Situated right at the beach - that's their one and great attainment. Considering that there are no…read morefamous luxury hotels in town as Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton, there are no international chains as Marriott or Hilton, this one is taken as the best one... But seriously?! No any trace of luxurity for me.
On the beach, but not in the center of the city, more in the urban area, so to the center it's quite a walk or about 7-10 minutes drive.
They don't provide and beach amenities by the way, except for the beach towels. You sign in the paper when you get them and they tear it when you return. I guess if you don't - you'll pay a fine. And they offer a small discount on the cabanas and sunbeds if you rent at the beach. The price for a cabana rent is about 50$, which is not for free to put it mildly.
I don't know how they have 5 stars and for what. I'd give them 3 at the most for the rooms and the ambience and 4 for the gym and breakfast.
We had a room with a king bed, which in reality was two beds connected into one with a slot in the middle. Not comfortable and stiff. The blankets were old and I had to pull them out from the closet. There are no any balconies at the hotel. The carpet was very old and beat-up. That goes for the closet and the bathroom. I didn't get the idea of the designer with a shower partition - it closes only the half of the shower space and either way you install it - the water is falling on the floor. The bathroom amenities we decided not to use, cause seemed that they were made a long long time ago by some dubious manufacturer. Bottom line: may be this style and design was in fashion and renewed more than 30 years ago, but it's 2016 now, not the 80-s or even 70-s. Our room had no ocean view.
As supposed to be at the 5 star hotels - they do have a turndown service, by the way. And a valet parking.
The outdoor swimming pool is so tiny that we saw it from the window but didn't bother to go there. They have SPA. And the Gym. The gym is quite decent and open for the clients outside of the hotel as far as I understood. There were even a couple of trainers working, I mean standing there. There are even two cycling machines, Ellipticals, treadmills, strengths and free weights.
Breakfast they transferred from the restaurant to the conference room, because of too many people, summer season. The ambience was completely poor and comfortless. The waiters were cruising along the hall with coffee pots but to see you waiting - you could wait forever. The selection of food itself - pretty good though: a lot of fresh fruits, pastries and sweets, juices, some meat cuts and cheese. Even some sparkling wine I saw there.
So, if you're expecting to receive a contemporary five star hotel comfort- you won't find it over there, forget about that. Try to imagine a 4 star hotel of the 70s somewhere in the middle of Europe - and you'll get the idea. And forget about the late checkout, we didn't get any.
