La Oliva Hotels with Balcony

This was our second visit to this hotel situated not far from the sea. The hotel is great for young families and couples. It’s a very quiet hotel, clean and tidy. We were here for two weeks and on a bed and breakfast preference. The breakfast was always ample with lots of choice of hot and cold options, juices, tea and coffee. The breakfast staff were always polite and helpful and greeted us with a smile. The housekeeping staff are amazing always kind and cheerful and very attentive, our room was always made spotless everyday. The hostess tray was always topped up with coffee for the coffee machine in the room. We loved the pool area as we always managed to find a sun bed by the pool. There area around the pool is a good size and is ample space to walk around. The balconies are a good size with table and chairs when wanting to come away from the pool. We will be back hopefully next year.

The hotel is adults only. The facilities are excellent, plenty of space, various restaurants from which to choose ie Canarian, Japanese, Italian and European. The food was a very high standard. There are two swimming pools, the larger one was quite cool but the smaller one seemed to be slightly heated, it was very pleasant. The spa had a series of pools with water features plus of course the usual sauna and steam room. We spent a couple of afternoons by the spa pop when the weather was not warm enough to sit outside. The room we had, facing the sea, was large, a lovely balcony, really comfortable bed, wonderful bathroom and shower. The staff were friendly and very attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. We have enjoyed a wonderful week here.

For context, two adults and an 11 y.old child, All Inclusive, 10-17th Sept. I'm not one for hotel/resort type holidays so had my reservations before I came but I have to say, the experience was fantastic and it was great to see us all enjoy the food and facilities. We arrived about Midday so with rooms available from 3pm we were able to put the luggage in the room by reception and avail ourselves of the food (from 1pm) and drink until the room was ready. The 'front of house' staff were really welcoming, as was everybody connected with the hotel actually. I booked a first floor with pool view given the odd comments on cockroaches, the room was great, beds really comfortable and a good shower. No noise from neighbours and slept like a log! A vast selection of food choice available for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. We're not big on eating fish/shell fish but we did try one of those options each night. There's always a couple of 'grill' options available (where most people queue) along with salad bars, cheese/nuts section, veggie section plus the standard pizza/fries type stuff for the less adventurous. I've a sweet tooth so appreciated the Haribo/Marshmallows as an addition to the ice cream ;) Really, a tremendous array of options - I was surprised given some of the reviews. Drinks on tap from morning to night although sometimes the carbonated soda for Pepsi/Fanta etc was flat at some of the pumps - basically you get to know where you go until everything is back to norm. Handy to have the pool bar although we didn't exactly prop ourselves against it! Pool activities in the morning (e.g AquaGym) kept some people busy and other daytime activities kept coming. The 'ActivTeam' members did a sterling job each and every day in keeping the pool activities going, a big thanks for being so generous with your time and for taking time out to chat to my daughter :) I read some comments re. lack of sunbed availability - I really think this must have been June to August as there were plenty available. I also think you'll get to see longer queues in the food halls and bars at peak season too so for me, September was a perfect month to go. Evening mostly revolved around dinner (we chose 19.45-20.45 slot) and then either hanging around to see the entertainment or walking the short distance to Correlejo Old Town. The in-house entertainment was may be one area the hotel struggled with although I wasn't expecting much to be honest and the crowd participation was a bit of a struggle for most acts to get to grips with! :D I appreciated the more 'rock' type music one night but generally we went down to just see what was happening. Drinks - local brand alcohol until 11pm and we got this on the All Inclusive. We're not cocktail drinkers so can't comment on the quality etc.There's a price list for known brands (e.g Smirnoff/Captain Morgan/Bombay Sapphire). The only aspect that was a little frustrating was the constant queue at the evening entertainment bar.

Had a very enjoyable 10 days at the Alua Suites. Staff were all friendly, helpful and responsive. Food was good quality and varied. Rooms were clean and well serviced. Good value for a late August break.

The complex is very clean and well looked after. The villas are lovely and spacious with great bathrooms. We are a family of 5 and stayed in a two story apartment. It was only cleaned once during our week stay so towels had to be re used but there was a washing machine.. we didn't go all inclusive as we like to venture out and you definitely need a car to do so as it's 20 minutes from the main town correlejo where the big supermarkets are. There is a smaller supermarket around 12 minutes drive though. The shop onsite is ridiculously expensive charging €8.88 for a packet of Doritos. I would say that having a car is essential for those who aren't all inclusive. We ate at the all inclusive restaurant one night as we didn't know that there was in fact another restaurant that's supposed to be great. It was €88 for all 5 of us but compared to the meals in the town, which were on average €100, it wasn't worth it. The pool snacks with all inclusive are sandwiches, crisps and peanuts but pizzas and hot dogs were charged. We loved the oven baked pizzas at €8-9 each. We had breakfast a few times which was €13 per person but cheaper for kids under 12. The breakfast selection was really good and all very tasty. Also it was buffet so you could help yourselves more than once. The pool facilities were excellent with life guards being very thorough. Making sure smaller kids could swim before going down the slides and a guard at each pool. The kids were definitely safe. The evening entertainment was good for kids and the staff were all very friendly working from morning until night. The pavements need redoing and the apartments are a little way from the facilities. The pool opens at 10 and there was a queue in the mornings but no one was short of loungers. Sometimes short of shade as there aren't many umbrellas dotted around. We actually tried to extend our stay, however the hotel had no availability. But we would stay again and we wouldn't go all inclusive. The car hire was definitely our best purchase and autoreisen was great for the price and no deposit required. It was very quick and easy once we had landed. There is a small beach we discovered which is behind the hotel complex but again we wouldn't want to walk there as it would take a while. We took a packed lunch as there are no shops but was so stunning. In correlejo there are numerous larger beaches with sun loungers and shops. Over all such a beautiful place and a great hotel. Definitely venture into correlejo and stay away from the pricy on site shop!

Another lovely stay at Hesperia Bristol playa. I stay here frequently and its always nice. Pool was lovely and quite warm. Pool bar as good as always and we enjoyed some cocktails on our sun loungers. We love the walk down the promenade into town.I will be back again soon.