Mediterraneo Park Hotel – Roquetas de Mar – Costa de Almeria
We stayed at the Mediterraneo Park hotel All-Inclusive for 10 nights. When you enter the reception area you would think that it is indeed a 4* hotel but you soon appreciate it is barely 3*.
First off, only one out of the 4 restaurants was open on arrival although one extra did open after 5 days) & only one out of the 4 advertised bars was open, although again a 2nd one opened after about 5 days. But on All-Inclusive you can only eat & drink for free in the main restaurant & showbar – you have to pay elsewhere & it is not cheap. In the late bar, a whisky & a bacardi & coke will set you back almost 10 euros.
Entertainment is a joke: bingo, dancing to cd’s, “Mr Hotel”, a Spanish organist & the worst flamenco show we have ever seen, this was done by two very big ladies & a bunch of 6/12 year olds!
Most of the clients at this hotel are Spanish, very few B, Germans or French. Meal times are, at best, chaotic & very, very noisy. Why can’t the Spanish eat quietly, they seem to always be shouting & allowing their kids to run riot. Top tip take ear plugs if you go here. It is the same around the pool & in the show bar in the evening.
The restaurant: I will eat just about anything & always managed to find something to satisfy me, my wife is different & did not enjoy the food at all. The do have a fair selection of fish & meats but as usual it can be cold so get it cooked fresh if you can. Only saw potatoes there once in 10 days & they had ruined them by pouring sauce over them. Chips & mash every night, not a really good selection of veg considering it is in the middle of the so-called “garden of europe”.
Bedroom: We stayed in a “basic twin”. It had two beds, with concrete side tables & dressing table all covered in tiles, it also had a wardrobe. The tiles were all cracked & broken with plenty of missing grout. Doesn’t bear thinking about what was lurking in the gaps. The bathroom was small & pokey although there was ample hot water. The air conditioning was useless, only managing to drop the room temperature a couple of degrees and it was 32 degrees whilst we were there (it never managed to get it below 25 even when left on!).
Staff: Most of the staff are good, they all understand some English but some are much better than others. Even if you are a/i at this hotel, it pays to tip the staff & be pleasant, you will get a better service!
Pool: Huge pool, but the fresh water can get dirty because of the trees etc. and IÂ only saw it cleaned once in the 10 days. Not enough sunbeds for the whole hotel, but not much bed-blocking goes on before about 9am. And the beach is only a few yards from the hotel anyway.
Would definitely not return to this hotel, would probably try the Mojacar Resort next time.
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