good hotel, good kitchen, very quiet. Maybe too much quiet.
Appreciable for the diving (500 m far) and fot the kite surf.

I returned from Sal yesterday. The hotel is near to the beach front. There are sun beds but there is no bar at the beach. There is a large sea water pool area with plentry of sun beds with sun covers. The drinks are provided in small childrens party style cups, the coffee is provided in a proper cup and is very good. There were very few all inclusive drinks - coffee tiamaria style, punch, whiskey, beer and wine. No gin or vodka etc...The staff are generally friendly but do not speak English very well.
There was only one restaurant open. The food served was the same each day - 2 fish dishes, 2 meat dishes, potatoes, rice and 2 pasta dishes. There was a small salad bar. There was very little food available for vegeterians who do not eat fish. Generally the food was average but the fish was very fresh and well cooked. The bread and pastry was of a very good quality. There were only 3 other groups of britsh people at the hotel - some out of each group had stomach upsets but there is no evidence of how they became ill.
Water to take back to the room was 2 Euro for a bottle.
The rooms were of an average size and had pre-set air con which could be either off or on. The rooms were basic. The hotel only has twin rooms and beds are pushed together on request with a blanket placed over the gap. The bathrooms had a bath, sink and shower of a good size. The rooms needed to be updated ie a lick of paint and the repair of cracked tiles.
There are entertainers who do aerobics in and out of the pool. The hotel entertainers had 2 shows per week in Italian but we did not attend, There was a local group of drummers who came on Monday and were good and a great local style dance troop on Friday. The other nights were send in the square near the bar with no music or any form of entertainment.
There were taxis to santa maria for a few euros. We walked along the beach one afternoon and it took 20 min. There was very little to see. There was a small Irish bar called Tam Tam which had the sports channels for football matches and a couple of beach front bars. There were very few trips on the island - the salt mine or boat trips along the coast.
The holiday was very relaxing and the beach had plentry of space to relax and read a few books. If you go to this hotel be aware that there is very little to do other than relax or swim. The hotel rooms and facilities are basic. We enjoyed the sun and relaxation. The cost of our 1 week all inclusive holiday (flights, hotel, transfers) with holiay options via thomas cook was 9 hundred pounds per person and i do feel that it was overpriced.

On an excellent beach with a good size pool. The food was excellent and the staff, with 1 exception, were very friendly. The hotel caters mainly for Italian guests with some Brits and Germans, but that is not really a problem. The beach is not really suitable for young children as the waves are quite strong and there is also a fairly strong current.
The town of Santa Maria is about 20 minutes walk along the beach.

On first impressions the complex looked good but the whole place needed some touching up and repairing. Cracked and loose tiles around the pool area, toilets not working - that sort of thing.
The standard of food we found quite high and there was always something to suit most tastes but vegetarians were not very well catered for. Unfortunately many holidays from the UK are Thursday to Thursday and the only day you can get a lobster is...Thursday. Great but you must give 24 hours notice that you want a lobster.
Thank you to the person that advised to take a bottle of your favourite spitits as the all inclisive fare is awful. Small glasses of weak, tasteless fizzy beer, undrinkable white wine and awful red plus a doubtful wiskey are all that are available. You can buy cocktails and known brands of drinks but, like everything on the island, they are quite expensive. On the plus side the coffee is great
The pool is salt water and to help purify they add...more salt so can be difficult to swim in and very hard on the eyes especially as the wind is quite strong and whips the surface up. The pool was hardly used and mostly empty during our stay. The beach is very clean and litter free but it was mostly too rough to get anywhere near the sea
The animation team tried hard and as it is an Italian resort the entertainment is aimed at them. There was no bar in the entertainment area and not worth taking one with us.The bar staff with one or two exceptions were surley and not very pleasant..
A walk into town is a must but do not expect much other than overpriced wooden African style ornaments. Can't say we saw any giraffes or elephants on the island but there were plenty o carvings on sale. Beware the friendly people starting to walk with you, they are trying to get you into their shop. There was even one guy who said his baby had been born that day and wanted a conribution for a gift of gold. He used the same story about his baby 3 days running.
The rooms were well furnished and comfortable with enough space. The hot water was a liitle irregular so showering was by chance of being quite cold.
Although this review seems rather on the down side we did have a reasonably good time but the wind made it chilly out of the sun and we were bored after 4 days. Plenty of building work going on on the island so there may be more to do in a few years time