Medplaya Hotel Calypso

As others have mentioned pool is looking really tired, zero soundproofing around hotel door and door to balcony, can hear everything

We stayed as a family of 3 including 10 year old child for 7nights, the first week of July. I wanted to write a review as I believe previous negative reviews have been unfair as this is actually a good hotel. Yes check in was busy when we arrived but it is a busy hotel, we arrived at 1pm ish and were advised to leave our luggage in the luggage room (which is lockers- you will need euro coins) and to come back in an hour or so. We got changed in the pool close by bathrooms and headed to check out the pool. We were half board and we were told we could swap for arrival day only, dinner to lunch which we did. Lunch was nice, fresh and plentiful. The system for drinks is that you pay for what you want at the front desk of the buffet restaurant then take your receipt to the bar. If you are a family I would suggest buying the reusable water bottles for €10 from reception as then you can refill for free throughout your holiday. We were not advised of this till day 4 and did regret not doing it. This is a plastic free hotel so bottled water is not available to buy at the hotel bars only by the cup. The 2 pools were great, our daughter preferred the pool with the slides so we got beds there each day, parasols are limited so would suggest putting towels out 7.30/7am like we did, we preferred the black reclining beds by the other pool closer to the bar but the slides was where it’s at. The daily entertainment takes place here too, with volleyball and other pool games, our daughter especially liked the activity where they place a mat on the pool & the kids have to run across it without falling in. 4pm each day was party time and the entertainment team did not disappoint. The pool bar is quite far from the pool with the slides with a lovely shaded bath pool inbetween which was ideal in a heatwave. Our room was very clean and modern, although on the small side. Double bed plus sofa bed made up for our daughter which she was more than happy with. Beds were comfy as were the pillows and bedding was great. Bath towels are small so bring your beach towels. Bathroom has hairdryer and Dove body wash and shampoo. We had to put our cases under the beds due to the lack of floor space but it didn’t impact on our stay. The balcony was great with a pool view which we didn’t request but was more than happy with. The fair to the side of the hotel is great, you must buy tickets but perfect up to age 11 we’d say. Lots of restaurants close by, we’d recommend Antalya for breakfast. Roadhouse for Tacos and Last Orders for their smash burgers! Really friendly staff at all. We also visited Spaghetti house which is 10mins walk in other direction which was delicious. Medplaya Calypso has everything you would expect from a 3 star plus. The drinks prices are fair, the food is good, it’s very clean, the staff work hard especially in the restaurants, altho some bar staff by the pool looked like they didn’t want to be there, I blamed the heatwave. It’s my only criticism al

Visit because they where the cooperating hotel with Challenge Salou. Had half board, dinner was between 20-22. Arrived at 2030, there was a queue up one stair and 15 meter in the reception. Chaos. Still the same length at 2100. Receptionist just shrugged their shoulders. We had to go for dinner outside the hotel. For athletes that depend on a regular schedule this is just not good enough. But also for children and elderly it is simply not good enough! Avoid this hotel for full or half board! This was May, in high season it is probably worse. And please #challenge Salou never use this as preferred option in the future!