Blue Sea Costa Bastian

This is a lovely hotel. The pool area is really lovely, although the pool does need a paint job, I also understand what a massive job that is. The room I had was a garden room, lovely right by the pool and absolutely spotless. I think the rooms should still have information in them about meal times and where to find information about the entertainment on offer, at least a board outside the restaurant showing meal times would help. I didn't see the QR code at first so had no idea what time the meals were and having chatted with other guests it was the same for them. Easily solvable I feel. I've seen some comments about beds not changed enough during the week and this always amazes me because how many of those people actually change their beds at home everyday, or even twice a week, my bet is none. Everywhere around the hotel is very clean. The food is not bad, I would say it's exactly what you should expect for an all inclusive hotel and better than a lot I've been to. The hot meats were all very good and melted in your mouth. I was a bit shocked when I had to pay €1 deposit for my plastic drinks cup by the pool, but it makes absolute sense, the cups don't get left all around the pool, staff don't have to collect them, and you get it back anyway, works well in my opinion. I also saw complaints regarding sun beds being claimed by a towel and left for hours. The fact that the sun beds are not available until the pool opens I think is great but yes some selfish people will still put towels on and then not be seen for hours. I saw this happen with a group of 5 Spanish people who put towels on 5 sunbeds in prime position round the pool. 2 hours passed with no sign of them, at which time the life guard came and removed the 5 towels. They returned after another 2 hours and were furious because other guests were on the beds, but how selfish is that 4 hours reserved with no intention of using them. The entertainment team are good and very funny but once again I had little idea of what's on offer and at what time. I know there is a TV in reception with that information on but didn't know that until I had been there for 4 days, which again could be solved by an information card in the rooms. The drinks were good quality and the fact that you have to pay after 11pm I think is standard at all inclusive hotels. Whilst the hotel is a distance from town it is only €5 in a taxi. I did walk to town during the day but it took me 45 minutes via the promenade and 35 minutes straight down the main road. I had a fabulous time here and would recommend it to anyone. Just don't expect 5 star meals and service when you have booked a value hotel.

We have just returned from the Bluesea and I can honestly say we had such a wonderful experience. I really can't understand where some of the negative comments have come from. The staff were all very friendly, especially Claudia in the onsite supermarket, so friendly - reception staff were all helpful and friendly. We had a problem with our air conditioning so we called reception, an engineer was sent straight away, it couldn't be fixed so we were moved to another room ( the only downside was we were moved from a pool / seaview to a view of the minigolf ) but we soon got over that. Food was ok, very buffet style same as every all inclusive, they could of offered more variety. Complimentary fizz was available on Sunday with breakfast. Pool area was clean, yes it needs a lick of paint, but didn't ruin our time around the pool. Towels available to hire for 10 euros per towel, but you get that back once yo uhand them back in. Rooms were made up everyday along with fresh clean towels. Location was about a 15 / 20 minute walk to the main town, lots of little bars and pit stops along the way, or 5/6 euros