Hotel Royal Sun - 217 rooms, spacious reception area, swimming pool, large eating hall, children's club and playground, lifts, excellent entertainment programme, in peak summer season - complementary shuttle to other h top hotels in the area.

Royal Sun is located in Santa Susana, a small place located between Calella and Lloret de Mar. It is a fantastic hotel which is right on the beach (10 metres) - you step out of the hotel and you can go straight to swimming and sunbathing. We (two adults and two teenagers) were all inclusive so right after the beach we would go to the outside bar and have some lovely cold refreshing drinks. Most people who were on all inclusive were sensible people travelling as part of a family but there were a few older men who sat around from the morning till night drinking heavily (they were no trouble though!)

The family room was nicely decorated and the blackout curtains were amazing because we slept late. However, the room was slightly cramped when all four of us were in at the same time because there was little space to put our suitcases. The sea view was a huge bonus - although it did get quite cold at night and we had to turn off the air conditioning! The cleaning maids were wonderful - the beds were always beautifully made and the free samples were always replenished. The towels were regularly replaced. We went to sleep around midnight but those with younger children may have been troubled by the noise from outside bar which generally stopped around midnight but affected those with a sea view.

There were a couple of nights for younger children including a magic show and some children's perfomers but we went elsewhere. We talked to some people who had younger children - and the children loved the activites and the reps.

As we went in July, we were able to take advantage of the free shuttles to other h top hotels. Santa Susanna was quite lively but Calella and Lloret de Mar had reputations as more interesting. So we pre booked the shuttles a day before the visit, one day in Calella and one day in Lloret de Mar. Also, as we were all inclusive we were able to have lunch at the hotels - one was called the Royal Star (4 Star) but we can't remember the other 4 star hotel's name. It was a really good idea to provide free shuttles because we were able to explore Costa Brava without having to pay anything for transport. On visiting the other hotels, we also decided we prefered the Royal Sun especially compared to the Royal Star which seemed very 3 star.