Alimounda Mare Hotel

I was going to write a 4 or even 5-star review. Beautiful hotel, great rooms, great spa and pool. Service is fine. The breakfast is average but with so many offerings you can always find something to eat. Two gripes: 1. The coffee at breakfast is undrinkable, so I had to resort to making crappy instant coffee in my room. Very disappointing for a five-star hotel. 2. There is no conventional tv in the room, but instead a somewhat bizarre hyper high -tech tv built into a huge wall mirror. I can't describe it: the visual quality is terrible and when you try to watch it, you see a small and faint tv picture and at the same time a reflection of yourself in the mirror! Not that there is anything to watch - about 40 channels not a single one in English. Not even CNN or BBC. Nothing. BUT the main reason I cannot give a top rating is: tonight ( I am writing this while lying in bed at 10:45 p.m.), there is a musical performance outside in the pool area, which is unfortunately about 50 meters from my room, which, with a sea view, cost me more than a regular room. The concert started at 8:00 pm, and I really can't complain because that's a reasonable hour, but it is going on and on and on, very loud music, and when I called the reception they said it would last until 11:00 p.m.. Is that reasonable at a resort hotel? I don't know, but what I do know is that anyone with a room facing the pool and the sea will have very loud live music pounding away in their ears for 3 hours, making doing anything impossible. Heaven forbid somebody might want to read, or talk to their partner or put their,chikdren to sleep -- or sleep themselves. None of that is possible, not for three full hours of loud and continuous ( and quite mediocre, although that's a matter of taste) music. Sorry, Alimounda Mare - you have destroyed one of my few precious nights in your hotel . This is unacceptable.

This is not a five star hotel. Seeing many other reviews with similar room issue. We booked an ‘executive suite sea view.’ And they gave us a single room and tried to pretend it was a suite. It was almost funny if we hadn’t been exhausted from travel with a child. Only when we showed them a picture on our phone of their own suites did they concede. We had to change to suite after one night. But the new room wasn’t a suite it was just two rooms connected. Clearly they have an issue with overbooking the hotel. No five star hotels should have this problem. Their service needs a real upgrade. I asked for lunch recommendations in town and was told ‘I have none’. Between lunch and dinner service you cannot get food at the hotel even poolside. You have to do your own towel returns daily. And only receive one towel per day. Though the pool is lovely and it’s a fast walk into town, the hotel would be wise to learn the ways of traditional five stars. It’s not quite up to par yet. But the infrastructure is there if they go for it. Food ok. Breakfast Buffet is ok but not special. With their location and pool and new construction they could be a very special hotel with some upgrades in service and people skills.