Apartamentos Don Miguel, Puerto de Pollensa > Reviews > Great apartments - great location

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Value for Money	Excellent
Quality of Rooms	Good
Standard of Service	Good
Quality of Food & Drink	Average

Advantages:	Value for money, lovely location
Disadvantages:	Slightly noisy plumbing, basicness of kitchen area

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Great apartments - great location!
Our first time to Majorca, Puerto Pollensa and the Don Miguel apartments and after reading other reviews we were a little worried about the quality of the apartments to say the least but we were very pleasantly surprised!

Our Apartment
As other people have said the apartments are quite basic but at the end of the day they are only 2 star so we weren't expecting luxury and were quite pleased with what we got! Our apartment was one bedroomed. It was apartment 2A and we were in the apartment block that ajoins the Panorama Hotel. We were on the 2nd floor and had 2 fabulously large balconies, one that overlooked the pool area and another off the bedroom, which really we never used. There were 2 single beds and ample wardrobe space there was also a bed settee in the lounge with further wardrobe space and shelving, there was a table and 4 chairs, heater and floor lamp. The lounge and kitchen area were ajoined and the kitchen units were fairly modern and clean. There was a fridge with a small freezing compartment, a ceramic hob, kettle (non electric), toaster and iron. We too were a little disappointed at the lack of cooking utensils/oven/grill but this didn't really upset our stay too much. The beds were comfy with sheets and bedspreads and there were blankets piled up for use. I agree that in colder weather these probably would not have been sufficient but we were lucky and had very pleasant weather while we were there.

The Bathroom
The bathroom was a little dismal and could maybe do with some updating but it was clean and served it's purpose. One of our only complaints was that the plumbing system throughout our block and apartment was rather noisy, but never the less, again didn't deter us from a lovely holiday.

The Apartments in General
The apartments were cleaned twice during our 6 day stay when beds were made and towels changed, this suited us just fine. Again, as we'd seen other people have commented, the walls were quite thin on these apartments and you could hear noise from other areas of the block, but holiday makers tended to be families, couples and retired so not your regular 18 - 30 noise makers and not into the early hours of the morning and late at night.

We were told by other holiday makers that the apartments at the back of the complex were very luxurious with large rooms, dishwashers etc and also with another pool. This apartment block contained only 2 bedroomed apartments so be aware that if this is the kind of luxury you require then best to book a 2 bedroomed apartment.:-)

The Pool and Surrounding areas
We used the pool area on several occasions and found it to be very clean and pleasant. Pool was rather cold but didn't expect anything more in April! We didn't eat at the Don Miguel at any point as we ate out rather a lot in the main town. Breakfasts and meals were available though as were safety deposit boxes in reception. We met various reception staff during our stay, all seemed pleasant and helpful - some more so than others. There was no entertainment during our stay even though it was stated that it was twice a week, we assume this is more relevant to the summer season.

Location
The apartments were just 5 mins walk down a perfectly safe street to the beach. Along this street were several good supermarkets, Palms british bar and a couple of other small cafes. The apartments were also directly opposite the rather large Pollensa Park Hotel. From the apartments it took approx. 15 - 20 mins to walk to the main part of the town with square and marina. This is a very pleasant walk along the sea front, again, with many bars/shops/cafe's along the way.

Puerto Pollensa
uerto Pollensa is a beautiful resort, lovely beaches, pleasant locals and the whole place felt very safe and non threatening. Our transfer from the airport took just 45 mins which was much quicker than expected and with plenty of lovely scenery to gaze at on the way.

We would particularly recommend Bony's Tea Shop in the square where we were constantly entertained by the very lively 'Jose'. He, Pablo and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful and served mainly drinks with light meals at a very good price. Children's meals here were just 1 euro!