Gran Garbi - Lloret de Mar, Spain 

The hotel has a great pool. plenty of arcade games and pool tables for the kids - ping pong and the animation guy does archery and shooting. There's a kids club for the little ones. The rooms were old but freshly painted and v clean. Telly and air con at no extra -deposit and charge for safe. We liked the food for almost all the meals. You can always get parked roundabouts. Very central for shops and beach. On night can walk to seafront for a stroll and have a drink on seafront bar which are bizarrely cheaper than the others. On down side, this resort is almost exclusively for the under twenty fives and for endless football teams of kids. The streets are full of teenagers drunk or getting there and the subsequent vomit. The beach is painful - little sharp stones. The shops are full of rubbish and everything is a lot more expensive than where I live on the Costa Blanca. Went to Blanes - horrible ditto Santa Susanna. Malgret better but still prettty crappy. If you want to go near here go to Tossa de mar which is gorgeous. Unless you're twenty and want to get p**ed then please dont go here. There is a lovely beach near LLoret called Santa Cristina which is near the Santa Clothilde gardens which are both a must see. For kids go to Gnomo Park for the tree adventure and mini golf. I had a great holiday and the hotel is great for what you pay - the staff are lovely. Just a bit lively for me....!!