Gavimar Cala Gran Hotel and Apartments

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location, staff, larger pool.
  : Rooms needed an upgrade. Air conditioning was poor.

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location next to the Cala Gran beach is good.
  : A run-down hotel with many problems. Loud noise from a neighbouring bar until 23.30 at night. Informing the management did not help. Staying at the ground floor also ment roosters and hens making noise early in the morning. We got to change rooms, which we appreciated, but the music volume was still high. The regular beds were OK, but the extra bed in a box on the floor was bad with a thin mattress. The sheets in the bed were old with stains and holes. When we informed management and got new sheets, several of these also had holes and stains. The pillows were so old they were nearly flat. Some of the pillowcases had holes and the old pillows seemed very unhygienic. We asked for new and better pillows and got some, but not for the whole family. The all-inclusive food is often over-cooked and most dishes are very industrial/artificial, especially the desserts. The dining room is crowded and loud. Hard to find a table for more than 4 persons. There was a bad smell in the bathroom. The hotel needs to improve its communication and its signs. Things are hard to find, information feels dated and signs are few. Information about entertainment is posted in a powerpoint shown only for a few seconds.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location was the absolute best, couldnt have got any better. Some staff were lovely. They kept public areas very clean and had lovely garden upkeep and pool upkeep.
  : The place is so old its falling apart, needs alot of desperate updating. The smell of sewage was strong in a few rooms. I travelled in a group where we had 4 rooms. The rooms and bathrooms were falling apart. it was same price for single all inclusive as it was for 2 people.The lift broke almost everyday and was quite scary to use when you have young children in pushchair.Although the pools were nice and very clean. There was never any space to sit down, as ppl would reserve all day and there just wasnt enough chairs or space in general. its not hotels fault people hog chairs, but maybe needs a policy/rule in place to stop people taking all loungers all day.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : Great location! It is close to the beach and shops/restaurants.The bed room was clean and tidy. It has a good sized swimming pool.
  : The bathroom was old and not clean. Could do with a renovation.

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Breakfast was excellent, choices for all tastes. Fresh, ample supply of everything- if anything went low staff were very quick to replace - always with a smile
  : Can really think of anything really, perhaps room was a bit small for three adults. However this did not cause any difficulty.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location of the hotel is perfect, right on the beach and right by town whilst quiet. Our room was bigger than last time we stayed, yes the rooms are dated, in need of upgrade but how much time is spent in your room? Food was good, more choice than in the 2 4star hotels we went to next. All inclusive restaurants get repetitive if you stay a while, this one is no different but don't know what others are moaning about.
  : Pools are very small with limited number of lounges available. Whilst there is air con in the bedrooms there is non in any other areas, bar, lounges, corridors, reception etc making the hotel unbearable.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The room cleaning was excellent. Always on time and well done.
  : It was our 4th visit to Gavimar Cala Gran. The food quality is continuously deteriorating. This visit, fish and meat were not fresh on some occasions. The majority of desserts were not eatable. I would prefer a smaller amount of food, but better quality. And the bar should be able to make dissent coffee, not a strange brown liquid. We had to go to the bar in the village every morning to get an espresso.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Lovely location. Central to all the shops, bars & restaurants.
  : 4 pools advertised but only one pool open and 3 pools closed off. The one pool open did not have enough space, hence a race to get a space for sunbeds. Food disappointing. Breakfast bacon always cold, eggs overcooked. Evening meals not good and lacked variation. We went outside the Hotel for a few meals in the end.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Lovely location but room small for four of us and little outdated Communal areas were good lovely pool
  : Room little outdated and small