I stayed here as a solo traveller and thought that, through no fault of the Hermes, the package holiday from Thomsons was overpriced. The Hermes is on a busy road near the bus station, but is close to several shops, cafes and bars. It did have its own unique charm, but I found my single room a little cramped for the price I paid. There is a swimming pool and terrace on the roof, but this also looked much smaller than in brochure and could have done with some updating. There was a nice little bar in hotel, but this older man who seemed to be working there most of the time was quite grumpy and snappy. Also, the hotel was not doing evening meals as the brochure said. The breakfast was very simple, mostly bread and cheese, but the buffet was well stocked up. The owner, Isabelle was a very pleasant lady, who was recoverring from being ill,so I can sympathise to a degree.
The town of Tossa is good for shopping, beaches, cafes and restaurants etc, etc and the castle is lovely to walk round. Eventhough its busy here, there are plenty of hideways to find near the sea. I was taken by a seafront hotel that seemed to be covered in greenery, like it had been made straight from a huge tree. There is one side road where you can find several English style cafes-in one of these I think I had the best ice cream dessert I've ever tasted, called 'The Bali'. These cafes are good prices too. The thing I did notice about Tossa was do not expect the locals to speak English, very few do here.
I had to try it, but I wouldn't recommend this resort for single travellers-it doesn't seem that free-spirited.
On the whole a good holiday which was spoilt by the increasingly mercenary Thomson Holidays.
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