment left a lot to be desired though!  The food was a little on the poor side, not much choice and a tad repetitive, couldn't have lasted more than a week without venturing out to eat!  Queues for drinks, however, were virtually non-existent and the bar staff were very friendly.  Calas itself is a little on the small side, and is set out in a really weird way with all bars, restaurants and shops centred in a sort of maze in the middle of the hotels - enter a shop and its the luck of the draw where you'll exit it!!

One word of warning - this hotel is really big and, as such, pool areas get extremely busy, both in the water and out, it got a little too much for our eldest daughter and she was crying to come home on the next to last day - a thing that has never happened in the past!

All in all, had a good week but will not be staying in Calas the next time we're in Majorca.

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Club Cala Romani - Calas de Mallorca

Operator and Date: Sun4U - August 2005

Opinion submitted in Sept 2005 by : Chris Jones, St Helens, 50+, 48, 22 and 13

Resort Rating: Average

Accommodation Rating: Below Average

My/Our Holiday Opinion: 

I read the reviews abou this hotel before I booked it and overall felt that they were not too bad - after all it was a relatively cheap late deal.

I agree that the pools are good with many sun-loungers and life guard around the pool.  The hotel however leaves a lot to be desired in that it is quite sad and shabby and in need of a complete overhaul.  The rooms were originally 1 room now divided into two and, although quite clean, were very basic and needed painting and new bathrooms. You actually went into one room and then had a choice of two rooms (a) or (b) and ours was not numbered so we spent 20 minutes trying to get into the wrong room (sorry if ir was yours as it was the middle of the night).   The corridors are grim and the whole hotel reminds me very much of a prison block.  

The hotel reception staff were not very helpful when my husband mislaid his mobile phone and would not even ring down to the restaurant to ascertain whether it had been found.  We heard many stories of thefts and one lady even had her suitcase stolen when she was checking in and left it in the corridor to take her children into their beds. 

The entertainment was mostly Italian and the clientelle of the hotel were mostly swedish, italian and french, which I quite liked.  I did wonder why they all came to this hotel which to be quite honest is 'butlins in the sun'.  The food is quite good but repetitive and I very much hated the way that there was no organisation whatsoever in the dining room, it was dog eat dog in finding a table, and there were no washing facilities for anybody to wash their