Condominio Jardins Santa Eulalia By Garvetur

“Great apartments but not a hotel”

This is a great complex, well positioned for restaurants, bars, shops and the beach. All of the apartments are privately owned and some apartments are rented out by either the individual owners, or via rental agents. The office which many consider to be the "reception" is in actual fact the r... more

This is a great complex, well positioned for restaurants, bars, shops and the beach. All of the apartments are privately owned and some apartments are rented out by either the individual owners, or via rental agents. The office which many consider to be the "reception" is in actual fact the real estate and rental office of a local company called Garvetur, who manage the rentals for a few of the owners. The complex do have rules in respect of ball games around the pool and in respect of loud / boisterous behaviour (a security guard is present 24/7 during summer months). This is however not a hotel.

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“Clean and Secure - not sure about the Location”

We booked this last minute when another apartment let us down. Even though we booked it through Booking.com it was essentially a private rental. Even though I travel a lot these always make me nervous as there is usually no ‘reception’ as such and it always seems difficult to get the keys and y... more

We booked this last minute when another apartment let us down. Even though we booked it through Booking.com it was essentially a private rental. Even though I travel a lot these always make me nervous as there is usually no ‘reception’ as such and it always seems difficult to get the keys and you don’t get your rooms cleaned. Plus in this instance they wanted a crazy €300 euro deposit which I had to chase the return of when we got back. The place had two entrances, luckily I had called the manager and got her on the phone to our Taxi driver so we knew where we were going. The manager came and met us with the keys. It was a secure gated complex which you needed a key to get onto the complex. Our apartment was great. Location – not so great, about 10 minute walk from the strip and about 30 minute walk to the beach. Apartment – large and modern. Full kitchen but even though there was strict rules about doing the washing up and taking out the bins when you left there was not any dishwasher tablets or washing up liquid provided. I always find this odd as think guests would be more likely to wash up if the stuff was there. The bins, I was told, were just outside but in fact you had to go over the road to the car park opposite. We had one double bedroom which was huge with a balcony (two reclining chairs) shared with the sitting room, it had a double wardrobe which smelled really musty, I think the owners must have known this as had provided a free standing rail in the room too. The safe didn’t work. The main bathroom was large with a bath/shower/sink/toilet. It was fine. The second bedroom was twin beds and there was a smaller shower room next to it. The sitting room had proper sofas and a tv plus loads of books etc. there was also a full size dining table and a table on the balcony. The pool was nice but there were no sun beds. I think this is because it is a private complex. I guess we could have carried the ones from the balcony but seemed like a faff. We departed on a Sunday and the manager’s office was closed, this meant we had to leave the keys in the apartment and could not get out deposit immediately. The key situation was a nightmare as I had to walk up to the gate with my hubby, prop the gate open, run back to the apartment to leave the keys, but then our pick up went to the wrong entrance which meant we could not get back through to meet him. It was just a faff. Also I had to chase the return of the deposit. All in all it was fine, the location was no good for us but the apartments themselves were lovely.

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“Nice Hotel but management is slow”

I was very surprised how scenic these apartments were, the area was really well kept and the apartments were lovely, clean and very spacious! I think most of the people using the apartments were in fact residents but that didn't bother us. The pool was lovely and big but was a tad cold, they don... more

I was very surprised how scenic these apartments were, the area was really well kept and the apartments were lovely, clean and very spacious! I think most of the people using the apartments were in fact residents but that didn't bother us. The pool was lovely and big but was a tad cold, they don't really clean your rooms they did once so just bear that in mind for towels etc. Only downside is that there is not really a reception it is built into an estate agents on the estate, and the lady was very nice and friendly, but there were a few stressful incidents including money, if it wasn't for these hicups with the reception this would be a 5/5 hotel. Its 5 minutes from the strip and a 5 euro taxi ride to the old town which is beautiful.

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