Sol Mirador de Calas

Mixed bag. Some things were great and some things weren’t. For the price we paid I was generally happy. Pros: Lovely pool area. We always sat at the top pool and the views were gorgeous. Plenty of sunbeds (we were there right at the end of the season so hotel was not full) Fun and enthusiastic aqua Zumba Lovely lobby with comfy seating and a nice outdoor seating area Large bathroom with excellent storage. Over bath shower with decent pressure. We had a glass door which was great and our friends had a shower curtain on an extendable rod which fell down! Fantastic view from the room and a good sized balcony There were a couple of excellent shows at night - a soul trio and a live band. Can’t comment on the ABBA, female soloist or flamenco night as didn’t watch them. All inclusive wine and local spirits were very good. Cons: No kettle in room Bedroom storage wasn’t quite big enough - although our friends in the room next door had double the storage we had, so all rooms are not exactly the same. Two beds pushed together which was a bit annoying. Poor lighting in room. Should have been a ***** light along the top of the bed - ours didn’t work, we only knew this because our friends worked. Lots of the TV channels didn’t work. Food was OK. Everything was very fish heavy. I don’t eat seafood and there were so many seafood dishes. I ended up eating veggie a lot of the time. One night the cous cous salad had salmon in it, the pasta salad had squid, and the savoury pastries were all tuna. It was getting very repetitive by the end of the week. Pasta from the pasta station was always lukewarm, I don’t think the chef at that station cared at all. Pizza in main buffet always had a load of unmelted cheese on top, but the pizza at the snack bar was good. Flies on food at snack bar put me off. Service in the restaurant wasn’t great. Half the tables were set, some weren’t set at all and some were half set. Always had to go hunting for salt and a wine glass, then hunting for wine. The wine was at the servers stations, not sure if you were supposed to help yourself but almost everyone was as no one ever offered it. The lifts were terrible! There were 9 floors up and two down from the ground and three tiny lifts. They would randomly go up and down so you’d try and get in on the bottom floor but it was full from people from the floors above going down to then go up. Check in took forever, we arrived at 23.30 and could have done without waiting for ages to check in. Had to pay to use the safe! Location - not the best for us and our holiday style. Stunning location with lovely walks nearby, but the resort centre is very ‘holiday resort’. Absolutely nothing wrong with that but I like trying local restaurants or having a couple of nicer restaurants nearby to break up the buffet. Absolutely gorgeous location tho if you just want to stay at the hotel and chill out. End of season specific issues: We were there in the last week they were open. We didn’t

For the money we paid it’s perfect, on a cheap easyJet holiday for 3 nights here. Easy check in and rooms ready at 3pm. We are rights at the end of the season and I would say there are 100 people at the hotel. It was really obvious that they are getting ready to shut down at the end of the season but….. Sunbeds were plentiful. No need to worry there at this time of year. We went down at 11/12 and had the pick of areas. Sun goes off the pools about 4pm and then the temperature drops but hey it’s mid October. Rooms are white and clean. Drinks are standard AI fair and for 5€ you can get a frozen cocktail if you are on the AI otherwise it’s a Pina colada, sex on the beach pre mixed one. Always a queue for the coffee machine at breakfast!! Food, standard and I would rate it 3* for food. I would definitely not like to be here in peak season that’s for sure I should imagine it’s chaos and really busy. What I will say about this hotel is the staff really work hard and are an excellent advert for the brand. 99% of them are happy to help. In all excellent value hotel The resort has seen better days and it’s quite remote if your looking for night life the hotel is not for you, but again if your paying £300 for a few days away it’s perfectly acceptable and we have no real complaints. The lifts are a bit of an issue and I would hope they are getting some TLC over the closed season.

We were very impressed when we got off the bus but then it all seemed to go wrong. When we booked we were under the impression that we had booked Alua Calas De Mallorca which was apparently not the case. We then got the key to our room in the Mirador which was next door and a room that had half a sea view and half a barren wilderness view. Which we had changed albeit on the 4th day. The snack bars displayed lots of hot and cold food which all seemed to be a favourite of the flies as the most part of it was uncovered. The cocktails were pre-mixed in large plastic jugs and tasted more of fruit juice than alcohol. On the good side, the premises and rooms were very clean and well kept. Sorry, but I won't be back.