Jacques405
September 23, 2024
The Lava Beach is a lovely, modern hotel in a quiet location. It is well maintained and exceptionally clean. My wife and I were on a half-board basis with Jet2 Holidays. We had a lovely room (1418) with a full sea view and an excellent view of the hotel gardens and arriving aircraft. We had plenty of storage space and the maid kept the room very clean. What was baffling was how to keep water in the wash basins. My wife used the old carrier bag trick for washing swimwear but we found out what to do on our very last full day. When we are on holiday, we always look forward to a cooked breakfast and we were not disappointed. Fried eggs and omelettes were cooked to order and, for us, breakfast was excellent. However, we found the evening meal a bit disappointing. Although, there was plenty of choice, apart from two occasions, the soup was watery and tasteless and meat on the “BBQ” section was thin and of poor quality. I would like to mention Monika in particular, who was very friendly and helped us choose some excellent wines. The pool area is very nice and, although there are plenty of sunbeds, most were taken during our stay. The ‘policing’ of the sunbeds seemed a bit hit and miss. One day it was very windy and we had to collect mattresses from the lifeguard. Although I was less than 50 yards away waiting to see the lifeguard and was gone for no more than five minutes, our towels were removed from the sunbeds. However, on several days some people put towels on the sunbeds, went for breakfast and left the beds for about two hours and no action was taken. Overall, in our view, the Lava Beach is an excellent, well maintained and friendly hotel in a good location, with the added bonus that it is only a 10 minutes’ drive from the airport.