Hotel Cordial Marina Blanca

“Very relaxing hotel”

Stayed for 28 nights as a couple. We loved our room overlooking the pool which got the afternoon sun. It was very clean and the bed was very comfortable. The shower was great and location perfect so easy to go the Marina. We stayed in some nights and just sat on our balcony. The staff were all ... more

Stayed for 28 nights as a couple. We loved our room overlooking the pool which got the afternoon sun. It was very clean and the bed was very comfortable. The shower was great and location perfect so easy to go the Marina. We stayed in some nights and just sat on our balcony. The staff were all very friendly and it was my husband's birthday whilst we were there and he got a bottle of cava. It was so easy to get a sunbed at any time of the day. The food from the snack bar was reasonably priced and we ate there several times. The sangria was the best ever! No entertainment so it was very peaceful. We would've liked the bar to stay open a little longer as 5pm seemed to early to close. A couple of days it shut at 4.30! Met some lovely people and we hope to return again later in the year.

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“Excellent QUIET hotel”

What a lovely hotel. I don’t know what year it was built but it feels fairly recent so everything is modern, spacious, well laid out and not tired looking at all. The grounds are kept immaculate with fake grass all around the pool area and even the sun-bed loungers are kept in meticulous alignmen... more

What a lovely hotel. I don’t know what year it was built but it feels fairly recent so everything is modern, spacious, well laid out and not tired looking at all. The grounds are kept immaculate with fake grass all around the pool area and even the sun-bed loungers are kept in meticulous alignment. This is a quiet hotel, so for me it was brilliant, but if you are a family with teenagers you might want to consider a hotel with more going on. There is a snack bar that only serves food until 3 pm, and only serves drinks till five. After 5 pm there is nothing to do and nowhere to get a drink. There is no entertainment, bar or daytime activities. I find it very strange but personally refreshing as it means there is no noise, lager louts, stag or hen parties or kids running amok or causing general mayhem. There is so little going on that there is nothing to attract other people into your hotel meaning if you’re seeking a relaxing sleep by the pool then knock yourself out! There is enough going on in the nearby harbour and with a really cheap supermarket on your doorstep you don’t really need anything in your hotel as everything is within reach. There is a breakfast buffet and I think it’s about €13 per person per day (which is a little more than what you would pay in one of the many cafés or bars nearby) but don’t forget it’s a buffet so you can eat as much as you wish. Apparently if you book for the whole week upfront it brings it down to €11. I didn’t eat here but I did have a walk round and everything looked lovely. If this hotel came up again I would certainly consider B&B as an option. The room is very large & spacious. Nice to see Aircon is included as standard. The safe isn’t included but at least it’s more reasonably priced than other hotels in which I have stayed. Would I come again? In a heartbeat!

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“Lovely holiday with two niggles”

Just back from two weeks at cordial Marina. Great location, nice reception, lovely staff. Pleasant cleaners. Very nice quiet pool with loads of beds. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay with two niggles. There is no cleaning twice a week, we got two naughty notes as we forgot that the towels are o... more

Just back from two weeks at cordial Marina. Great location, nice reception, lovely staff. Pleasant cleaners. Very nice quiet pool with loads of beds. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay with two niggles. There is no cleaning twice a week, we got two naughty notes as we forgot that the towels are only changed three times in a week. Personally I don’t want to shower twice a day and put the towels on the balcony to dry in the sun for a few days-they go hard and smell a bit! Water saving is the reason given. We were self catering-on our last day we took the breakfast option. 27euros for two. Wished we hadn’t bothered. Parma ham was truly dreadful rock hard and bendy. Scrambled was light yellow big lumps -it was inedible as was the bacon. Most items were lukewarm. My husband asked for fresh fried eggs and hash browns-when they came they were hot and very nice so it’s maybe a timing thing with the kitchen but the breakfast was very disappointing. All in all had a very nice time, the resort is lovely.

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“Still excellent but a few niggles”

This was our second time staying at these lovely apartments, we were given the area we’d asked for on location of our room and got the sun most of the day 110. On arrival we were given the hotel information sheet and told what days the apartment would be cleaned and when our towels would be chang... more

This was our second time staying at these lovely apartments, we were given the area we’d asked for on location of our room and got the sun most of the day 110. On arrival we were given the hotel information sheet and told what days the apartment would be cleaned and when our towels would be changed, this is where we thought the hotel wasn’t as good as last year, twice we had to go to reception in the afternoon and say our room hadn’t been cleaned and no new towels delivered this became frustrating as we’d put the towels on the floor ready to be collected and we had to use them when we came back to the room for lunch. Our aircon wouldn’t work properly on our first day but with a walk to reception with the remote they changed the batteries and it worked well. We stayed S/C but wanted to have breakfast if we fancied it, on first day we went down to the breakfast room all looked as we remembered it, but it seemed some things weren’t replaced until you asked them to cook some more, it seemed the the warm food was kept under heat lamps and eggs and pancakes were dried out because there wasn’t enough people having breakfast thus there was no turn over of food. The nice yogurts in the glasses weren’t there until I asked for one. The staff have all changed from last year and I thought they didn’t keep on track with things, second morning both fruit juices were off ! so we had to ask them to change them. One day there was a manger walking round in the breakfast room and things started to improve after that. It was €27 per couple per visit and we didn’t think it was value for money, but if you book it for 7 days it was cheaper. We still love these apartments and would definitely go back as we love the location next to the marina, and a 2 min walk to a really big supermarket making going S/C very easy, super comfy beds so slept really well, pool area kept so clean by they lovely life guard and nobody rushes down to get a sunbed you can get a bed at anytime of the day. We had a lovely stay with great weather and came home relaxed thank you

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