Hotel Panorama

“Costa Brava location and breakfast are excellent”

For a sea view room: great location, half a block to beach, very extensive breakfast, modern bathroom, big balcony with furniture and clothes drying rack. Secure storage for our 2 bikes, spacious room, good air con, staff helpful. A great choice.

“Great for a diving holiday”

If diving is one of your main reasons for going to Estartit, then the Panaroma should be your choice The El Rei Del Mar diving club is directly annexed to the hotel and this in turn makes your diving vacation extremely pleasant.. I can't say enough good things about El Rei Del Mar... They are a ... more

If diving is one of your main reasons for going to Estartit, then the Panaroma should be your choice The El Rei Del Mar diving club is directly annexed to the hotel and this in turn makes your diving vacation extremely pleasant.. I can't say enough good things about El Rei Del Mar... They are a great team with great facilities. Concerning the hotel, it is very clean, everywhere... From the rooms, to the Jacuzzi/Sauna to the restaurant and the bar.. 5 stars for this . We had a fifth floor room overlooking the sea, which I would recommend.. The rooms are not small but not very large either ... My only regret would be the extra bed in the room which we didn't need and if it had been removed would have made the stay much more comfortable.. For the 2 other single beds it's possible to ask for a double mattress so don't hesitate... Not perfect but not too bad either.. The furniture was getting long in the tooth and it was obvious that the salty sea air had had an effect on the wooden furniture... I am removing a start for this , for a 4 star the furniture needs replacing.. The bathroom was large , clean and comfortable.. The little unstocked fridge was a welcome item, there is a small supermarket nearby so it's easy to have a couple of drinks at normla prices in the fridge.. You have to pay for the safe.... ggggggrrrrrr . Personally I feel that this is a little too much.. You have to pay for parking and it can get busy to be careful there... I would not recommend parking on the beach. The restaurant is run by a vey special lady... She will be retiring soon which is a shame because if you take the time to get to know her she is a wonderful character.. Don't let her apparent sternness fool you, she is actually a very warm, and funny character. We used the Jacuzzi a lot, nice way to wind down after a couple of dives... You have to pay but it then becomes private and it is cheap... It's not the most beautiful hotel or very luxurious but for the price it is excellent. We will be going back ...

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“Room Without A View!”

Booked as a solo traveller some weeks ago, and the ONLY room left was a single occupancy on the 6th floor. Despite emailing the hotel a number of times in the weeks before my holiday asking for any possible upgrade to a sea/pool view room, there was unfortunately no opportunity to upgrade. I was ... more

Booked as a solo traveller some weeks ago, and the ONLY room left was a single occupancy on the 6th floor. Despite emailing the hotel a number of times in the weeks before my holiday asking for any possible upgrade to a sea/pool view room, there was unfortunately no opportunity to upgrade. I was going in a little blind as there were not any photos or descriptions available for the room I had booked. Arrived at 10:00am, and had to wait until midday for room to become available. When entering the room it was noticeable how small it was, but not really intending to spend much "awake" time in the room I was happy to make do - until I opened the door to the balcony! NO view at all even though on the 6th floor, other than a maze of fire escape stairs coming down from the upper floors, or the solar powered/air conditioning littered rooftop of adjoining buildings. Who is at fault for marketing this accommodation - the hotel, or the travel agency? Room: Good aircon, no English speaking TV channels, no tea/coffee making facilities, had to pay for use of the safe! Wi-Fi was a little sketchy and dropped out whenever moving from room to room. On a positive note, the hotel was exceptionally clean, especially in the Dining Room, where the attentive staff cleared tables and relaid with fresh linen within seconds of the diners moving on. The food however in my opinion was extremely limited/repetitive, unless of course you like pasta and/or chips! Being diabetic it was pretty much salad all week! Along with the salad, which of course you would expect to be cold, all other supposedly hot food was tepid at best. The dinner dress code was non-existent with football shirts, baseball caps, vest tops, and crop tops being the norm. Come on hotel, a few of the ladies clearly made an effort to dress up but they were in the minority! The pool area was pretty good, with no need at all to get up early for the "towel on the sunbed rush", and if there was not a lounger available there was always the fabulous beach a couple of hundred metres from the hotel. Evening entertainment around the pool every evening was not representative of anything Spanish, which was a shame - a man with a synthesiser playing dodgy tunes! As you would expect, the greater majority of guests were either Spanish or French, which is fine, however the English being very lazy and relying on staff being able to speak English, are going to be bitterly disappointed. Would I visit this hotel again - probably not - which is a shame. However being fully booked all summer they clearly do not need to do anything different!

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