Luis Caserio Hotel, a hotel with sea views

Today we will talk about a complete and comfortable hotel located in Playa del Inglés, in Maspalomas. It is the Caserio Hotel, which belongs to the Luis Hotels chain. Refurbished 4 star rated hotel, equipped with all the services to ensure that guests enjoy all the comforts they want.

The rooms of this 4 star hotel in Maspalomas are characterized by perfectly combining with pleasant, quiet and well equipped spaces. They all have a simple and detailed decor that make the rooms very comfortable. All the rooms have all the bath amenities, safety deposit box (for a fee), piped music, fridge, mini-bar, telephone, wifi (for a fee), air conditioning, balcony, hairdryer and satellite TV.

Among the services offered by this beach hotel in Gran Canaria, stands out its wellness area, where guests can enjoy the sauna, Jacuzzi and massages. It is also worth mentioning the amazing terrace roof of this hotel, with an outdoor Jacuzzi with sea views, a perfect place to forget everything. Right there, we find a solarium area with a nudist zone.

Besides, the Luis Caserio Hotel has outdoor swimming pool for adults and for children, surrounded by free deckchairs and parasols for guests. There is also a pool bar where snacks and cocktails are served.

Hotel offers All inclusive or half board accommodation. Additionally, every day we can enjoy an exquisite food in the hotel restaurant where there is show cooking and theme buffet twice a week.

Those guests that want to keep their good habits even in holidays, can also take advantage of the hotel's gym to do sport.

Hotel keys:

• Free car park
• Wellness area
• All inclusive.   

ATH Binivell Park Apartments

Minorca is a family destination with many years of experience offering a wide range of accommodations. For families, apartments are one of the best options since they have space for several people in a same space, and they offer a series of facilities, such as the kitchen, that make the stay more comfortable.

ATH chain has family apartments in San Luis, perfect for enjoying the sun and beaches of Minorca during the holidays. They are the ATH Binivell Park Apartments, characterized by its design inspired by Minorca.

They are located in the Binibeca Vell complex in San Luis, a charming small coastal town in Minorca. From there you can comfortably visit Caló d’en Fust, Caló Tancat and the Marçal islets.

These apartments and studios in Minorca have different types of accommodations.

You can choose the studios designed for couples, or the apartments with one or two bedrooms and space for 3 or 4 people, respectively.

They are apartments for couples and families in San Luis, equipped with the typical services of a hotel. They have swimming pool for children and adults, as well as a bar in the pool, a chill out area and lovely gardens with Mediterranean style.

ATH Binivell Park Apartments have also 5 restaurants and a supermarket where you can buy those things you always need when you are travelling.

Apartments keys:

-        Free wifi in the apartments and reception

-        Supermarket

-        Two swimming pools

Marinasol Apartments: hotel service in an apartment complex.

Today's review is dedicated to an apartment complex located in an exclusive housing development in Morro Besudo beach: Marinasol Apartments. They are an accommodation in the south of Gran Canaria ideal for trips as a couple, with family or friends. 

One of the most outstanding characteristics is that this apartment complex has a full spa at guests disposal.  It is a new concept of spa apartments in Gran Canaria combining holidays with wellness treatments.  In this way, guests can enjoy all the typical services of a hotel without giving up the privacy of the apartments.

In the spa, guests can use the facilities of hydrotherapy, Jacuzzi, Turkish bath and Nordic sauna.  In addition, wellness treatments of chromotherapy, aromatherapy, thermal loungers, cyclonic shower and massages.   

Marinasol Apartments are located between El Águila and San Agustín beaches, in the San Bartolomé de Tijarana coast.  Besides, Inglés and Maspalomas beaches are just 10 minutes away, this is the reason why their location allows you to comfortably enjoy all of them without needing to go very far. 

Rooms of these apartments in Morro Besudo beach have a simple and functional decor, making your stay very pleasant and comfortable. Moreover, apartments have sea views which lend them a more attractive air. 

They have different types of accommodations such as double and triple rooms for adults only, or triple and quadruple rooms for adults and children. All of them are equipped with full bath with hairdryer, kitchen with fridge and microwave, TV, telephone and free wifi. 

The complex also has an out of doors swimming pool for adults only and kid's pool, as well as solarium terrace with perfect deckchairs to enjoy the sun and the weather of the Canary Islands. 

Hotel keys:

-          Free wifi

-          Spa with wellness treatments

-          Two swimming pools for adults and kids. 

Fiesta Hotels: summer in Ibiza

If there is a hotel chain that evokes Ibiza in summer is Palladium Hotel Group. It belongs to Fiesta Hotels and is one of the main models of the Spanish tourist trade, pioneer in creating theme hotels focused on the music in areas such as Magaluf (Majorca) or the famous Ushuaia, in Ibiza.

For this summer, our small selection of accommodations in the island includes 3 of its hotels. They all are beach accommodations in Ibiza which have perfectly renovated and combined spaces for all types of travellers, with up-to-date services, top facilities and good attention:  Fiesta Cala Nova. Fiesta Club Palm Beach, and Grand Palladium, one of the most known hotels in D'en Bossa beach.

 

Hotel Grand Palladium Palace Ibiza

 

All these hotels boast an excellent location, ideal if you are looking for beach and peace, or if you want to enjoy the magic of the nights of Ibiza or to cross the island with the children, visit the water park, its parks and gardens... Likewise, they are family hotels in Ibiza with spaces specially designed for children and for adults.

Buffet restaurants, sports, solarium terraces, miniclub and pools with slides for children, infinity pool for adults, Only Adults rest areas, direct access to the coves, personalized attention. These are some of the most appreciated services for the guests.

The directors of these hotels emphasize that the aim is that children and parents make the most of their holidays at affordable prices without giving up nothing. Besides, in the offer section on their official websites, you can find packages and special discounts to travel with children for free, long stays or just reductions in the rates for early booking.

Family hotels

Family hotels must be well designed spaces reflecting the needs and tastes of all the members. Offering good services for children is not enough if parents have not an alternative to enjoy their free time. It is true that most of the travellers are happy with a hotel having a good swimming pool area to sunbathe, a wide room with private bathroom and a varied cuisine service, but there are more and more guests requesting specific services and spaces where they can really rest and get away from the routine.

In this sense, as we have previously said in this blog, the family accommodations that we find nowadays in the main destinations of the European coast have become aware and have started to repair some accommodations with significant lacks from the 60's and 70's, tourism boom time.

 

 

Some of them have focused on the improvement and renovation of facilities, concentrating efforts on offering more complete rooms, with more comfortable spaces, modern and friendly furniture, and restaurant services in keeping with new needs and tastes: theme dinners with international cuisine (Japanese, Thai, Italian...)  dietary dishes, vegetarian menus and special products for coeliacs and allergic people, food for children, etc.

Other hotels, with a more bold plan and more investment, have bet on a radical change and specialization in specific publics, allowing them to undeniably stand out among the rest. In the case of the called Flintstones Hotels which belong to the Sol Hotels line of Melià, offering to the parents the possibility of booking a hotel on the seashore, conceived as a small theme park for children.

Other accommodations have opted for paying attention to the needs of the adults, keeping a good service of miniclub and creating new wellness facilities compatible with the days of beach and good cuisine. Thus, family hotels with Only Adults areas or spa appeared, among which stand out many accommodations in Majorca, such as the spa and golf resorts close to Palma.

 

 

Romantic evenings with special service of miniclub or minidisco, collective activities, sport options for all ages...  The range of plans have also significantly changed in the last years, looking for more and more harmony between the members of the family that travel and share hotel.

The most neglected niche are the teenagers: too big to enjoy a miniclub, but too small to travel alone during a week. Nevertheless, it is likely that there will be progress in the coming years. The activities, facilities and options offered nowadays by family hotels do not care for this public, which ends up choosing activities for adults such as sports, or just sunbathing on the pools.

Elegance Hotels & Resorts bets on growing

The Elegance Hotels & Resorts hotel group is one of the current leading figures of the Spanish tourist trade that has clearly started to bet on growing and expand  through joining efforts. With the philosophy of creating "a great team, a great family", Elegance chain –which possesses hotels in Guadalajara, Getafe, Majorca and Tenerife– offers to individual hoteliers the possibility of linking their business to a consolidated brand and managing their accommodations with safety and professional support.

To this effect, they propose 3 types of businesses, including the administration or management of the hotel, the rental or association. In the first case, Elegance Hotels & Resorts have a team at hotelier disposal responsible for optimizing and making the most of the resources. In the second case, the chain offers to pay a periodic rent for a comprehensive exploitation of the hotel; and in the third case, the association brings the possibility of using the image of the chain, as well as all the services of promotion, administration and legal, financial and tax advice.

The work initiated by Elegance has been also carried out by other big Spanish companies and usually reverts to a strongest and more consolidated hotel structure. Support between hoteliers, teamwork and the optimization of the resources allow to offer a better service and, in general get better profits.

The strategy of this Spanish group is that they expect to focus chiefly on the main tourist destinations of the coast of Spain. An example of this are the 3 hotels managed by them in Tenerife, in the area of Puerto de la Cruz.

·         Dania Park Hotel:  4 star hotel in Puerto de la Cruz refurbished in 2009, with modern services and facilities: free wifi, Jacuzzi, restaurant...

·         Miramar Hotel: Ideal hotel for family holidays in Puerto de la Cruz, modern, recently refurbished and with privileged location: in the summit of the Parque Taoro hill.

·         Palmeras Playa Hotel: They are apartments in Puerto de la Cruz. A 3 star complex with special equipment and services for athletes and families.

 

Elegance Palmeras Playa Hotel

 

Nevertheless, they also offer alternatives in residential areas, managing hotels specialized in business travellers, in the surroundings of big cities such as Madrid:

·         Azuqueca Hotel:  3 star hotel in Azuqueca de Henares with meeting rooms, car park and free wifi even in the rooms.

·         Getafe Hotel: It combines all types of services, this is why it is an interesting accommodation both for families and for company events.  It stands out for being a 4 star hotel in Getafe with free wifi, interior car park and spaces for banquets.

 

Elegance Getafe Hotel

 

The current portfolio of Elegance is complemented with a sixth hotel, in Majorca, in Cala Millor. An accommodation in line with the Elegance schema, since it offers location, destination and services in accordance with the category and level established by the chain, centred on 3 and 4 star hotels.

Palas Pineda: family hotel in Salou

In today's review we will talk about a complete top 4 star hotel with palace architecture located in the beachfront of La Pineda beach, in Salou. It is the Palas Pineda Hotel, a perfect accommodation for combining relax, fun and sport just one step from the beach and from one of the most tourist areas in the Catalonian coast.

It is an All-Inclusive hotel in Salou that also offers all kinds of tailor-made services making of it a perfect place for family holidays or for a relax getaway to the beach.

Thus, among its services, it is worth mentioning its complete spa including sauna, indoor pool, Turkish bath, hydromassage... In addition, inside this spa you find a beauty centre with  hairdresser's allowing the guests to indulge themselves right there.

This family hotel in Salou also includes a completely equipped gym, as well as spaces where you can do sports such as tennis, paddle tennis, petanque or mini football.

And, in order to please both adults and kids, Palas Pineda Hotel has an entertainment programme for all ages including day and night activities. Additionally, it has a children mini club.

This multifunctional accommodation is also a hotel for events in Salou, since it possesses four special meeting rooms for the organisation of different types of celebrations, as well as palace rooms that become unique sites for weddings and banquets.

The design of its rooms is exceptional, their decor stands out for its elegance and simplicity. Its rooms are wide and comfortable. Besides, they include free wifi, fridge, terrace and other services making your stay more agreeable.

Hotel keys:

-          Free wifi

-          All inclusive.

-          Services for children 

Carlota Apartments in Gran Canaria

Carlota Apartments are placed in one of the most tourist housing developments of the Mogán municipality, in the south of Gran Canaria. It is an apartment complex offering really good services with an outstanding price-quality relation. 

It is located just some minutes walk from the famous Puerto Rico beach, characterised by being one of the most peaceful and beautiful of Gran Canaria. It is an ideal place for enjoying some sun and beach days in this Canary Island, having the services you need at your disposal. 

Rooms of these apartments in the south of Gran Canaria area characterised by having wide and functional spaces designed to please guests. You have the possibility of choosing a room for two or three people. Every room has bedroom with double bed, living room, bathroom, equipped kitchen, safety deposit box, TV, and a balcony with beautiful views.

This type of apartments are a perfect option if you are looking for a cheap accommodation in Gran Canaria, because they allow several persons to stay in a same place and use the kitchen without spending money eating outside. 

It also includes services to make the guests' stay easier and more comfortable. For example, the attractive and beautiful swimming pool boasting amazing views. It has also solarium area and a snack bar next to the pool.

Carlota Apartments have also car park, laundry service, billiard parlour and a minimarket with drinks, food and hygiene products.

Apartamentos Tritón Hotel in the centre of Cala Ratjada

Cala Ratjada is fashionable. The growing number of tourists that year after year visit this town in the north of Majorca proves this. Something not surprising given the considerable quantity of services, leisure and lodgings offered to its visitors, of which we highlight in this review the Apartamentos Tritón complex of Cala Ratjada. 

It is a very well located complex of apartments, approximately 50 metres from the famous Son Moll beach of Cala Ratjada and right in the centre of this Majorcan town belonging to the Capdepera municipality.

Apartamentos Tritón of Cala Ratjada is ideal for trips with family, as well as with your partner or friends because it has different kinds of lodging adaptable to all cases, ranging from flats with a single room to apartments with several bedrooms. 

If you are looking for a hotel for couples in Cala Ratjada, Apartamentos Tritón has 30 square metres flats with bedroom, kitchenette, bathroom, balcony, in addition to different services as TV, strongbox and the possibility of adding cots. 

Another option is staying in one of its comfortable family apartments in Cala Ratjada with 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. All of them have a separate room, kitchen, bathroom and balcony. In the case of the apartments with 3 bedrooms, there are also some that have 2 bathrroms, ideal for large families. 

Among its services, it should be pointed out its varied cuisine, specialised in two types of cookery. On the one hand, it has a restaurant located in the pool area specialised in barbecued meat which delights the most carnivorous ones. On the other hand, there is another restaurant in the terrace with an extensive menu of rices, typical of the Mediterranean cuisine. Without a doubt, a real delight to the palate to enjoy in a so nice, lively and pleasant place as Cala Ratjada.

Hotel key factors:

-          Internet corner (WIFI for a fee)

-          Possibility of adding cots

-          Swimming pool