Alegria Mar Mediterrania - Adults Only

“Lovely hotel”

Lovely hotel and location, handy for the train station. Staff helpful and cheerful on the whole, except a really grumpy bearded chef, who was rude and threw your food at you!! We found breakfast good, lovely fresh fruit, lots of choice. Dinner and lunch lacked flavour and was always tepid at best.

“Great hotel in quiet location suited to old couples.”

Great hotel with great staff, very detail oriented so the daily cleaning was really good. They even changed the bedding every couple of days. The pool was great for a splash and the beach views from the spacious balcony very welcome. The clientele were decent, no loud drunks and was a touch of cl… more

Great hotel with great staff, very detail oriented so the daily cleaning was really good. They even changed the bedding every couple of days. The pool was great for a splash and the beach views from the spacious balcony very welcome. The clientele were decent, no loud drunks and was a touch of class in the people staying there. It was on a quiet edge of the beach at end of the line. More old couples than young ones though, the staff definitely gravitated to the old couples though - clearly they splashed the cash more. As nice as the staff were, you could feel they were greed motivated. The rooms felt open and airy with good air con. The staff couldn’t help you enough and were almost all smily and happy, very attentive. The food variety and quality at breakfast and dinner was amazing (can’t comment on lunch or snacks as we were half board). There was only one problem related to hotel greed, we were half board (breakfast and dinner only) and there was an expectation at dinner to spend lots on drinks, which we didn’t want - they even charged for water. This meant we refilled our own water in the hotel bottle and brought it down, just to avoid having our glasses snatched away and being left thirsty, or asked for €5 for some water. This is completely wrong, trying to trap people with extra costs. The irony is at breakfast we had so much choice to drink of juice, milk, water, lemon or lime water, variety of hot drinks and… wait for this… champagne. The difference is shocking that at breakfast you can get champagne and at dinner need to pay €5 for water. You lost a full rating just for this greedy inconsistent and trapping behaviour. Provide water at dinner without additional cost, not too much to ask is it?

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“Not as good as our 1st visit”

We went here in 2018 for our silver wedding and we absolutely loved it had a front facing room with a large balcony, We said we would definitely go back. 6 years later we went for our anniversary again I sent an email asking if possible could we have a South Sea facing room as we had paid extra f… more

We went here in 2018 for our silver wedding and we absolutely loved it had a front facing room with a large balcony, We said we would definitely go back. 6 years later we went for our anniversary again I sent an email asking if possible could we have a South Sea facing room as we had paid extra for sea view on floors 3 or 4 and daid it was for our anniversary again. on arrival we had to wait 2 hours for the room which I understand check in is 3pm but when you've been up since 2.30am it's been a long day we were given fizz complimentary which was lovely. and eventually when we got to our room we was quite disappointed we was in room 512 so not on any of the floors I had requested plus we had the smallest of balconies with grubby stained table and chairs no sofa like previously had and also on the dull side of the hotel facing a hotel. the room was fine but 6 years from our previous visit the bathroom was looking tired in-between tiles was dirty , the fan in the bathroom obviously didn't work because the bathroom filled with steam and the bottom of the furniture had warped, the towels all through our stay were old hard and not white. I did go down to reception to ask if we could change room the guy said there wasn't any other rooms we could change to but said come back in the morning and we may be able to change, I did go back and explain to the lady on duty but she didn't seem to want to help and said the hotel was fully booked I said we'll I know there's empty rooms at either side of us which both have bigger balconies and also room 507 was leaving which was on the sunny side but she still said the hotel was full. she took my phone number and said if a room was available she would have to speak to the manager and ring me. she never rang me and we seen people leaving daily but never got the option to move room, The food was not 4 star. There was plenty of choice but not to our liking and was always only luke warm. there was alot of fat on the meats and the fish was full of bones which put us off, the fruit in the mornings and pastries was lovely. we could find something to suit us but it was not 4* Also there is 1 machine in each of the 2 dining areas so was always queues for a cup of hot water or milky coffee the achines were very slow and the toadters were a wsste of time. The pool area , dining room and bar plus public areas was lovely and clean and even though we was disappointed with our room the cleaner did change towels daily.The hotel is in a great spot right on the beach but I think because the 1st visit was when the hotel had been recently renovated and we got a better room it had spoilt us, We still had a lovely time and most of the staff were very friendly but sadly we won't be returning x I gave 4 star for the hotel itself not the room or food that would be 3*

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