Atzavara Hotel & Spa

Very good hotel !!

Overall what you’d expect from a 5 star hotel plus a sea side resort with good restaurants and rooms

Let's start with the cons. #1 The bathroom is open plan - meaning that the sinks are not private. Nor is the bath. And the toilet itself offers very little privacy. You have to ask your partner to put in their earplugs when you go to the toilet. Also no small sink in toilet to wash hands. You have to come out to wash down in the open. In my experience, no matter how long you have known your partner - and no matter how much in love you may be - you do not want them to hear your noises on the toilet. You still want some privacy when performing in the bathroom. #2 If you book full board which means breakfast and evening buffet, you will not get any water (not even tap water) with your meal unless you pay for it. All drinks have to be paid for. They don't even provide coffee. At breakfast, you get everything without extra charge. #3 They hold corporate events which means some areas - like the bars and pools - get closed for the other guests. And these events can be noisy. Everything else is perfect. Great staff, super clean place, great rooms if you pick Junior suite and a decent choice at breakfast. Overall I give it 7/10

The hotel is stunning — spacious, modern rooms, great bars and restaurants, and a fantastic pool area. However, there are a few drawbacks: there’s no beach access (areal photos are misleading), and frequent corporate events with loud music often go on until midnight, which can spoil the atmosphere. The breakfast buffet is extensive, but the quality doesn’t fully match a true 5-star standard. Overall, an impressive place, just not ideal if you’re after quiet relaxation.

- Check-in experience was slow but reception staff apologetic and we received a welcome drink, which was a nice touch. - Rooms are well appointed, but because of tiled floors and thin walls/ceilings you can hear scraping of furniture by guests late at night and by cleaners early mornings. The road behind the hotel where our room was facing was noisy at night, with drivers revving and speeding - maybe install speed bumps to discourage this? - Cleaners chatting loudly and shouting instructions to each other in the corridor and neighbouring rooms from 8 a.m. (during a weekend break, this is not ideal...) - Pool areas very nice, clean and a good number of sunbeds with umbrellas and efficient towel service. - Breakfast buffet good, with a good selection of hot and cold food, cheeses, fruits, juices and decent coffee. A shame it didn't extend slightly later at weekends. Dinner buffet had an excellent salad bar but was overall less impressive, with a limited number of vegetarian mains and overcooked seafood and meat dishes (my guess is much of the cooking was done from frozen given the texture). It was also a shame that "Botanic" didn't offer any vegetarian main courses, otherwise we would probably have tried that too. That said, the "Bali" restaurant was again excellent and well worth a visit. - Check out after 11 a.m. (a little early given check in is from 3 p.m.) not possible due to the arrival of a large group, but we were able to store luggage and use the pool facilities.