The Voranova hotel was about half an hour from the airport and cost about 25euros, split between two, so wasn't too bad as the hotel transfer coach you could also book cost as much together and took about 2 hours stopping at every hotel that existed!
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Advantages: Dirty, old, only cleaned once a week Disadvantages: The pool
The Voranova hotel was about half an hour from the airport and cost about 25euros, split between two, so wasn't too bad as the hotel transfer coach you could also book cost as much together and took about 2 hours stopping at every hotel that existed!
The hotel was in a good location, a few minutes walking distance from Palma Nova town centre and the beach. It was also about 10-15minutes walk to the centre of Magaluf. We got a bus to ... ...and was very crowded.
Just across the road from the hotel was a large supermarket and several shops including a pharmacy, there was also a taxi rank and bus stop.
The hotel being in Palma Nova rather than Magaluf was good as it wasn't too noisy and busy at night. There were plenty of small bars and resturants in Palma Nova. The hotel also had a resturant but I didn't want to eat there.
The Voranova hotel was about half an hour from the airport and cost about 25euros, split between two, so wasn't too bad as the hotel transfer coach you could also book cost as much together and took about 2 hours stopping at every hotel that existed!
The hotel was in a good location, a few minutes walking distance from Palma Nova town centre and the beach. It was also about 10-15minutes walk to the centre of Magaluf. We got a bus to Palma City one day and this took about 45 minutes and was very crowded.
Just across the road from the hotel was a large supermarket and several shops including a pharmacy, there was also a taxi rank and bus stop.
The hotel being in Palma Nova rather than Magaluf was good as it wasn't too noisy and busy at night. There were plenty of small bars and resturants in Palma Nova. The hotel also had a resturant but I didn't want to eat there.
When the taxi dropped us outside the hotel, it looked very nice and seemed clean. There was quite a large car park outside aswell, incase you are travelling via car to the hotel. We checked in without any problems and then we went straight to our room, which we couldn't find for ages, the lifts were out of order and we were on the second floor, the layout was very confusing and we were walking around for ages before having to trapse across the pool area with our luggage and heaving it up two flights of stairs by ourselves, we weren't offered any help with our baggage!
The corridor were dark and dingy and the decoration and carpet was very old and dirty. When we got into the room we discovered it hadn't been cleaned since the last people had been in it. There were lipstick stained glasses, dirty towels still on the floor, unemptyed ash trays, dirty and messy bed sheets and a very dirty kitchen area. All you could smell was the unpleasant smell of stale ashtrays so we had to go to the supermarket and stock up on plenty of air fresheners. We had a balcony in our room, our view - a grotty, noisy and graffited skate park.
We went straight back to reception to ask to get the room cleaned but were informed the maid only came two times a week... meaning we would have to wait 2 or 3 days until we could have it cleaned, so we had to clean it ourselves but still sleep in dirty bed linen, it was completely unacceptable!
All the rooms in the hotel were self catering so came with a kitchenette, this was filthy, consisted of one hob ring, no oven and a sink! We had one plate and a fork but little else!
When we finally got the room cleaned and got fresh clean towels we could have a shower, which was powerful and a good standard of shower, which was also a bath, this came with an anti-slip map in it which was useful.
The hotel room walls were really thin, as every night all we could hear was this couple next door arguing for a long time!!
The staff at the restaurant were very friendly but a lot needs to be done with the cleanliness of the hotel.
We spent a lot of time by the pool, which was a nice large pool and always clean and lovely. The hotel provided free sun loungers but it was very difficult to get them and you were very lucky if then when you managed to get one, it wasn't broken.
We paid about £22 a night in April, which is out of peak season but even though this is cheap, it wasn't worth it.
I really enjoyed this holiday but only because of the area, so I would recommend the place but not the hotel!
lilyellowfish 24.10.2007 (24.10.2007)
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Advantages: you get to go home Disadvantages: You have to stay till its time to go home
Before reading this review please note i have never left a review like this for a hotel in 10 years and over 30 family holidays. This place makes Faulty Towers look organized, definitely a case of the lunatics running the asylum. This hotel will kill or seriously hurt someone before long if it doesn't get its act together.
Firstly the good points. The rooms were cleaned daily.
Now the bad points.
The Rooms.
After being allocated an occupied room ... ...at other times, electric sockets hanging from walls, patio doors so heavy as the plastic frame buckled as you opened and closed them, no thermostat on the heating, cracked marble sink unit, plastic towel hooks broken, yellow stained bath, mould behind the sink, exposed key card socket, room door handle falling off, room number held on by tape that kept falling off, leaky bathroom pipes, leaky air-conditioning & plaster falling off around the doors.
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spfoto 02.01.2008
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Advantages: Location and great pool. Disadvantages: Beds were uncomfortable. Groups can be noisy.
I have just come back from here and was dreading it as I have read so many bad reviews. The reception area was bright and clean and we were checked in very quickly. The apartment itself was a good size and was very clean. The bathroom was also clean and quite big with a bath and a shower over the bath. I have to say the bed was one of the most uncomfortable beds I've ever slept in (or not slept as the case may be) but I put a blanket over the mattress ... ...and ours looked out to the front and the hills in the distance. The room was self catering but I would advise people to take that with a pinch of salt and base it as room only as, although there's a fridge and hob you have to hire kettles and toasters and there's not a lot of room to prepare a meal. We ate out every night so it wasn't a problem. We did have breakfast there one morning and there was a large choice of food but my boyfriend had a stomach ...
pilchard1964 01.07.2007
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Advantages: Close to PalmaNova Disadvantages: lots of rowdy groups
This hotel is a good base for a self catering holiday. The rowdy groups (I'd say youngsters but some were in their thirties) were a bit off putting. It didn't really bother me though unless I'd spent a lot of the day by the pool. The groups of people were harmless enough just slightly too loud.
The rooms were nice and clean and had a tv with a few english channels. The maids were nice and friendly though the other staff were so miserable. They just ... ...The pool was a good size and there was usually plenty of loungers to go around.
It actually sounds like a negative review but I would actually book there again. To be honest, the things mentioned above didn't bother me or my holiday at all, it's just good to have the information if you are the kind of person it would affect.
Location: 10/10
Food: unsure - didnt try it
Value: 8/10
Families: 3/10
Groups: 9/10 ...
Becs129 26.09.2006
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