Hotel Rocamarina

we have returned to this hotel following a break of a few years as we knew the hotel and local area and bars if you want a beach type holiday I would look elsewhere as the local beaches are small cove type accessing the water via rocks. It is a very friendly hotel and resort and you will be welcomed in the hotel and the local shops, bars , and restaurants.

Ok!! so my honest review. Please remember this is my own opinion and not everyone likes the same things. Hotel is very dated but it’s also clean. The room was dated , dated soft furnishing and the beds were very hard. We had room 232 over looking the back road and garden, so it was very quiet. We had a shower over the bath, hairdryer in the bathroom which was ok. Always had hot water. You get a safe to use while your here and air con. So very average. The food is very good - no way could you get fed up. They have everything on offer! From fluffy pizza to pork, sprouts, cauliflower cheese even Indian curry, at breakfast time - just as much on offer lovely meaty sausage, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, fruits, porridge you name it. The pudding selection is also excellent- apple crumble, bread and butter pudding with custard. My only complaint about the food is it’s all English food and we were in Spain? Wine in the Resturant is very expensive for Spain. approx 16-22€ per bottle. The staff are very good and very polite especially the singing chef, He’s so lovely. All the restaurant staff were great. But!! They sit you uncomfortably next to strangers, really weird seating set up. So you don’t have any privacy at your meal times and feel obligated to speak small talk which wasn’t really what we wanted. The pool. Good heavens above!! I’ve never witnessed such ridiculously stupid behaviour by grown adults. At 9 AM they open the chain across the stairs leading to the sun beds and pool. It was like the grand national- andddddd there off!! Mostly old people rushing and shoving down the steps to get to the pool beds. which are shoved so close together you can’t walk between them. Then there’s the pool !!! Far too small for the hotel and all it’s capacity of guests. So you can’t get around the pool ? but they do provide you with sun beds in a garden, Which is covered in trees and bird muck !! In fact I’d say it’s disgusting!! Why would you want to pay for a holiday and sit there? Across the road the hotel owns another pool- but you have to pay 12€ a day for the privilege to sit around a pool the hotel owns - therefore should be free- on a holiday you’ve already paid for, it’s disgraceful! The entrainment was dire - the resident singers are abysmal - sorry! But we couldn’t sit through it. So we went out every night. Just not for us and honestly I wouldn’t class it a 4 star. TUI gold? I can see why TUI have dropped this hotel. They were doing a photo shoot on the Friday for the hotel for next year’s bookings, apparently changing tour operator. Wouldn’t go back. But I was fair and gave it 3 stars as the food was excellent..

We stayed here for 4 nights after our cruise. This hotel is in a lovely location, just outside cala d'or, room is very clean & spacious, bathroom is big & bright. We did the HB option, all food is buffet but wow what a great buffet it is. Breakfast, there was everything you could think of. Dinner, was also very good, good selection of starters, puddings, great salad bar & cheese selection and various mains on offer. All produce is grown & made by the hotel, even the wine.... . My only gripe is that you have to pay for water to drink with your evening meal and they state that there are two pools, which there are, but you have to pay for sunbeds to stay at the one across the road (in tennis club). It was impossible to get a free bed around the hotel pool unless I wanted to join the queue @ 9am to put my towels out.