Hotel Cabana

Had the best weekend at this hotel the youngest person out of 8 of us 32 the oldest 60, as a lot of people have said on the reviews the hotel was full of old Spanish couples, but didn't put us off. The food was the best I have had from a 3 star hotel, loads to choose from all of the staff were amazing, the rooms were cleaned every day towels changed every day would definitely come back

It was OK, Spanish are lovely. Room was grubby, toilet wad not clean Also had to get the shower fixed. Food is catered for the Spanish but OK not the best if you are a picky eater, loved going out and walking about.

Hotel Cabana Benidorm Spain Paid for transfers from airport we had an MPV shared with 3 ladies and the journey was 35 minutes. We were dropped first outside a supermarket driver said he couldn’t get the vehicle to the hotel and it was a short walk. It took us 15 minutes up a fairly steep incline in the heat dragging our cases. Later to watch other cars taxis and lots of coaches pull up outside so I can’t understand why he couldn’t do the last 2 minutes journey and when we were picked up we had to do the same however downhill with an extra case at 05.15 AM ! We checked in quickly the reception staff have a good command of the English language the reception area very clean and cool 5 lifts to the rest of the hotel. We dumped our bags in the room we asked for a double room but got a twin with the excuse that the hotel was full the receptionist said they were the same size I added that because we were in out early 50s that we were not dead from the waist down that fell on deaf ears. Got a few drinks and all-inclusive afternoon snacks pre-packed sandwich and bag of crisps this is all that was on offer all week. The sandwich had an extremely long shelf life and was like card and tasteless the crisps were ok the coffee out of a vending type machine was awful needless to say never had it for the rest of the week (hasten to add there was a very nice coffee machine in the bar but this was for paying guests!). We had a brief look around the hotel before returning to our room to unpack. For reference there is No Fridge No Kettle No Iron there is a small TV which did pick up ITV, BBC1 and Sky News with a fairly decent reception and a Hairdryer in the bathroom also an air conditioning unit 3 mains sockets on the walls good amount of storage with a twin walldrobe and 12 hangers large mirror the beds are a reasonable size and very firm which suited us (not to everyone’s liking though). Mealtimes are standard in all-inclusive hotels however this hotel has the best selection of food we have encountered during our travels great selection for the 3 mealtimes also catering for Vegans as well lunch and dinner there is free bottle of house wine and a 1.5ltr bottle of water we have not had that before. There was some sort of entertainment in the hotel most nights but I didn’t watch any as I was too tired. Benidorm is buzzing even this time of year (February) millions of shops restaurants etc. plenty to do however not a place for young children as the sea is cold as are the hotel swimming pools, the average temperature is supposed to be around 15°c however it was in the mid to high 20s with a high of 29.5°c so lots of sunbathing and a good tan. The ups and downs. The biggest issue is in the bathroom in our room there was an exposed waste pipe in the ceiling (see attached picture) this caused an issue as we was on the second floor and everyone above us I am presuming directly above we heard the toilets flush the bath empty and the showers in use water rushing and it was loud as aforementioned pointless complaining as the hotel was full. I did take a small video but at the time of writing this I am unsure if I can upload it if possible, I will. Another down was that the hotel and Benidorm in general was packed with 99% Spanish holidaymakers and mainly elderly 65 plus in years so walking about was a bit of a challenge sometimes I am presuming that it is there time of year, however in general they were reasonably polite. Hotel Food other than snacks 12 / 10 Staff 10 /10 very polite and helpful Cleanliness 10 / 10 excellent room service beds made room cleaned and fresh towels daily Benidorm 10 / 10 plenty of shops and unlike a few countries I have been to no one bugging for a sale Market was on Wednesday and massive good half day walking around and some bargains to be had. Benidorm in general very clean and we felt safe walking about. Didn’t experience any nightlife by 21.00 was too tired to go out