Nowhere on the hotel or tour operator literature does it mention this hotel is on a very steep incline. Our coach dropped us off on the wrong side of a dual carriageway and left us to struggle up the hill to the hotel. Same going back to the aiport 14 days later.

Hotel great once we were given a proper room. Put in a dark, very small (but clean) room without a balcony. Only on complaining were we told the hotel was full but could move the next day. Can only assume these were emergency or staff accommodation but we booked months ahead and should not have had the start of our holiday spoiled in this way.

New room great. Good size, good views of sea and mountains. Food fine. Small plastic cups for all inclusive, day & night, very annoying especially if you wanted a long drink like beer or gin & tonic.

Would not visit hotel again but that is only because of the access issue. Having mobility problems, it meant a daily struggle to get up the very steep hill

La Roca is worn, well used and established. Some staff may have been come with the build. They Best staff are in the majority, polite ,very helpful and very agreeable. Rooms are clean, serviced daily and have great shower power. Great sea views are available. Close balcony doors at night is a must to shut out very busy coast road traffic . Reception and cleaning staff particularly good. Grumpy individual in esoterically laid out dog eared dining room didn't spoil great food and cheery chefs that more than compensated. Very Near to beach and 5/6 euro taxi to Arroyo gets you to great value trains for days east and west along the coast. Three of us enjoyed our 10 night stay and would commend as good value if you get it at the right price.

We stayed in this hotel as a couple in May this year. We had read some of the reviews but decided to give the hotel the benefit of the doubt. Lets get the bad stuff out of the way first. Rooms were a bit like staying in my old school shower room with a bed thrown in (the bed was comfortable) The best thing about our room was the great views we had, seaview to the left and mountain view to the right. After just one day we realised that the hotel catered totally for the French alone, the activities were all geared towards the French, the evening entertainment was spoken in French and 85% of the food was french. Dont get me wrong i dont have a problem with the French its just if i wanted French id have gone to France not Spain and you did feel a bit alienated at times. Luckily i studied French in school so i was able to translate most of what went on in the hotel to my fiancee. I was quite happy with the all inclusive drinks however my fiancee did get fed up of having to drink beer out of 125ml plastic cups. The food was okay but having paid all inclusive we did get a bit fed up of it been the same thing every day, Having said all that, all the staff at the hotel were polite and cheerful and very helpful. The entertainment staff worked really hard to make your stay fun and after only a couple of days remembered our names and would always come and ask us to join in the activities. I had my birthday while i was out there and they presented me with a certificate and bottle of sparkly (which they didnt have to do) All in all, what could so easliy have turned out to be an awful holiday turned out alot better purely because of the staff, definatley Palia la Roca's best assett!

We stayed at the Palia La Roca for 5 nights on all inclusive. We booked with Low Cost Holidays, whom we have travelled with before and have always found them to be a very good service . We were pleasantly surprised by the hotel, staff very friendly,food very good quality, especially for a three star and the pool area and grounds clean and tidy. The rooms are dated and need modernisation but were kept very clean, The hotel is in a great location just 3 minutes walk to the lovely promenade, with plenty of bars and restaraunts and the beautiful beach. For what we paid we would not hesitate to return.