Hotel berhampiran Fonts de l＇Algar, La Marina Baja

The pictures perfectly reflect this hotel and are not staged. The rooms are superb, great beds, amazing air con and superb bathroom facilities. Pool areas are well looked after and very safe. The pool bar food and drink is restaurant standard and well priced. The menu at the pool bar is a quality lunch menu and the food is really good. The roof top pool bar opens till Midnight every night, serving some really great quality cocktails and drinks with a chilled laid back atmosphere, hosting a DJ a few nights a week. The breakfast is beautifully presented, extensive and great quality. Benidorm (Levante) is €15 in a taxi, Poniente a little more and Altea is a little less. This is a quiet classy international hotel, with really good professional service. Ideal fir couples and groups who want more than the average Costa Blanca hotel experience but want access to the coastal towns and the Benidorm beaches and nightlife.

The Hotel Porto Calpe is, without the slightest hesitation, easily the best accommodation we have had in Spain. This three-star hotel provides comfort, cleanliness and attention to detail was beyond the scope of those three stars. We paid a little extra for a front sea view which was worth every penny as the bustling port has character and charm and looking out and up to the Peñón de Ifach was amazing. I have included some photographs taken from our balcony. You may need to click on these for best effect as they are panoramas. The hotel is compact and bright. The room was immaculate. The bed was huge and extremely comfortable. Our linen was changed and the accommodation was thoroughly cleaned on a daily basis. All of the staff were friendly and helpful and went out of their way to make sure our stay was perfect. We Brits panic a little when there is no kettle in the room, however, one was provided for us without asking. Staying in the port area was nice and central with easy walks, past some amazing archaeology, to the old town and the Playa del Arenal-Bol in one direction and a short hop over to Playa de la Fossa in the other. There is also a brilliant little tourist train which is worth trying. Being in the port area is also a bonus if you like seafood as there are a good number of restaurants here literally specialising in preparing today’s catch for you. The Taberna del Port restaurant which is attached to the hotel is one of the best. We ate here more than once. There is so much to see and do in Calpe. We will certainly return. When we do, we will look for a room at Hotel Porto Calpe.

I checked in today for a room prebooked for several months , with the specific request for a room with a balcony, I stated quite clearly on the corresponding emails when booking , my room MUST (in big letters ) have a balcony, even at extra cost and was assured this would be the case . On checking in I was given room 103 on the first floor, which was little short of a dingy prison cell , there wasn’t even a Window with natural light. I returned to reception and showed her the confirmation email and the lady said they were full and there were no rooms with a Balcony left , despite my previous emails to this hotel. To cut a long story short, it wasn’t her fault and in fairness she did the best she could and refunded me in full. So, I checked in to another hotel complete with a nice balcony. Be warned, although this hotel appears to be a nice rustic Spanish hotel ( which drew me to book it in the first place ) you may end up in a cell rather than a nice room or without a balcony. Very disappointing.

We spent 2 nights in this hotel because it was in quiet location and has free parking. It is literally 10 minutes car drive to Benidorm with all the hassle and bustle and silly hotel and parking prices. You could walk to the town in 20 to 30 minutes depending on your pace or you can catch a bus from the Bus Depot literally next door to the hotel - a taxi should not be too expensive either but we didn’t use it as we had our car. As others have remarked the hotel is in a quiet area and there are no shops in the immediate vicinity ( there used to be large shopping complex attached to the hotel but it has closed down leaving it looking deserted) but as already remarked it is not far from downtown Benidorm with all the bars and restaurants you might want! The hotel has a sauna and a gym but we didn’t have time to use either so can’t comment how good they are. The hotel room we were allocated was large ( 2 double beds) and clean. The only thing the room was simple but it met our needs - if you want luxurious interiors you need to look elsewhere - we would say the rooms would be on par to a Holiday Inn Express or Premier Inn but much larger with good cupboard space and large bathrooms. The only thing to say about our room was that it was right opposite the fire station and the 2 days we were there the fire engines set off with their sirens early in the morning (0700hrs) which woke us up so you might want to request a room that is not opposite the fire station in case they are called out on other calls early in the morning - we heard no sirens during the night so they must like in other parts of the world maintain silence during the night hours. Some people have complained about the mattress but we had no trouble and slept really well on the beds. Only thing to say is the mattresses in our room were memory foam so expect them to be hard if you are not used to it. The room was too warm for us but were thankful for the windows which could be opened which let in just the right amount of cool air to make it comfortable to sleep. The room has air con but like other hotels we have stayed in it is centrally controlled so in the winter it only pushes out hot air and you can’t adjust it to the cold setting to push out cool air. The breakfast is great value and we thought for the money was excellent. It caters for almost everyone - cold meats, fruit, yogurts, tea/coffee on tap, best toaster we have experienced in hotels which actually toasts your bread(!), selection of breads, mini croissants, selection of sweet pastries, selection of cereals, fried eggs, bacon, sausages ( 1st day of our stay we had pork sausages which were lovely but on our second day we had the Spanish red sausages which look like like hit dogs which weren’t to our taste but there was plenty of other stuff so no problems!), beans (but don’t expect Heinz beans in thick sauce - the tomato sauce was quite watery and runny but this is not unusual we have found in other hotels we have

A beautiful Spanish hotel. Marvellous atmosphere throughout. The welcome from the gentleman on the first day and the advice about where to go was marvellous. The interaction with every member of staff was a delight. The location was brilliant as we could walk to the town in 10 minutes or walk to the beach in 15 minutes. The front rarely gets a mention but it is beautiful. There is not a bar that has silly prices, and we visited a few. Loved it and can’t wait to return.