Vincci Selección La Plantacion del Sur

You pay 2000+ € suite for a week, hoping for a jacuzzi time but this one has a timer, si you wont enjoy as u wish, small tv on huge wall and way too far from bed, plus it is not even a smart tv so you wont chromecast, or have app on it... they did no effort on that, cannot have Netflix or whatever.. (which id say is important for chilling holidays) Everything’s too expensive, small juice for 6€ at the pool, scooter prices way too expensive, 36€/day for a 125cm3, they rent used and broken bikes, you can’t shift the speed or whatever, it breaks in the minute and enen has spiders in the lock since nobody takes care of them, the ONLY positive thing about this hotel is the pancakes the sweet lady does for the breakfast !!!

Our favourite hotel. It was so lovely to be back. All the new COVID measures were very well done and it felt as close to normal as it could, whilst still feeling very safe. The hotel was spotless as usual and the food/drinks were their usual high quality.

Trying to give an honest pros and cons, overall hotel was lovely and had a great stay. It’s not quite as advertised and very overpriced compared to some other hotels in area that offer the same and in certain cases more. Ended up switching to this hotel as the Abama is still closed after lockdown. Switched with TUI which was a big challenge and took forever. The hotel is very nice but in no way a like for like swap. If this is 5 star then Abama must be 7. Room is fantastic. Chose one in the main block, decided not to go for the villa as for the extra cost you get a solarium which you will not use as way too hot, (Did not see a single person use one all week), a hot tub with amazing view, but again didn’t see many people using these. The villas also down some steps and away from the main part of the hotel. Payed supplemental fee for sea view - this seems to be a bit of a con as far as I can tell all rooms have sea view. Couldn’t see a room that didn’t have a great view. My recommendation would be save a few quid and take standard room - you won’t be disappointed. No coffee machine in room due to covid. Missed this, we did get a kettle provided , which they promptly removed from the room, so no morning coffee in the balcony. Toiletries are of a high standard. Rooms are large, clean and beds very comfortable with really nice pillows. Large balcony with nice views. Hotel is fantastically clean, most of the staff are fairly friendly. Service around pool area is a bit hit and miss, but really you can just walk to the bar so don’t see an issue. Location is not great at all, there is nothing near the hotel and the beach is not 5 minutes away - maybe if you cab it and it’s a really tough walk back in the heat. Don’t fall for the location gives great views angle, it’s true, but most hotels have great views and you can get views and be a lot closer to the seafront. If you want peace and tranquility this is the place to be, away from it all and a nice quiet relaxed vibe, no blaring music or annoying “entertainment” teams here, just peaceful palms and the sound of running water. Spa is wonderful, highly recommended, but is really pricey - considering the cost of staying in the hotel you would think some of it would be available as part of the deal. Take water with you as they don’t offer any which is really odd - and buy the water in the super market as the hotel charges a fortune for everything. But best outdoor spa pool I’ve been to with a variety of features. Food and Drink, as above it’s expensive and not brilliant, good, just not brilliant. breakfast is really good but nothing stand out from other hotels I’ve been to in the area. It is a really lovely setting for breakfast. Buy as much as you can outside the hotel, most people seem to be doing this, the hotel pricing team seems to think they are in central London and not a holiday destination in Spain. So water soft drinks, snacks etc go to Mercadona and save yourself a ton of money. I think hotel charges a lot for some of this as they know the shops are a big hike away so they can get away with it. We hired a car and either ate out or brought food back and dined on balcony which had awesomely views. Cocktails we did have were very nice indeed. They did offer drinks in big buckets of ice which on a hot day was really nice. Room service - as with most things with the hotel it’s a case if so close to really good but not quite. They delivered dinner but with no condiments or cutlery - we then couldn’t get them on the phone so had to go down and find the missing bits ourselves - by the time this had been achieved the food was cold. What we did eat of it was great. One free bottle of water when you arrive in your room - that’s an absolute joke for a so called 5 star luxury hotel. Most nights they brought sweets or chocolates however which I thought a really nice touch. Pools are a really big feature. A couple are nice and cool and some are really warm - like bath warm! All are spotless clean and really relaxing. Also an adults only pool. There are 10 or so big four poster beds that are free of charge, however it’s the same people on them everyday that get up and put their towels on them. The hotel “runs” a maximum of 1/2 hour to reserve the beds but they don’t ever enforce this. I sat one morning reading and the beds had been reserved over two hours with nobody there. Hotel should look at this and not allow people to be so selfish it’s not difficult to manage. They are really comfortable if you can get one. Normally at the end of the day they come available. Covid measures in place where excellent- big well done to the hotel on that. So all in all a really nice place , but it could be so much better with just a few tweaks and focus on some improvements. If you stay here you will be pleased with the hotel overall I’m sure, but in summary I would say 4star hotel with 5star price and some frustrating elements. Had a nice stay but would go elsewhere next time.