SBH Crystal Beach Hotel & Suites - Adults Only

“I woul recommend SBH Crystal Beach Hotel & Suits”

The hotel is in a great location, beach with its fine sand a very long ocean frontage is the place to chill out. All the room have a balcony, safe and quiet environment. Property is very clean and well managed, with wonderful views but the Staff is made my stay truly special. They were attentive, … more

The hotel is in a great location, beach with its fine sand a very long ocean frontage is the place to chill out. All the room have a balcony, safe and quiet environment. Property is very clean and well managed, with wonderful views but the Staff is made my stay truly special. They were attentive, friendly and a joy to be around. I will go back again next year. Cons: The chef cooks absolutely delicious food that I could not resist eating and I put on weight 😊

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“Relaxing.”

The room was very clean and tidy if a bit dated,two large beds with a sea view (room 720).The food was good,we were above the bar but was very quiet,lovely beach,very relaxing holiday.The staff were good,it does tend to cater for the germans more than other nationalities.The wifi is not fantastic h… more

The room was very clean and tidy if a bit dated,two large beds with a sea view (room 720).The food was good,we were above the bar but was very quiet,lovely beach,very relaxing holiday.The staff were good,it does tend to cater for the germans more than other nationalities.The wifi is not fantastic however if you sit in the lounge area it is better.The day activities were held by a german girl who spoke english,however she only asked the german speaking people if they wanted to take part. I would go back there as it was very relaxing.

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“A lovely hotel and a fantastic beach”

Solo travellers beware - on the first night you will be made to sit at the "singles table" - great if you're the sort of solo traveller who wants to meet new people, but a lot of solo people like holidaying by themselves and do not wish to have the singles table forced upon them. I immediately aske… more

Solo travellers beware - on the first night you will be made to sit at the "singles table" - great if you're the sort of solo traveller who wants to meet new people, but a lot of solo people like holidaying by themselves and do not wish to have the singles table forced upon them. I immediately asked to sit by myself and was told I would have to sit with the singles for the first night but I might be able to have my own table the following evening. I wasted a lot of the next day worrying about whether or not I would be allowed my own table, luckily when I got to the dining room and asked for my own table, this time they said yes. I do understand that the singles table is a positive thing for some people - but maybe you could forewarn us about it when we check-in and give us the option of whether we want to sit with other people. I am a huge water baby, constantly in and out of the water, so for me the swimming pool was too small - it somehow looks bigger in the photos, but I couldn't do proper laps the way I usually would on holiday. If you're not that bothered about being in the water, then this is a lovely sunbathing terrace with plenty of sunloungers, astroturf, a friendly atmosphere and the most stunning view of the beach, but if you want to spend hours in the pool then perhaps look at booking one of the other SBH hotels nearby as they have much bigger pools. There are eight floors of this hotel - floor 6 is level with the main entrance. Because of the layout of the hotel there isn't one lift that goes from eight to zero, you can go from 8 to 5, but then you have to walk to another lift to get from 5 to 1. The beach is on 0, but the lift only goes to 1 so you have stairs for the final descent to the beach. I was happy to have a workout every day getting from my room on the 8th floor down to the beach, but people with mobility issues may want to consider this. I am not writing any of this to put people off, just to give you my thoughts on the hotel. I did have a wonderful time here. It is a lovely hotel full of friendly, hard-working staff. Special mentions to Alexandra on reception, Javier the evening chef, the smiley breakfast lady chef and Ana from the cleaning team. Lovely spacious comfortable room with a fridge and balcony. I was there in the run up to Christmas and it was a lovely touch to come back to the room and find a festive surprise left by the cleaner each day. The communal areas are beautifully decorated and a pleasure to spend time in, the bar staff and lifeguard are super friendly and get to know you over the course of the holiday. Food is delicious, plenty of choice at both breakfast and evening meals. There's entertainment of sorts every evening - sometimes a professional performer (loved Piko), sometimes karaoke. But if you don't fancy what's on offer here, you can go and have a look at the other SBH hotels in the vicinity and watch their evening entertainment - Hotel SBH Costa Calma Palace has a big stage so often gets magicians and acrobats, Hotels Taro Beach and Monica Beach (they are situated on either side of SBH Crystal Beach) also have different shows each night and you can go and look at what's on for the week to plan what you want to see and where. It's a wonderful beach, usually the sea was very calm to swim in, occasionally it was a bit choppy. Very happy sunbathing on the sand reading my book. The hotel has its own free sunloungers, not on the beach but on the sand just outside the hotel, a pleasant place to spend the day, you would just need to walk through the dunes to get to the sea. You can pay for sunloungers on the beach if you prefer. If you walk along the beach to the nearby rocks you can see chipmunks scampering about. Went snorkelling on the beach in front of SBH Costa Calma Beach Resort - this seems to be the best spot because there are plenty of rocks here which the fish gravitate towards. Saw lots of different colourful fish. There are two Spar supermarkets about 10 minutes away, near the SBH Costa Calma Palace Hotel, these are much cheaper and have more variety than the supermarkets opposite Crystal Beach, and there are other shops to visit as well near the Spars. I had a wonderful time, love the beach and I do love the hotel, but next time I would choose one of the other SBH hotels, just because I like to have a bigger pool to swim in. I would still highly recommend this hotel to others.

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