Gran Hotel Bali - Benidorm, Spain 

We have just returned from a 6 night stay at the Bali. We have two children aged 5 years and 12 months. We arrived at midday and checked in earlier than the prescribed time, which was a relief given we had two young children cases etc. We were allocated a room in the smaller building but unfortunately this had not been cleaned from the previous guests, had no pool view (which we had paid for) and there was no cot! We returned to reception and calmly informed them of the problems and they quickly reallocated us a room in the bigger building on the 5th floor, which was a really nice room. The pool area is great and the pools are really shallow which is good for young children and ensures that they are warm most of the day (provided it is sunny of course!). The food was lovely, plenty of choice, the salad was very fresh and they even had chips and fish fingers for our fussy eating 5 year old. Breakfast was lovely but would agree with another review that the coffee was truly awful - but you can buy a nice one from a bar nearby so not a big deal. Overall the hotel was great and we would have enjoyed our stay had three of us not been ill with flu symptoms - not that the hotel could do anything to stop that! BUT A WARNING FOR TRAVELLERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. The hotel entertainment cranked up at 9pm and stopped at midnight ish. The music was really really loud. Thankfully our two managed to sleep through it, but others may not. I would recommend you ask for a room at the back or higher up to try and escape the noise, if you think it will be an issue. The distance from benidorm is no problem, taxi is cheap 6 Euros and the bus (No 12) stops right outside the hotel, its busy but fine.