This impressive 4-star, family-friendly resort is located in Rota, next to one of the best beaches in Cadiz. It offers activities and facilities for the enjoyment of children and adults alike: entertainment programmes, restaurants, bars, large pools, a water park and a splash zone, fitness room and a wonderful spa centre. ROOMS Large rooms equipped with everything Guests may need for a pleasant s…
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This impressive 4-star, family-friendly resort is located in Rota, next to one of the best beaches in Cadiz. It offers activities and facilities for the enjoyment of children and adults alike: entertainment programmes, restaurants, bars, large pools, a water park and a splash zone, fitness room and a wonderful spa centre. ROOMS Large rooms equipped with everything Guests may need for a pleasant stay: air conditioning/heating, desk, ceiling fan, telephone, safe, minibar, wake-up call service, furnished balcony or terrace... FACILITIES & SERVICES Entertainment is guaranteed at Playaballena's facilities: large themed pools with slides, game area (mini-golf, ping-pong, boules), shuffleboard, fitness room, etc. On top of that, the resort includes a spectacular water park and a splash zone for kids. • Water park: 1 kamikaze slide (10.5m high and 26m long), an open slide with two loops (10.5m high and 75m long) and a close slide with two loops (10.5m high and 66m long). • Splash Zone: fountains and several slides. Playaballena offers many other services (at an extra charge) like laundry, ironing, bike rental, and currency exchange (external suppliers). In addition, there are two large, fully equipped rooms to host all kinds of events. ENTERTAINMENT At its holiday hotels, Senator Hotels & Resorts offers a comprehensive entertainment programme for guests of all ages. The little ones will enjoy themselves in the Delfi Club, which includes the Mini Club (3-6 years) and the Junior Club (7-10 years). They will take part in sporting activities, pool games, craft making, civic activities, creative cooking workshops, eco workshops, theme parties, breakfasts and dinners with our mascot called Delfi, night shows, and many more activities. Teenagers will also have fun in the Teen Club (11-14 years) and the Ado Club (15-17 years), where they can engage in water sports, social action activities, pool games, parties... Finally, there's our Maxi Club for adults with sporting activities (aerobic, yoga, water polo, aquafitness...), food tastings, creative workshops, theme parties and spectacular night shows. RESTAURANTS & BARS Playaballena offers its guests the best gastronomy with the Senator Hotels & Resorts seal of quality. It has the buffet restaurant ‘El Arpón’, the à la carte restaurant ‘Terra’ (open in high season for dinner service) and the Naos restaurant (open in high season). It also offers a theatre bar, a pool bar, a sports bar and a bar in the waterslide area. SENZIA SPA COSTA BALLENA Guests will enjoy a moment of total relaxation at Senzia. It features a hydrotherapy circuit with saunas, jacuzzis, Turkish bath, ice cave, pool with citrus fruits, pebble pool... As well asbeauty treatments and spa rituals performed by professionals. Destination information Between the towns of Rota and Chipiona, in the heart of the Bay of Cadiz, lies the residential area of Costa Ballena. The complex, which is situated along a 4-km stretch of beach, has supermarkets, bars, restaurants, gardens, parks and even a golf course. The white and fine sand beach offers a lot of services and facilities like chairs and umbrellas for rent, sailing school, beach bars, etc.
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This accommodation stands out for being in the heart of Costa Ballena
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claire G
29/05/2026
“Clean and spacious, well located for the beach but bus journeys to local towns.”
Lovely clean and spacious hotel for families. Enough for facilities for entertainment, pool, water slides and crazy golf are a few. Great food and choice. Excellent location for clean spacious beaches and buses to Rota and Chipiona (nearest towns) go from outside the hotel.
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NeilT626
Westport, Ireland
28/06/2026
“Wonderful family holiday!”
We had a wonderful family holiday by the sea at this delightful hotel. We had two double bedrooms with sea views and a view of the pool - from the top floor - from our bedroom terrace. The rooms were spotlessly clean (no dust under the beds!), with a full size bathroom, shower, bidet, and air con… more
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Harry S
11/06/2026
“Playaballena review”
Very clean and spacious hotel. Very nice pool area and plenty to do and keep the kids occupied, food was good with a variety, rooms big and very well kept. Very Spanish oriented and you are the minority being British, evening entertainment was very Spanish and very hard to understand the English … more
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Andrew W
Gibraltar
26/05/2026
“Playaballena hotel in Rota.”
Great Family hotel with good facilities for the children. Food is also good and the actual hotel in general is very clean. I would certainly recommend the hotel for families with young children. Staff are very helpful and friendly. We will certainly go back.
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Emma R
13/06/2026
“Little care and don’t have a late flight home!”
Nice hotel, good food. It was upon check out that it went down hill. We have a late flight time so we paid for late check out till 4pm to help with our 19 month old. They gave us a voucher for lunch but stated our all inclusive finished at 12. I stated that we arrived at 22:15pm the day we arrived… more
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Based on 330 reviews
Service: 8
Cleanliness: 8
Room: 8
Facilities: 9
Location: 9
Breakfast: 8
Lunch/Dinner: 8
Quality/Price: 8
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