Royal Hideaway Sancti Petri

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a superb place to stay, especially for its extraordinary garden and surroundings. The employees are very helpfull and friendly. For a longer stay a rental car is usefull to visit this part of Andalucia.

Barcelo: Barcel-NO! Royal Hideaway: Sancti Petri is a hybrid operation of a Convention Centre and Hotel and the Meeting Rooms for the Convention Centre are located in the central core of the hotel. The effect is that the hotel feels that it is half-closed all of the time. Further, the bars that service the Convention Centre are listed as part of the facilities for the hotel but they never open because the Convention Centre is closed. The Buffet Restaurant is also located in the central area and if you wished to have a pre-dinner chat and a drink, the choice is yomp down a hill to a bar near the beach (and then an uphill return for dinner) or descend down about 30 steps to the Dublin Bay Pub. The Dublin Bay Pub is a windowless room with MTV blaring from various televisions plus four lanes of American Bowl in the middle of the Pub? The noise is not exactly conducive with a quiet chat and a drink before dinner. Neither option was attractive and the other bars were closed. The same options apply after dinner of course. On the night that we arrived (2nd September 2024) I went to Reception to ask why everything appeared closed and to enquire if there was any other option to go for a chat and a drink. I was told that they could call a taxi to take us into town. We went back to the room and looked in the mini-bar and found a couple of beers, (no wine - in Spain?) but there was a small bottle of champagne. I looked around but the only available glasses were bathroom glasses. The champagne remained uncorked. We went out and purchased a bottle of wine locally only to return and find that the room didn’t have a corkscrew (in Spain?). We gave up. The room was small but adequate; the only real issue was the very limited wardrobe space. I can only assume that the Hotel was designed with the Convention Centre in mind with wardrobe space for delegates on short stays. Tea making facilities were provided but only one teabag (I’m not a fan of herbal infusions)? So, we tossed a coin to see who had the morning cuppa. Initially, I lost until it was discovered that the only milk was powdered. I haven’t seen powdered milk in a hotel room since the 1980’s. There were numerous other issues, but in summary, the holiday was booked on the strength of the hotel claiming to be 5-star under a decent brand name; Barcelo. The reality is that the holiday fell well short of our expectations. It was indeed pretty poor and certainly not 5-star. In future, Barcelo: Barcel-NO!

We were a family of five. Grandparents, mum, dad and toddler. There was no paddling pool, playground equipment or entertainment for the toddler. Swimming pools were very cold albeit they looked very nice. There was no drinks service around the swimming pools. There were apps attached to sun brolleys to order you drinks which sadly didn’t work or had be disconnected. Pool towels had to be collected and exchanged at reception a short walk away and one floor down. The grounds were lovely but no seating anywhere to enjoy the grounds. Bars….what bars???? Plenty shut ones or ones a long distant walk away. I certainly couldn’t get to them. If you fancy a pre dinner or after dinner drink take your hiking shoes. The hotel has no atmosphere! Car parking ……be prepared to pay! Ours cost us about £400. It costs £25 a night but I was told by reception that is cheap as it is double that in July and August. There are 100 steps to the beach after you have struggled through the grounds. The hotel does put on an Andalusian horse show once a week that is worth a watch but it doesn’t start until 10.30pm. The management need to put some heart into the centre of the hotel. It would appear it is a conference and wedding hotel. Not catering for families.