Stayed for a week, and were very happy with the hotel and friendly staff. The unchanging breakfast buffet with plentiful cereal, fried/boiled eggs and bacon, cold meats, brown and white rolls, croissants and churros and fruit and yogurts though good, became boring. The inside of the bathroom door badly needed to be painted or replaced and the plastic under-sheet should be binned - do it yourself! Yes, bus loads of elderly and friendly Spanish tourists poured in daily and left after meals so we had the fine pool and empty (stony) beach almost to ourselves. Excellent value for money.

This hotel has many good points and some bad ones depending on your needs .The hotel does cater for a mainly Spanish older clientele and at the weekends for spanish families ,there are some international clients, probably less than 10% and many transient clients spending only a night or two. English is not widely spoken and apart from legal signage in the rooms all other notices - menu`s etc,are in Spanish so a basic knowledge of Spanish would be helpful if staying at this hotel.
The bedroom area of the hotel seems to be recently refreshed and has plenty of storage room, good air conditioning and small fridge (this should now be a must in all hotels ).There is also a good size balcony. Soundproofing is non-existent as we were able to hear our neighbours regular nightly telephone converation quite clearly.Unfortunately for us we only got sun for a few hours in the morning as our room faced inward across from other rooms.If you can get a room facing the town not only will it feel more private but you will get sun afternoon and evening .
The bathroom however was a disaster area not only was it badly maintained but was not clean , the toilet and cistern moved when your sat on it, the radiator was yellow with age and thick with dirt; the grout on the the tiles around the shower was black ,there was a hole in the bath that someone had attempted to fix with filler, the door and the door frame had peeling paint and was grey with dirt and greasy finger marks. The floor and tiles were stained and dirty. When are hoteliers going to learn how important a well maintained clean bathroom is, by the way this was room 325. Perhaps because this hotel is very busy with a regular faithful clientele the management here seem to be willing to rest on thier laurels.
We were on a half board basis and the restaurant was well set up with plenty of room and good air conditioning. The breakfast buffet was good with limited choice but there was something for everyone. The only thing I missed was proper fresh croissants and scrambled eggs. This is a Spainish hotel in a Spanish resort, dont expect to get a full English .For dinner the buffet offering consisted of one meat dish one fish dish one potato choice, lots and lots of salad choices and some basic desserts. The scramble for dinner was somewat like a school canteen but the food, although mundane was edible and helped by the inclusion of red or white wine available in large water coolers, (very popular!) Staff in both the restaurant and at reception, while being quite efficient were definitely lacking in charm.
There is a large pool area and a nice garden. There are plenty of beds available but for some reason no umbrellas. Surely a must in a strong sunny climate? The pool leads directly onto a pebble beach for those who don’t like the pool, but you will need to make sure you have something comfortable to lie on.
The hotel is about a 15 minute walk along a busy road with no footpath to Altea itself. This is a little gem of a place and has lots of very good inexpensive restaurants and a lovely old town which is a must see as is the old Baroque church on the top of the town.
Altea is definitely worth a visit and I will return but probably stay in the town itself I would not return to the Cap Negret until something is done with the appalling bathrooms and would not go half board here as the restaurants along Altea ‘s promenade have so much choice and very reasonable prices.

We had a 3 day 2 night break and were pleasantly suprised, rooms clean and roomy, balcony overlooking the pool and the sea, food great, staff great, only complaint was the price of drinks at the bar, however if you like red wine there are water butts full of red wine Free at lunch and evenings meals. I have recommended it to friends and several are going to try it. Outstanding value for the money we paid. I will go back.

1st time in altea a my family we are in are early 40s with an 11 year old daughter and stayed at the cap negret not ideal as it was full of old people 80 been the average age and mainly Spanish or dutch as for food we had breakfast once (no comment )but there are plenty of bars on the prom a short walk down the m6 I mean the very busy main rd to the town with half a footpath for a peaceful meal head for the old town loads of nice bars and restaurants.to sum up if your a youngish couple or family this is not for you the weather was great 25-30 in april so made up for old peoples home/hotel