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Family of 4 - children aged 4 and 6 Please find our review of our stay this week. What were we looking for ? A child friendly hotel with a good base/room and heated pools close to beach with a short walk to visit local town to browse and eat out- not asking much! Firstly we went with jet2 - can’t fault their app/ all one price booking policy and updates before during and post holiday - they are our go to for majority of holidays for simplicity and efficiently. The hotel is 15 mins from the airport - we asked the lovely rep at our waiting coach how long we would be waiting for others and journey combined and as we were last drop off we kindly declined the jet2 coach and paid 17euros to one of the waiting taxis- after a long journey with kids - it was money well spent ( we took the coach back!) The hotel I won’t reiterate what others have already commented on - summary being - built in 2006 it’s time for some modernising that said it didn’t deflect from our initial ‘ what we wanted’ if you follow ! The staff are v friendly and they are what make this hotel - they go out of their way to make your holiday - thankyou to everyone who treated our children exceedingly well giving them confidence to go to the pool Bar and order own ice creams ! Two of the pools are heated which was perfect - the third, the largest was too cold for majority! The entertainment team around the pool Are excellent - they can leave you alone or get you to join in - they also put inflatables up for the kids and do aqua workouts. Some of the beds are broken and need looking at and I really can’t get my head around families ( especially in a nice hotel ) that reserve beds at 0800 in key locations and don’t use until 1130 onwards - come on hotel sort this out ! Also - I must reiterate what others have commented upon with regards the towel procedure - drop towels and collect from reception and they ran out often - can I recommend as per the hotel last year moving this function to the pool area - life guards can easily manage! The hotel is located on a lovely beach and is 20 mins walk to a small marina where we booked a boat trip - there are jet skis etc here also to hire even a sea lion to swim with! As a side note the sports bar opposite the marina has terrible service suggest you avoid as I wish we had! In between the marina and hotel are a few restaurants - smile restaurant on our first night hit the spot. Others have talked about poor restaurant choices - Irish bar and other similar, they are what they are however with some research we found some off the beaten track restaurants that were excellent and away from aforementioned bars - short taxi ride - 3.5 euros - see my other reviews on the restaurants we found! The beach in front of the hotel and round the corner - whilst ‘man made ‘ are lovely - rock pools for the kids - paid sun beds for adults or lots of space for towels! We had a few beach days and thoroughly enjoyed them. The children had a came