We spent two weeks in the Maribel and had a great holiday.
The accomodation is fine internally, clean and spacious. There are two hobs if you want to cook (no oven or microwave). We had a one bedroom appartment and the kids slept on the pull out bed.
My main gripe with the Maribel is the noise at night. Our appartment was above a restaurant and opposite a bar. We have young(ish 4 & 6yrs), children and they were in bed by 10pm most nights which meant we were not too far behind. It was virtually impossible to sleep with the windows open and we had to complain before they would give us a fan to enable us to sleep. Once we had the fans, the noise was not a problem. The bars stay open quite late 2-4AM.
If your family stay up later then it may not be such a problem.
Apart from the noise, the resort was fine, nice pool and plenty of retaurants. The resort had it's own kids entertainer (who was great). He plays games with the kids from about 8PM onwards. There is not much to do for the older kids though.
The beach at Cala Blanca is small and gets very crowded, there is a nicer beach about 20 minutes walk away (Cala Santandria), well worth the walk. Both beaches are clean and very safe for children.
A couple of supermarkets are very close by and the prices are not too over inflated (we had a car and shopped at an out of town supermarket and the prices were comparable).
- Maribel Apartamentos Ciudadela
- Maribel Apartamentos Hotel Ciudadela
