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Yvonne and Shirl from Cambridgeshire travelled to Playamar Apartments with
Travel Republic
on a friends holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2008 |
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| said: This hotel is very basic but for the money you pay you cannot complain. The rooms are clean and have the facilities needed. It is in a good position near to the beach which is lovely.
If you walk into Sa Coma go to JJs restaurant, really good food at very good prices. Tell Eddie (Fat Barman with loud shirts) that Yvonne and Shirl sent you.
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christophe from Amnéville travelled to Playamar Apartments with
Alltours
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
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| said: First let me tell you that we booked this dumpster through "Alltours" who advertise this "hotel" as one with a good reputation and a nice family atmosphere to it. Well, don't let yourself fooled by this as it is completely wrong!! I just saw a documentary saying Playamar is the worst hotel of Mallorca! This place is totally unhealthy, bleak and dirty. The front staff people don't give the slightest care about it! We had brownish liquids trickling down our bathtub and to be honest I couldn't take a shower in it for fear of getting hurt or getting infected by some sort of fungus! The walls were fly-blown which can be a good thing for an entomologist but I am not! My fiancé kept on saying this was a museum for dead mosquitoes (or maybe it was incrusted in the white paint as part of a dubious decoration...)! My bed sheets also had yellow stains (no, this was not lemon juice). The cleaning lady was also more a myth than reality as the fresh towels any decent hotel could provide: we found old and tired towels on the ground on our arrival!
The food was of the same kind and it probably consisted of leftovers from other hotels (the color of the food was also "interesting"). Ants we saw in the lunch area seemed to like it anyway! Speaking of ants, a family we met told us their room was infected with several kinds of insects and one of the girls had scabs on her chest because ants went over her during her sleep! Two members of this family also had asthma attack.
When the "alltours" (without the capital “a”, they don’t deserve it) agent came to the hotel the next after a sleepless night, many people queued up not to book excursions but to ask to be placed somewhere else! I didn't spend more than one night in this s..... hole because that was far more than my own sanity could bare. We ask to be placed somewhere else which we did but... we had to pay 500 extra euros (we had already paid 950 euros for the whole vacation package) to get somewhere decent. The “alltours” magazine only stated a difference of 200 euros for a similar package tour in the other hotel we went in! This is a shame to scam people like this and we intend to get some of our stolen money back! The agent also said his company knew Playamar was not a decent hotel. My question is: why do they still work with this hotel if not to make money out of people?
Some could not afford spending more money to be moved and they decided to shorten their holidays and get back home but the thing is that they had to pay extra money to "alltours" to get back! This is absolutely shameful (if not criminal) to send people who have saved money during the year to such kind of place.
We saw people crying in this filthy place, and many seem to be disgusted to be there. Of course this is not a 5 star hotel but this is not the reason to treat people this way. Needless to say that I strongly encourage people not to go there and avoid it at all cost. This place is dangerous and dirty!
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Pamela from Preston travelled to Playamar Apartments with
independent
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Playamar Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location |  | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We paid for half board but due we stayed in one of the apartments rather than the hotel due to the hotel being full. This didn't bother us as we had the best of both worlds with fridge etc. I can therefore only speak for the apartments. They were quite large with a living room/ kitchen, separate bedroom and a balcony. If you were actually self catering and wanted to cook, I would have imagined that you would have struggled as the equipment was quite limited. However the rooms were very clean and maids came every other day and changed towels and bedding.
There are two pools with plenty of seats and loungers. There is a poolside bar at one of the pools, this particular pool attracted the children as it has a small bridge over it and is quite pleasant. The 2nd pool is very basic, but lovely, and we spent most of the time in there as it was virtually empty all the time.
There is a games room with pool tables, air hockey and a few arcade games.
The restaurant serves from 8am until 10am for breakfast, the breakfast had cereal and croissants which were fine, but then it was more continental, with cheese, meat and bread. The breakfast did not vary throughout our stay. The evening meals were served from 6pm until 8pm, and varied each night, paella, fish, chicken were the options then you would have salad and pasta every night also. It was very much a 'canteen' rather than a restaurant, with you having to clear away your scraps and dishes when you had finished. One tip: The restaurant get very busy, and there is one lady who will come to take your drinks order, as it is buffet style, you are more than likely to have got your food and eaten it before she even gets around to serving you (not her fault, and she is very pleasant), but you can go into the bar yourself buy a drink first, then take it into the restaurant, so that you can have a drink actually with your meal and not five minutes after you've finished.
We did actually eat out on about three occasions during the week for dinner, and almost every day for breakfast, however the difference in cost between half board and self catering was only about £20 each, so you can't grumble.
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Peter from Northampton travelled to Playamar Apartments with
Own arrangements
on a family holiday.
There were 3 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2006 |
rated the Playamar Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: You get what you pay for.
We knew we were getting a cheap deal and we weren't shocked.
The location is good, away from all the noise, but close enough to be near either S'Illot & Sa Coma, and we spent most of our time in S'Illot as it wasn't as crowded.
The food was European - I eat anything, so I didn't mind, but the family weren't too impressed.
The entertainment was basic.
The pools were good for the kids.
I would go back for the price we paid.
As long as you go and have pre conceptions about it, then you'll enjoy it.
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braithwaite from Manchester travelled to Playamar Apartments with
independent
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2006 |
rated the Playamar Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed self catering, the room was basic but clean and large. The cleaners were very friendly and changed towels as you wanted them (put dirty ones in the bath and you will get clean ones on a daily basis if you like).
My daughter and 2 year old son came for the 2nd week and also had no complaints, enjoying their stay at the Playamar.
We eat out every night, so the sparse cooking facilities did not bother us (I recommend a travel kettle).
All in all excellent value for what is one of the cheaper places to stay on the island.
We have booked to return in September, having had such a good time in June.
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