"Stayed here at the Valentin Somni as a couple, we are in our early 40’s , in October half term week.
Resort was quiet at this time, which suited us just fine. The hotel was still very busy and popular though.
We were greeted with a choice of juice or fizz on arrival by Melanie who was lovely and polite.
Room was compact as expected but very nicely decorated , spotlessly clean and had all the mod cons expected including a powerful hair dryer fridge kettle and TV tuned to English channels
Beds were an absolute dream., so comfy ., haven’t slept so well in years!
The glass partition shower/wc which I knew about before booking did make me wonder if this could cause embarrassment as a new-ish couple .. but there is the option of the lobby if prefer a closed door
The food was exceptional, every day there was so much choice, fresh fruit, omelettes made to order at breakfast and I loved the fruit smoothies! I’m a terribly fussy eater usually but there was always plenty of options, partner was having 3 plates every night because there was so much choice (good job he was cycling over 100km some days lol)
The restaurant greeter man (sorry didn’t get his name) was super friendly and helped my partner with his Spanish practice.
The hotel was decorated to a high standard throughout and was exceptionally clean.
All the staff from housekeeping to gardening were polite and would say hello
There was regular daytime entertainment, but we were usually out and about so we did not partake, but it looked like a very fun filled activity schedule every day
Evening entertainment.. we were lucky enough to be there for Halloween and they went to a massive effort, including the dining room staff where everything was Halloween themed. We were very impressed.
We also enjoyed the quiz and won a free lunch. Other evening entertainment included singers which were ok, but the karaoke… Who knew there were such talented guests in our hotel! Such a fun night
There is also bingo most nights if that’s your thing
There were a few packs of cards and other board games in reception which was a nice touch , a lot of people that we saw opted to play cards in the evening. We wish we had bought our dominoes with us as well as that was the only game they didn’t have, which is nice and easy to play in a reception setting
This is a beautiful resort and great for cyclists. There is a bike hire (dr bike) 2 minute walk from the hotel which we highly recommend.
There was a small , but perfectly well equipped gym which I used a few time, also a sauna which I didn’t get chance to try.
I had a 60 minute relaxing massage which was lovely, but the sales lady told me it can be charged to the room.,
To my embarrassment after the massage I was supposed to pay cash so I had to dash to the room quickly. So please bear this in mind if you have a massage that you pay cash.
I am lucky that my partner is a runner.. so he went out and checked the area for all the beauty spots out there.. some lovely hidden coves if you go exploring a bit, one of them was up a real steep hill so we wouldn’t have been able to do that without the car (for me)
But there was another lovely cove to the left along the beach which I was able to get to no issues
The only thing I would not recommend is hiring a car via the reception, although it’s convenient to have the car dropped off,, finding parking afterwards was a nightmare. Also the car was a complete old banger giving errors in Spanish as soon as we set off ., translating to tyre pressures, which obviously as tourist we have no equipment to rectify this. I also ended up with terrible bites all over my back after the day in this car, which I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that these did not happen in the hotel, but from the unclean fabric of the car seat,
I know this is not the hotel’s fault, but I would recommend they no longer endorse this company as it could reflect badly on them. We did speak to reception when we handed the keys over and told them that we haven’t been happy with the condition or cleanliness of the car.
We will definitely look to stay here again"