Mastines – Chihuahuas Hotel Sol – Calas De Mallorca – Majorca

Stayed in the Mastines which we renamed to the Mustyness due to the musty smell in the hotel foyer & bedroom. There were cushions missing off the settee in the foyer, carpets with holes & paper thin. I thought I was in the film “Carry on abroad” – the hotel decor was the same (60′s or 70′s I would imagine). No sign of Sid James or Barbara Windsor but plenty of football shirts of every team imaginable on show.

The room was OK after you got used to the musty smell & the drone of aircon units on the flat roof below. The canteen again OK, but be quick to get what you want as some were leaning over my shoulder to get to the food! Just be strong & fight for your food.

During the day couldn’t really see the pool for people, plenty of people everywhere. Trying to think of something good to say but it is hard to find anything - did have a sea ,that was good. Stayed in 4* Sol in Ibiza last year which was superb by comparrison. If this hotel was in the Michelin guide it would be as a worn out tyre. Believe it or not we didn’t have a bad holiday we just kept away from the hotel as much as we could, it was fine then.

Some nice bars in the centre (the Cuban we liked) and some good places to eat. Seriously, this is a tired, tired hotel which is now a-i, eat as much as you can, drink as much as you can & once they stop serving at the bar move to the centre for more drinks. If you like cheap, cheerful & noisy overcrowded hotels this is for you, if you require a good standard hotel, dress code in the restaurant (& I mean by that just trousers & shirt, not anything fancy) avoid this hotel like the plague.