Hotel Sol Playa

Nothing fancy but clean and good location.

The non stop booming bass from the club is crazy, till 6AM! Plus 3AM fireworks. Bring ear plugs!! Otherwise nice hotel by the sea.AC worked well and shower was good.

The hotel is in a good location close to the beach and promenade with restaurants. Shopping options are quite limited and there is no supermarket close by. The area is flat and easily walkable with a tram station nearby. Some reception staff are not particularly welcoming and one is positively mute and miserable. The single rooms are of varying sizes,(one fellow traveller had a much larger room and bathroom than mine) but they all seem to have very restricted access around at least one side of the bed. Shower is very good as is the housekeeping. Buffet breakfast is quite limited..the only hot food on offer is toast, though a wide selection of cakes is available. A willingness to serve exists in the restaurant. Wifi and TV that works from it can be very hit and miss with frequent picture freeze. On average the room rate is a little pricey for what is on offer.

It was an unpleasant experience; the bed linens were dirty, the breakfast was meager, and the staff were inattentive.

The bed was very comfortable, the bathroom itself was clean, and all of the staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming. Unfortunately, the negatives outweighed the positives for us. The hotel has very poor sound insulation. You can hear everything, from the music outside coming from the nearby restaurants and clubs late into the night to people talking loudly in the corridors as they return to their rooms as if they were standing inside our room. Another issue was the room doors. They need to be closed with quite a bit of force, which means they slam loudly every single time someone enters or leaves their room. During the night, this was particularly disruptive and often startled. The biggest issue was actually the smell coming from the bathroom. We're not sure whether it was coming from the drains or the sewage system, but it was awful. We had to keep opening the window to air out the room. However, because we were staying in a first-floor sea-facing room, all of the rooms shared the same terrace without any dividers or railings, so we didn't feel comfortable. The door had also an inside lock that we thought was working but quickly find out it did nothing. From a room facilities perspective, we would have appreciated having a small fridge to keep water and drinks cold, especially during the summer. The walls could also do with a fresh coat of paint, as they were noticeably marked and dirty, and the mould around the windows should be properly cleaned.