Stayed here 16 to 30 October 2011 on a B&B basis. The hotel & resort was very quiet. Aguadulce is not a very touristy resort; this did not bother us as we like Spanish food. Not much English spoken, out and about in the bars & restaurants, which was good fun as it challenged our spoken Spanish. It took us two nights to find a place to have a plated meal, but we did not starve because all the bars serve free tapa with alcoholic drinks, they even provide a menu for the free tapa. We eventually found some good restaurants and tapa bars. The best two were Meson de Jamon and Nuestro Taberna. There is no way our room could be classed as four star it was very claustrophobic, fortunately we did not spend a lot of time in the room as the weather was still very hot. The tired air con only just coped with cooling the room down to about 24 c at night. The breakfast was definitely not four star, there was a variety of hot and cold food but no where near as good as other four star hotels we have stayed in. The bonus at breakfast was the 9 varieties of fresh bread and rolls available, as well as white sliced for toasting.
The hotel staffs were very friendly and obliging. The hotel shop, which opened for four hours in the morning, six days a week even stocked my paper of choice ( The Daily Telegraph). It was essential to get to the shop as it opened as it only received 2 copies.
We would go back to Aguadulce, but not to the same hotel, it’s a resort which has not been spoiled by tourism, in spite of the massive expansion of its residential area down to the beach. There appears to be a lot of local dog owners with the resulting problem you find on the pavements.
- Playadulce Hotel Roquetas De Mar
