Hotel Victoria

Just returned from a week at the Victoria and we were more than pleasantly surprised. The hotel, rooms and common areas were lovely, well maintained and clean. Staff were very polite and attentive and couldn't do enough for you. The pool, at first glance, appears smaller than some hotels however it was never that busy and we loved the 'no reserving sunbeds' policy. Food was amazing and plentiful and even enough for a picky eater like me. There were lots of spanish families staying when we were there and the entertainment is probably geared more towards them however we went out most nights as we could be in either the old town or the 'English bit' within 10 minutes due to the hotels fantastic central position. We found The Crown opposite, which is a fantastic little bar, with amazing staff and with 2 bottles of Estrella for €3 we couldnt go wrong and they showed all the sports too! Other extras at the hotel included free air conditioning, safe, mini fridge + kettle all included at no extra cost. Found wifi OK, yes dropped out a few times but there were 3 of us using it in our rooms alone! Beach was only a 5 minute walk too but obviously quite busy however if you get the number 3 bus that goes to La Cala half way there's a quiter section of beach but just as nice. I would recommend a trip to Altea which you can get to on the number 10 bus for just €1.50 and, had we realised how lovely it was that way, would have also gone to Albir. There was only 1 MINOR niggle and that's waiting for the lifts (however it's only a few minutes and nowhere near the 20-30 minutes that I read about at other hotels) but we are a VERY impatient nation and hate waiting for anything.... In short I would thoroughly recommend this hotel if you want a nice relaxing break, you can do as much or as little as you want......

A very well managed and maintained hotel. All the staff were excellent nothing was too much trouble. The food in the hotel was great a special mention for the waitress Paquita in the restaurant she was great and always smiling. We stayed all inclusive and when we arrived we needed to upgrade our all inclusive to “gold” at an additional cost of €5 a day each as the choice of drinks on the standard “blue” all inclusive was limited- this upgrade was well worth it. The bedrooms are large and recently renovated they haven’t updated the bathrooms though and they are a little tired. Housekeeping was also great. The pool area is small but sunbeds and umbrellas are of high quality and we always managed to get one anytime of day. Evening entertainment was poor however as so much entertainment available nearby it wasn’t really an issue. We look forward to returning hopefully next year.