Grupotel Playa Club - Ciudadela, Spain     

We stayed at Playa Club two weeks in July 2007 with our kids aged 8 and 10. This is a four star hotel at our travel agency and well worth at least another half a star. There are mainly one bedroom suites at this hotel, with a few even larger apartments. Hence families are obviously the target, and mainly Germans. We have stayed at numerous such family resorts, preferably on half board or all-inclusive. “Purely hotel-wise”, this was probably the best one. Spotlessly clean, beautiful, and with excellent buffet dinners and breakfasts (even according to our friends who are both professional cooks). Variety could be better, towards the end of the two weeks we got slightly tired of it (we were on half board, good value!). This hotel is extremely quite (you have to be looking for a quite place in order to enjoy it). There is entertainment at night which we did not go to, but it finishes at 23 and is located indoors; hence no blaring outdoor music. There are activities like also aerobics in the pool but at low music volume – this is rare and we appreciate it. Normally entertainment at these resorts is run by 20-year olds who believe that the higher volume the better. Enthusiastic youngster round people up for volleyball etc. several times a day. The pool is nice and clean with sufficient sunbeds but nothing spectacular. Service from the staff was good and often but not always with that extra touch that you would expect from a five star hotel. The isolated location would be a problem unless you want to remain at the resort and nearby beaches. A rental car is a must. Even Cala’n Bosch centre is a little too far and there is nothing except the beach and a few shops in the immediate surroundings. Although the hotel is close to the sea there is little sea view due to the flat landscape with trees and low-rise building. To sum up, this is a great hotel if you want a clean, quite, beautiful place with lovely food, do not mind Germans, and rent a car. Young singles looking for lively parties and relying on their own feet and public transport to get around would hate it.