Globales Almirante Farragut Hotel

Currently still here so will post again when home. Been here nearly a week, rooms lovely, cleanliness fantastic, weather but and miss. Food......haven't had one hot meal.....Food cooked but not hot. 3 serving stations in total......views fab. Just beware of tepid food

Just returned from a week stay with my husband (31/05/19-07/06/19). We had a lovely time at this hotel. Reception staff helpful whenever we spoke to them, and when we didn’t have beach towels in our room on arrival they instantly provided. Meal times had plenty of choice, never had a problem with temperature (it’s not going to be piping hot it’s a buffet!!). Drinks are nice, local beer was what we had - some bars are self service others are not. Snack bar is amazing and open 10am-6pm which I thought was very good! Location is lovely, such amazing views and we never had problem getting sun bed at 8:30/9am which is when we usually went down. Pool is unfortunately too cold for me. But is refreshing to dip legs in and some afternoons the sun had warmed it up enough. The rooms are perfect size for the two of us with lovely powerful shower, hairdryer and coffee making facilities. Only thing is more drawers or bigger a drawers in wardrobe needed really! But the people I really want to mention in this review are the animation staff. So underrated, I barely read anything about them before I went! Now we are two adults (26/27) so I’m going to talk about adult entertainment. I will start by pointing out there is/was no pressure to join in, we always do and people should really try it as it is so enjoyable but if you don’t want to they are fine with that. So the adult entertainment starts with shooting or archery at 10:30am. Then at 11:30am there is another activity e.g darts or mini golf or bowls. Then at 12:30 or might be 12 they have a water activity (aqua aerobics or water polo - this is the only thing I didn’t join in with as too cold and also too near lunch time to get wet (FYI I feel this would be better later in afternoon when pool had more heat and not just before lunch)). Then 1pm you have mini games where top 3 winners get a cocktail. And then another activity at 4pm. I could name every individual member of the team as they were all amazing!!!! Remembered us by name. Always encouraging and funny even when I was shockingly bad at shooting. Such banter!! They work so hard and always have such a smile on their face and non stop laughing. I would return to this hotel just for them!! I hope management see this and pass this praise on as they really really deserve it! Hopefully be back in the future! Chelsea and Conor!

The Farragut is a nice clean Hotel, but not a 4* as described, more of a good 3* based on other Hotels we've stayed at. Just bare that in mind and you'll enjoy it. Upon arrival at 11am, we were greeted by nice friendly reception staff and although there were a fair few couples and family's who got off the coach, everybody was dealt with quickly and keys handed out for the room. one thing to remember is the rather expensive 'Tourist Tax' you have to fork out, It worked out at around £62 for my wife and I for a 10 night stay (just a pity Britain don't do the same) Our room was on the 4th floor and had fantastic views over the pool area, out to sea, the port area and of course, overlooking the lovely cove running alongside the hotel Onto the room itself, I thought I'd treat my Wife to the superior room at a cost of an extra £100, but save your money. Our Friend had the Deluxe room on the same floor and it was almost exactly the same as ours apart from ours had an extra single bed in it, his didn't. The Balcony is on the small side, but has a small table and two chairs so was nice to sit out on at night time and take in the lovely scenery. There is a kettle supplied along with 2 cups and an assortment of fancy teabags and coffee sachets. The Bathroom has all you need, including a hairdryer and the shower is fabulous. There are Beach Towels waiting for you, so no need to pack these. The room is cleaned every day and if you want your towels changed just leave them in a pile on the bathroom floor (the cleaners advice, not mine) and you'll have fresh ones when you return Facilities are good and the pool area is spotless. The only downside was the usual towel hogging of the sunbeds. We used to get up in the morning at around 6.30am and have a cuppa on the balcony, just sitting back and having a laugh as all the ants started appearing with bags of towels, some reserving up to 6 sunbeds at a time. It didn't bother us at all as we were out most of the time during the daytime sightseeing. Just bare this in mind if you do like to soak up the sun and if you can't beat them, join them lol The food was plentiful and constantly being replenished with more, so no matter what time you went down, there was plenty. I have seen others say the food was bland and limited in choice, but not in our case. there was always plenty of choice and we didn't have one complaint. Nice friendly staff and although the Hotel was busy, we never struggled to get a table. If you are a stick in the mud food wise, there was always chips, chicken nuggets, burgers and the like. We never used the pool area snack bar ourselves for food, but plenty did. What food I saw looked good, with burgers, hotdogs, chips and the like all day long (from 10am until 6pm I think) There was also beer, wine, sangria plus soft drinks all help yourself, plus a bar person if you wanted half a gallon of Gin with a dash of tonic. they certainly didn't scrimp on the measures. If you like to do a few lengths in the pool, just be brave, it was freezing no matter how hot the weather was. Night time entertainment wasn't too bad and although there were people lined up at the bar, it didn't take long to be served as there were plenty of staff serving. Overall, an enjoyable stay, If you've already booked, you'll enjoy it, whether as a family or as a couple.