This Hotel is exactly as it shows on the photograph. 3 large pools, situated directly on a beautiful white sand beach.
When we were shown to our room we were pleased, it was not too small and it had a little balcony. Although the room was not in perfectly new condition it was clearly cleaned to a high standard daily with no flies or mosquitos around. From our balcony we could see a forest with mountains in the distance and part of the bay. It was 35 degrees most days of our stay and we can safely say the air conditioning works well. There was a fridge, and a free hair dryer. There was a television which showed spanish programs only. Two plug sockets, one behind the tv and one in the bathroom.

The week we stayed, the hotel has almost exclusively German clientelle and we believe only a few Spanish and Russian families.
We did not mind this because we wanted a peaceful and quiet holiday, but some families may find this difficult if they have young children who want to play with other English speaking children. We found the German families very pleasant and polite but we could not communicate with them at all which was embarrassing for us at times.

The restaurant was very clean with fresh food and mainly offered Spanish and German dishes such as paella, fresh fish, frankfurters, and a carvery every other day. One evening on the Friday there was an excellent Chinese Buffet which was delicious.

There was not alot of choice for children the usual pizza chips or pasta, Desserts were always excellent and plenty of salads to choose from. Breakfast was either fruit ,cereal, yoghurt or a cooked breakfast which had boiled, fried or scrambled eggs, toast, bacon,frankfurters, potato croquets, tomatoes sometimes beans, and always hams cheeses salami etc The milk for coffee was hot and the milk for cereal was a non uk type milk. There were croissants and a small selection of pastries and biscuits. Some of the waitresses could not speak English so it was a little difficult to place orders for drinks but not impossible. Service was average at best.

On site amenities were a gym, a reasonably priced shop with very very friendly staff. The shop sold inflatable toys for the pool and drinks, food, snacks and fresh fruit, icecream and newspapers,medicines, alcohol etc. There was a miniclub for kids aged 4-12 another for 12-16 and an adults program of entertainment which provided bingo, shows and quizzes in all languages and a mini disco for the children at 8.30 everynight. There were usual excursions available daily, a hairdressers, a jewellers and a train that went around the resort daily outside the hotel. The train cost 3 Euros per adult one way and 2 Euros per child one way. We walked back along the beach front from the marina which was lovely. There were two poolside bars both serving food one of them sold icecream cones and the other had a cocktail menu. One of which also leads onto the beach walkway.

Once down to the beach you can reserve two loungers and a straw umbrella for 7,50Euros a day.

Pools are cleaned daily and then the sprint for the sunbeds began. This is completely normal apparently, people queue outside the tape at 9am picked their sunloungers, put their towels down and went for breakfast. The pool area due to the number of sunbeds (about 100) meant it stayed relatively quiet through the day and the pool was pleasurable to swim in without crowding.

If you came to the pool later you could occasionally find a sunbed but nothing in the shade and were better going to the beach where the loungers and umbrellas were plentiful. We only descovered the pool side tape queue on the final two days of our holiday. On the other days we only managed to get two loungers on one of the days and so spent lots of time on the beach and in the town.

The ocean was absolutely beautiful, crystal clear turquoise and calm with no fish or seaweed etc. you could wade out up to your shoulders and clearly still see your feet below on the white sand. The ocean was choppy on only one afternoon where there was a considerable breeze and not so safe to swim but other than this day it was completely calm with no real current so very safe for children. There were pedalos for hire directly on the beach infront of the hotel.

Overall. we found this experience one of the best for this type of low cost European holidays. If you are looking for perfection. go to Thomas Cook, book British Airways First Class and Stay in The Seychelles. It would have been good if there was any other English speaking people as at times we felt isolated due to the language barrier betweeen ourselves, other guests and the spanish staff. Having said all that the Hotel was really excellent and the facililties were also top class.

This hotel is clean and well organised however there is just something lacking. It wasn't because it is mostly german guests as I am English & my partner is German so we believed it would suit us both. Our room was very small and basic but clean but the beds are not comfortable. My mattress was very lumpy and hard. The view we had was over the garden and the sea looking out towards Alcudia so it was very pleasant in the evening chilling out with a glass of wine. The ladies who clean the rooms do a marvelous job and are extremely jovial and always greet you with a smile. The breakfast choice I didn't think was great but was very good quality and the service was good. At dinner men are expected to wear long trousers which is something we hadn't realised but the man on the door was a little overly officious in telling us as if we were breaking the law. I have to say it put me off going down to dinner again, he could have just explained calmly and we would have changed in to the correct attire and carried on without any fuss. I also think that tailored shorts would be just as acceptable in the heat.

I think what the hotel lacks is atmosphere for some reason and we can't seem to put our finger on the reason we weren't very keen although it's proximity to an absolutely beautiful stretch of beach, just over the dunes across a wooden walkway, was a plus point.

It has a lot of plus points and it may have just been a personal thing as there is no particular reason for not wishing to return other than the atmosphere. It would be worth giving it a try for yourself.

we stayed a week in the majorca resort of can picafort at the hotel Platja Daurada. we missed our first day because of late arrival caused by volcanic ash cloud at our airport. when we arrived at the hotel we were greated by the staff not in spanish or english but in german! of the 300+ guests we were 3 of the 5 english guests booked into the hotel. the entertainment was in german, the food was all aimed at the german pallet and even the staff all spoke to us in german which was quite frustrating when we greated them with "ola" they replied "gutten tag. there was a childrens club included but this was run in german . The rooms are very small. on the plus side the hotel is in avery good location, and was clean.

This is very good hotel in great location, only few steps from the beach. Excellent swimming pool with large number of lounges and parasols, around by palms and trees. Hotels room in good size with tv minibar, air cond, overlooking for pools or sea. Food was lovely with great choices for breakfast and dinner.
Highly Recommended!!!