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Overall Community Rating: |   9.0 (based on 1 user reviews) |
 Almirante Farragut: GREAT HOTEL, GREAT SERVICE, GREAT FOOD, GREAT HOLIDAY!! by Jayzee33 |
| Posted 13 March 2006 about a visit in September 2004 | Overall rating: 9.0 |
Me and my partner stayed in this Hotel in September 2004. What a great hotel. It was always clean and tidy - not only in our room, but elsewhere in the hotel.
We were probably some of the youngest people in the hotel (our ages 26 and 31) as the guests were mostly around their mid-fifties, but we wanted a quiet holiday so it was ideal for us.
There were plenty of sunbeds to choose from around the [salt water] swimming pool, which were free of charge and there were plenty of grounds around the hotel to walk around. There were 2 main "beach" areas which were accessed mainly from this hotel, which are the coves you usually find in the holiday brochures. The main cove area was directly under our hotel room and the view from our very private balcony was brilliant. (To anyone with children, be careful around the cove areas as they do not have any fences around them, and the edges of the hotel grounds only have small fences - you would need to constantly watch your children). The Hotel may not be suitable for older tourists or those with walking difficulties, as the steps to access the cove areas were rather steep even for us and quite slippy with cracked steps.
The food in the Hotel was excellent - plenty of choice every day (although in our second week at the beginning of October, the selection slightly reduced as the season was drawing to an end, although there was still lots to choose from nevertheless). The only thing that spoiled the holiday (slightly) for us was that we had to table share with another couple in our first week at the Hotel. This was something we were somewhat prepared for through reviews we'd seen on Holidays-Exposed, although when we asked for a table of our own, the Head Waiter was only too happy to provide one, although we had to see him before each and every meal and had to sit at a different table for each meal thereafter until the end of our holiday. The table sharing problem was experienced by a lot of tourists - most seemingly English.
There are 2 large bar areas in the hotel - one being a Lounge Bar and the other being where the entertainment was held - although we didn't visit either of these as we always went out of an evening to the bars down the main road.
The main road where all the shops and bars are situated is about a 10-15 minute walk away, but it was such a pleasant walk it didn't feel that long. Over the fortnight we were there, every bar was showing either up to date episodes of Eastenders or Coronation Street, or DVDs of Peter Kay. About half way down the main road you will come across a "Shopping Bar" where there is a bouncy castle for the kids whilst the parents can sit outside the nearby bar - if you walk behind this Bar, you will come across a square which is surrounded by more bars. Entertainment is put on almost nightly within this square, (although if you stay for 2 weeks you may find the entertainment in the second week the same as the first), but it is somewhere to sit outside having a drink (or three). There is also a rather large supermarket and a few more shops along the road running parallel to the main road that I have already mentioned. If you keep walking down the main road from this Hotel, you will find a Burger King on your right, and if you keep walking even further, there is another cove area you will find where there is an actual bar on the beach (Tom Cruise "Cocktail" only without Tom Cruise sprung to mind). To walk from this Hotel the full length of the main road right down to where Burger King and this further cove was, took us about 20 minutes if that. Not a long walk at all. There is even a bus stop right outside the Hotel which takes you into Ciutadella, which was only about a 15-20 minute bus ride away. The buses were very regular and very clean.
It is worth having a look around the Circular Shopping Centre near to - what seems to be known by the tourists - as the "John Travolta Statute" in the centre of the roundabout on the main road. The views of the resort are brilliant from the top - and the tobacco shop about half way up was the only one in the area to our knowledge. We spent most of our time in the "Cocktails & Dreams" bar(another "Cocktail" film reference) at the top of this Shopping Centre - the boys who ran it were very friendly and we could drink in the open air, overlooking the resort.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at the Almirante Farragut and would definitely go again. The only thing that would maybe make us hesitate would be if the table sharing is still in practice. Other than that, the weather was great, the food was great and the hotel was great - what more can you ask for when on holiday!
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 Almirante Farragut: Tea making facilities |
| 29 Jul 2006 by David Harrison |
Do the rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, also I understand that beach towels can be hired, is this correct?
Bakerdave
>> Answer this question | | | | >> | Answer 1 by Jayzee33 (04 Jan)
I do not recall tea and coffee facilities in our room, although there was a fridge in the room (free of charge) that we used to put drinks in that we bought from the hotel shop. 2 glasses were also provided.
Although we didn't hire towels, I am sure they could be from the Hotel's reception - with maybe a small deposit - refundable upon the towel's return.
PS. (Sky TV is also in the room).
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