THB El Cid

Just back from a lovely stay at the El Cid. Hotel was always spotless and staff were friendly and helpful. We paid extra during the booking for a nicer room and we were over looking the pool and the sea which was gorgeous. Breakfast was probably the best for selection we have ever had from pastries, cooked, Hams, cheeses, fruits, cereals, breads, pancakes and more. The 'egg' chef was great. Fresh omelettes of your choice and how you wanted it cooked. We managed to get our sunbeds easily on the 2 occasions we wanted them, but we noticed there were a party of 3 that had a total of 9 sunbeds in 3 different positions and staff were not interested. The only day they seemed bothered and to be honest that was only the life guard and that was when the big boss was there . I am not racist in the slightest and i am absolutely aware us brits can be a pain to put up with, but some nationalities there were so very rude and thought everyone else there were a lower level than them. They had what they wanted, when they wanted but that would be any hotel . There are Plenty of shops and restaraunts as soon as you come out of the hotel. Beautiful beach directly opposite, but 2 beds and an umbrella will set you back €30. There is a land train that stops near the hotel and I believe it was €5 pp, we enjoyed that but it was very bumpy and a few of us jolted our backs when they had to slam on which was quite often so be mindful with little ones. We are the type of couple that dont like visiting the same places twice, but if we were we would definitely come back to this hotel

Stayed here for 7 nights and wished we could have stayed longer. The hotel is lovely, the staff are great, the breakfast excellent with lots of choice and the views from the hotel are outstanding. The rooms are spotlessly clean and very comfortable. There are two lovely pools at the hotel but we preferred the Molina pool to the sea view pool. Unfortunately, as always seems to happen, people were out there as early as 6am to put towels on the beds and reserve as many as they could, which is very annoying but, if you can't beat them then join them, which is what we did...!!! There is a great Spa shop just outside the hotel which sells lots of snacks, drinks and very nice sandwiches and there are numerous restaurants in a short walking distance. The bus into Palma stops just at the back of the hotel and the little land train runs up and down to El Arenal, which is a lovely ride. The hotel is adults only so it's lovely and quiet with no music blasting out around the pools during the day. It's a very short journey to Palma Airport so no long bus ride. We would definitely stay here again as we loved it.