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C/ de la Playa s/n | Urb Son Xoriguer, 07769 Ciudadella, Minorca, Spain
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Grupotel Playa Club
Ranked #7 of 62 hotels in Ciudadella
4.5 of 5 stars 29 Reviews
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“Brilliant BUT only for children”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 September 2011
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Just returned from a weeks stay at Playa Club. The hotel itself is excellent - we booked an apartment with a separate bedroom, which gave us lots of space even though there was just two of us. We requested a ' quiet ' room and to be fair they did allocate us the best one that suited our requirements. The view from our large balcony was really gorgeous and sometimes it was really peaceful - unfortunately not for long! The swimming pool was a very good size and there were always plenty of sunbeds around even though it was very busy. The gardens were beautiful and well kept. We stayed half board and the food was fairly good - we could always find something we liked. The small resort is just right for a very relaxing break and the nearest beach, shops and bars etc. are about 2 mins. down the road. And if you walk approx. the same distance in the other direction there's a bus stop with a very frequent service to other resorts and also to Ciudadella where you can then travel to all parts of the island. Sadly, having said all that - it is very unlikely that we would stay at the Playa Club again because it was totally geared towards families. There was very little for adults in the evening, it was impossible to enjoy a relaxed meal in the restaurant or a quiet drink at night in the lounge bar.The only " entertainment " was for the kids and this went on until about 10pm - after that they ran all round the lounge and reception area until their parents decided it was bedtime! The upside was that we did manage to get a good nights sleep - that was the only time we got total peace and quiet. We are a couple in our 50's and have 3 young grand-children so are not anti kids - but due to the parents allowing their children to completely run riot morning, noon & night, it completely spoiled our enjoyment of what was a really lovely place. We would definitely return to this resort in the future but will choose another hotel which caters more for us oldies!

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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London, United Kingdom
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Lovely and just perfect.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 July 2011
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Stayed there after being oversold on an easyjet booked hotel, we got really lucky.
The room was lovely and clean, staff were the best and it had a really nice calm family atmosphere, perfect for couples. The pool is outstandingly clean and your a 3 minute walk to the beach (the best beach we went to in menorca). The area has lovely little supermarkets, id recommend Julias, ask any staff member and they'll guide you. You can hire bikes to fit 4 people or normal mountain bikes for about 9EUROS for the whole day.

The only let-down really was breakfast, as we were vegies it wasnt the best to be honest but there was plenty of fruits, breads and cheeses.

I'd recommend going early July before holiday season and if your a little adventurous take the mountain bikes to the town of Cuitedella for some shopping, about a 30minute ride on lovely smooth roads. If not then definately go for the local bus service, costs 1.80Euros for a single journey to anywhere, the bus stop is a 5 minute walk from the hotel.

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  • Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Stockholm
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Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
52 helpful votes 52 helpful votes
“Older now but still good”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 July 2011

We stayed at Playa Club two weeeks in july 2011 with two kids 12, 14, our third visit to Menorca and second to this hotel. The hotel is not as fresh as four years ago but the main characteristics are still there – very quite location (due to building restrictions in the nature reserve, it is still the last hotel on this coastline), two perfect beaches nearby, very clean, good food (everything is not great but there are always one or two dishes that are delicious), nice pool, good staff, generally well organized. Beds are a bit hard and the walls between the rooms are thin (but our neighbors have never been noisy).

Mainly German families with small children stay here but we rent a car and move around the island rather than spend a lot of time at the resort so the lack of other teenagers was OK (we often still find these resorts an optimal choice given the family pricing policy with huge discounts also for teenagers). The subtle natural beauty of Menorca might however not be the best choice with active teenagers. They liked to sample the different types of beaches the first week but then we had to make an effort to keep them occupied. They only wanted to do things once – sail once, windsurf once… More exciting motorized sports like waterskiing are apparently not available (very environmentally sound). We’ll pick a less quite destination again next year, but this hotel is still a great choice on Menorca

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Lovely hotel, Lovely resort, lovely, lovely, lovely!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 September 2010
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Just in case I didn't make it clear in the title this is a lovely place in a lovely resort!

We choose Cala N Bosch because of it’s young family friendliness, port, restaurants and beach, initially we booked to stay at the Paradise Club Aparthotel, but after the bombshell on arrival that our booking was never confirmed we were successfully booked in the Playa Club instead (thanks Alpharooms for saving out holiday) and weren’t we glad we ended up here!

From the moment we walked in we knew it was a ‘classy joint’ a little further out of turn, it is classes as Son Xoriguer as opposed to Cala N Bosch but it was still close enough to the harbour (15 – 20 min stroll depending on your pace) we enjoyed the walk very much, there was a lovely park on the way for our 3 year old to enjoy while we took a break from the heat.

The hotel itself is predominantly German, Dutch and Spanish, throughout our week stay we were the only British family, this may put some off, but honestly it suited us fine, we want to avoid anything relating to home so being surrounded by people we couldn’t understand was very refreshing and we didn’t feel compelled to join in. Having said that they all spoke English really well and were very friendly, made us feel very uneducated not being able to respond to them in their native tongue.

The other advantage of not having any other English residents was the lack of unruly English children which we’ve experienced previously. The German children behaved impeccably at all times, was lovely to see.

The accommodation was very nice, well worth the 4 stars, the rooms were fresh and considering we were in our room about 2 hours after it was booked it was fully kitted out, with extra bedding already in place. We stayed in a 1 bedroom apartment, the twin room was very nice, however our son soon decided he was sleeping on one of the twin beds, which meant me and my partner alternated on the pull out bed in the living area, was still comfortable though. It was cleaned daily with a day off on Sunday, smelt fresh and airy throughout our stay.

Had a lovely balcony the width of the living area and bedroom so didn’t feel cramped at all. We were quite centrally located, attached the main building of the hotel, but it was never noisy, we could hear the evening entertainment from our balcony but it didn’t over power us.

If you are travelling with young kids be warned the entertainment is in Spanish, our little boy doesn’t tend to partake in such activities so it wasn’t an issue and the entertainment team spoke such brilliant English if he wanted to join in he would’ve been on.

The pool was fantastic; the main pool was like a beach, a walk in shallow end that stayed knee high for a good few metres, great for our little boy just starting his swimming career. The kids pool was the same depth all round, about chest height on my son, perfect for him to play. There were hundreds of buckets, spades, fishing nets etc available free of charge for the children to use, a nice touch I thought, saves everyone buying things to play with in the water. We did purchase some buckets and spades to take the beach; before we left we donated them to the kids club for use in the pool.

The food, due to the hotel mainly being aimed at Germans and Spainards was a little limited, lots of cold meats etc and guerkins at breakfast! But the guy (don’t know his name) who worked on the hot plate was fantastic, he made the most delicious omelettes at breakfast and had special dishes on at night. My son always found something he liked too, which is sometimes challenging with youngsters.
We were half board, so had breakfast and dinner and self catered for lunch in the much appreciated kitchen in our room.

We eat out one night in the harbour at the Aquarium restaurant, the standard of food was very high and a meal for 3 with drinks and deserts was around 70 euro’s, I didn’t think this was too high considering the quality. We enjoyed a Paella with Lobster which was very tasty!!

The beach (the large on Son Xoriguer – we didn’t visit the smaller one at Cala N Bosch) was beautiful. We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the beach and being les than a 5 minute walk from the hotel was an added bonus. It was clean; the water was warm, clear and shallow for a good distance, also lots of rocks to look for creatures and shells.

The harbour was very nice for a stroll, always busy but never over crowded, the Goody Goody park for children was good, you could pay to stay all day for 12 euro’s for children to use all the activities, or pay for them individual, We just made use of the soft play area at 3.50 euro’s a turn this was cheaper than our local one here! The pool was free but the slides were extra, still though I did think it was good value and a break from the pool or the beach for little ones.

We went on a boat trip (Don Poncho) advertised as a glass bottom boat but in reality think it was just a tube to look through, I was a bit green around the gills so certainly wasn’t going to get up and investigate. The first 1.5 hours was a coastal ‘tour’ with the boat pulling into different coves etc for photo opportunity. Then you head back and stop off for 1.5 hours at a ‘secluded’ beach (which wasn’t secluded but was lovely all the same). Was a nice day out, think it was 17 euro’s each for adults and children was 10 from 3-12 but she didn’t charge us for our son, which was nice!

Only criticism is the transfer time from the airport, we had a shared coach transfer and it took around 1.5 hours as we diverted to resorts all over the Island, I suspect if you paid for a private taxi from the airport, approx 50 euro’s it would easily half the journey time, think we will do this next time.

Didn’t hire a car, but if we return may do this as there appear to be so many other places to explore.

Would def recommend this hotel and resort, in fact already talked my two best friends and their partners and children in all going away together here next year, good going seeing as we only landed on Monday night!

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Hants
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Great Family Holiday”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 August 2010
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We have just returned from a fabulous family holiday with friends. Booked this hotel as our friends were travelling from Switzerland and had stayed here before. Also we were able to book a 2 bedroom apartment, most UK companies seem to think that we can shoehorn our family of 5 into a 1 bedroom! The location is good, right on the Beach, about 15 mins walk (30 mins with little legs!) from Calan Bosc marina, and a 20 min bus ride to Ciutudella. The hotel is almost exclusively used by German and Dutch tour operators, we were the only English families staying there. We found the hotel staff friendly and helpful, all spoke enough English for us to communicate effectively. Our children (8, 3 and 14months) loved mini club and the mini disco (although this is more suited to the very young children), they loved Ingrid and Michael the Entertainment Crew! Michael even managed to rally my husband into water polo a few times - this is no mean feat! The other guests were all extremely friendly and put us to shame with their excellent English! My only reservation would be if you are travelling as a family by yourselves and your children like to make friends with others then it could be difficult unless they speak German! I wold definately use this hotel or another Grupotel again.

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Address: C/ de la Playa s/n | Urb Son Xoriguer, 07769 Ciudadella, Minorca, Spain
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