Corallium Beach by Lopesan Hotels - Adults Only

Guests praise the friendly staff, convenient location near the beach, clean rooms, excellent facilities, and varied breakfast. The small shop adds convenience. However, some may find the breakfast selection too limited.

First the pros - The hotel is in a good location right on the beach. There are loungers where you can swim in the sea, but these are not part of the hotel, so will cost you 9 Euros for 2 people. The pool area is clean and there are plenty of loungers, though the pools are not heated, so you won’t see many people swimming. There are some seats at the front of the hotel overlooking the beach with a nice view. The fact it is adults only is great. The breakfast buffet is average. The fruit selection is good at the start of the day but towards 10am there isn’t much left, only tinned fruit. We didn’t have any other meals at the hotel, but there are lots of places nearby you can eat, Italian, Thai etc Now the cons - if you book a double standard view, be warned your room will be above a supermarket, in a separate building, away from the main hotel. The balcony overlooks the main road into town and a smaller road, which means the room is very noisy at all times of day. There are frequent buses, trucks and you can hear loud music and talking from the bars nearby. At no point did we sit out on our balcony or spend much time in the room as it wasn’t relaxing. When we said we didn’t like the room, manager Francisco did not care. No “sorry to hear that”, he just said, bluntly, “this is the room you booked”. Fair enough, I said, are there any other rooms available? He then spent 5 minutes tapping away on his computer, completely ignoring me, then said “yes, but you have to pay 55 Euros extra (11 per night)” to upgrade. I asked him where this room was, if it was a better view. He said “second floor, over there” while vaguely waving toward the main hotel. We decided against this as we were already on the second floor and some of the rooms in the actual hotel overlook a side road and the hotel car park. As someone who works in customer service, I can safely say, Francisco should NOT be working in this job - he has no people skills and cannot even smile from my experience. Onto the next issue we had - the room was very far to walk from the main hotel. As you will see in my photos, there was an exit opposite our room, which you can leave by, directly down to the supermarket entrance, but you cannot enter this way. This could be very easily remedied by putting a key card at the top of the stairs for the “budget” guests away from the main hotel. There is a massage spa, “Sbanga Spa” as part of the hotel, so we booked a couples massage for our last day for 4pm, but when we arrived, the woman working there said there had been a mix up, and it wasn’t possible. She was, however, very apologetic. I would recommend the nearby “Daysen massage” company which is a short walk away from the hotel. Lopesan’s marketing makes them out as a high end chain, but all you get are the basics, there are charges for any extras you want, such as a clean beach towel. The hotel will not provide you with an iron. There is a “48 hour” laundry service which you have to pay for. Fine, we

Was originally going to be bed and breakfast but upgraded to half board because it seemed so reasonably priced, wasn't disappointed. Good selection and not too salty, which I've found with dinner buffet services in other establishments. Plenty of sunbeds around the pool for our return mid to late afternoon, no need to reserve but it was early December so not peak season. Staff very helpful and attentive. The only 'negative' is one of the lifts was out of order for our 10 day stay. I thought it might have been an energy saving measure. Not bothered if it was, it just seems a lift out of order for 10 days feels like a long time. On a number of occasions we climbed the stairs to the 4th floor, probably better for our cardio health, so for us not a problem. I checked before I came this was a smoking hotel but found after arrival you can't smoke on your balcony. That was disappointing, I fully understand why, and that we occasional smokers are social pirahas but it should be made clearer in the information. A fantastic stay, thoroughly enjoyed it.