Location: built on a ocean shore in an isolated valley. 1km to a small fishing village. 4.5km to a bigger city. Big number of running tracks, mountain & road bike paths around. No other hotels within walking distance. Perfect for sport activities and relax.

Hotel: clean & well maintained; friendly staff.

Facilities & program: great place for active holiday. Free access to multiple group activities (running, mountain trips, football, volleyball, aerobic, step, etc.) & big gym. Cheap access to a good 50m swimming pool (2 Euro/hour). Mountain bike and road bike rentals available, but somehow expensive (again: splendid tracks for mountain and road bikes). Full size indoor basketball court under construction. The only problem I found is inadequate air condition in the gym. It's hot there. Much too hot.

Food: good breakfast buffet and very good evening buffet. Broad selection, fine quality, good variety.

This place has great facilities if you want a fitness filled holiday, there are classes on almost all day of every day which are free to attend. It is also a great place if you just want to relax by the pool in the sunshine, the only down side is that the sun loungers aren't the most comfortable!! It is great value with very spacious rooms and very comfy beds. We booked half board and were very impressed with the variety and quality of food. All round a great place for a trip away.

Seems it has changed name to Playitas Aparthotel. Great training facilities and a good atmosphere. Clean place with good food (actually much better than in December 2009). A nice place for children and people that want a carm vacation.

We recently stayed at the Bahia Grande aparthotel. This is part of the playitas resort which consists of a hotel (Cala del Sol), villas and apartments. The shop that supplies the hotel is reasonably priced and well stocked. They consistently serve fresh bread, croissants, pain au chocolat etc.

The rooms are spacious and clean. The beds are very comfortable but the only downside as with most places the TV has only 1 completely English speaking channe (BBC World News).

The restaurants on site are OK. The Spanish restaurant sells good paella but the Italian needs improving.

The pool area is large and has many sun loungers. The beach is a 30 sec walk away and is secluded.

In the neighbouring village of las playitas there is a fantastic restaurant called El Poril. We'd highly recommend the mussels and fish of the day. I had the steak which was lovely and for only 12€ you can't complain.

The sports facilities are great. The gym is great and there is a great selection of classes to do such as aerobics, spin and step. Some things are free with your stay but others require a fee or deposit but the reception staff always help you with any enquiries you have.

Overall we had a fantastic and relaxing time.