Hotel Sercotel Suite Palacio Del Mar

The room was a spacious and well equipped suite.

Overall, an excellent hotel with a very Spanish (as opposed to international) feel. Most importantly, the staff are friendly and accommodating. The rooms are large and comfortable (I believe they are all "suites"). We found extras such as room-service and breakfast to be of good quality and surprisingly reasonably priced. Of particular note here: the mini-bar was the first we have encountered in the world that did not have punishing price tags and so (all other hotels take note) we were able to use it freely. There is a very good swimming beach 150m away.

We initially complained about the swimming pool: We searched for hotels "with a pool" using this search criteria on booking.com and tripadvisor.com. This hotel came up through this search and we failed to read the detailed description. Guests have free use of the adjacent sports centre. It is next door to the hotel but proved useless for the kids: minimum entry age 16. You have to wear a cap and swim in lanes. I would not describe the hotel as having a pool - but neither did they, the fault lay with the search engine at tripadvisor / booking.com. Our rooms on the first floor had views only of this (not very beautiful) sports centre. I would ask for a higher floor next time.

The room was big and well furnished. The breakfast buffet was good.

The staff was proper but unfriendly, They responded to questions but did not offer greetings. The hotel is several blocks from the beach ... past a school, through a neighborhood.

Clean room

Leaking roof