Apartamentos Tropical Garden

We stayed here last year and felt that for the price, it was just what we wanted, however, this year was like staying in playa den bossa. The noise doesn’t stop. Extremely loud house music played all afternoon around the pool every day, making it impossible to relax or sleep in the day. At night it is just as noisy, the hotel is full of people who want to party, they all play music in their rooms, talking loudly through the hallways all through the night etc. Although the staff are friendly, especially the security guard, there is too much noise for one person to control. We are booking ourselves into a different hotel for the last night because I’ve had the worst sleep 3 days in a row & feel exhausted. I will never stay in this hotel again. It’s perfect if you want to party & want to stay up at all hours. Also to mention, I’m 28. We are a young couple so we understand there will be some noise but it is impossible to sleep here day or night. It’s a shame because the hotel itself isn’t bad & has a lot of potential to be great.

We stayed for 5 nights for a family holiday. Our initial family room had issues with the air conditioning so we spoke to the manager Ali, and he was very helpful, finding us 2 alternative rooms that were much better. On the whole our experience was very positive. The new rooms were clean and well supplied. They were on the third floor, and had a balcony with sea views, which was nice. The pool is great, big enough to not ever feel crowded, and with shallow parts for younger kids. There were plenty of sun beds and loungers, which were all in very good condition. The poolside entertainment on saturday and wednesday was excellent - worth hanging around for. The staff were lovely, especially the reception staff who were so helpful and friendly - they are great with kids. The breakfast was good value, with plenty of choices and seemed to vary each day. The location is really good - a 6 euro taxi or 10 minute walk to Ibiza Town Marina. There are nice beaches really close by at Figueretas - a short walk. There is a good supermarket next door to buy beer/food etc and a really good restaurant 2 doors down called Cosmopolit serving very good spanish food at r4easonable prices - ask about the daily specials. Parking can be a bit of a hassle - it's 15 euros a day in the hotel (and the spaces seem to fill up quickly after 11 am) or 1 euro per hour at the parking lot next door. There is free on-street parking but spaces are hard to come by, and you have to put a note in the window every 2 hours. The only real negatives: The wifi was awful, very slow and unreliable - this could do with upgrading. And the matresses in the beds were pretty hard - which left me with a bit of a sore back. But these are minor quibbles - we would happily return and have recommended to our friends.

The only thing that got me slightly annoyed, was the noise level of the music around the pool. I like to have a nap before evening dinner and the music was played past eight o’ clock some nights, preventing me from having an hours sleep before going for dinner.