Club Hotel Drago Park

Firstly, please don’t read the bad reviews as we really could not fault the hotel at all. The hotel reception is very open and welcoming, and the desk were always efficient and helpful throughout our stay. The safe was €3 a night, €20 euros for a late check out which in our case was amazing, as we didn’t get collected for the airport to depart until 18:15 and check out is 12:00. WiFi if free and very good. Large beach/pool towels available from reception with no deposit required. We stayed in room D220 which was very spacious; the room consisted of a double sofa bed, two single beds pushed together and a travel cot. Beds were comfy and there was plenty of bed linen to suit your needs. Air con is also free, I would advise to leave on all day if you like your room cool for the night. Bathroom also spacious, no bath though as advertised with Jet2, just a shower but a good one at that. Balcony was small and only had one table and two chairs but we didn’t really use it other than to dry swimming costumes so not a problem, or sit out when the children were in bed. Rooms cleaned every day, towels changed if required (you put them in the shower and they will change them). The pool is brilliant. Plenty of space to swim and splash about, also has a small shallow toddler pool. Cleaned every day, the staff were always busy in the morning maintaining the beautiful gardens, poolside and hotel grounds. I don’t think the reviews are particularly accurate about reserving sun beds. If you didn’t reserve one before 10am you didn’t get one until someone moved. This is always a sore point, but we have come to expect this now. People were out as early as 7am. Having said that we always got a couple of loungers at the least but please bear this in mind. Also remember lounger pegs for your towels as it gets very windy! The pool side bar offers your usual snacks burgers, hot dogs, chips. Fizzy drinks, local beer, slush puppies, tea, coffee, etc. One thing I would say is that there is nothing but water or milk for children. There is fresh juice but this was a little too strong for me so wouldn’t have given it then. I don’t think I have come across anywhere abroad yet that sells cordial to add a little to water. Food was good, always something to eat. We’re not particularly fussy so this wasn’t a problem, but I think you may struggle if you are a fussy eater. A lot of the food seemed to have a German theme, you will not get English bacon, sausages or anything like that! If you like Brockwurst you’ll be fine. There is nothing around the hotel. If you’re willing to go for a walk you will eventually find things. There is a handy little shopping centre type place about a 10 minute walk from the hotel that was very reasonably priced (turn right out of the hotel, keep left and carry on until you come to a small shop and tapas bar next to an island, turn right, follow to the next island and the shops are on your right. There’s a couple of bars, a pizza place and a supermarket at the back. €3-€4 Euro’s will get you into the centre of Costa Calma in a taxi where there is a few more shops, restaurants and road to a beautiful beach. The hotel does offer a free shuttle bus to the beach and Oasis park, however we didn’t use these as didn’t want to be restricted to set times. Taxi to Oasis Park (very good, see my other review) was only €11. This hotel is brilliant. The only thing I would say could be an improvement was the evening entertainment which was very limited. There was the Loro parrot show one night which I would say was the only family friendly show. Children aren’t permitted in the bars after 10pm either. Children’s entertainers are however brilliant both in the day and at night.

Just returned from a 10 night stay here during the school hols with our 6 year old daughter. We read loads of reviews after booking, but weren't worried as there were plenty of good ones! This will also be a good one as I couldn't really fault this hotel! Okay so the area around it isn't so great but there is a shop 5 minutes away and a 15/20 minute walk will get you to the beach. A taxi back from the centre cost us just €3 so if you want to leave the hotel it's not a major problem! Back to the hotel though for now.. We arrived after the evening meal finished so we checked in and then were advised the restaurant had a cold buffet waiting, there was salad, ham, cheese, bread, butter, fruit and bottles of water. We stayed in D block on ground floor which we thought was great for us as it was right next to the pool so we could just walk out through the patio doors and straight in. The shower didn't work but was fixed before we even knew it needed fixing! We asked for a mini fridge and got one the same evening. The only minor niggle was there were only 6 hangers in the room so I requested a few more, on 3 occasions never got any though! We all got a few mosquito bites the receptionist said it wasn't possible as there are no mosquito's in Costa Calma they did give us some bug spray however! The food was okay it wasn't amazing but nor was it rubbish! I'm fussy but found things to eat. Breakfast and evening were meal were better than lunch. Our daughter liked the food, plenty of pasta, chips etc.. There was also a kids station with kids food, burgers, nuggets, hot dogs and chips. Lots of desserts too. The only queue we ever saw was for ice cream, there was always a queue for that - Not bad for an all inclusive during summer hols! Always plenty of sunbeds and plenty of room around the pool too, never squashed in like sardines! As with everywhere there was some sunbed reservation going on which was totally pointless as you could rock up at 11 and get a bed in sun or shade. The whole hotel was very clean, rooms were spotless, pool area was cleaned all the time, all the areas were well maintained and staff were all friendly and helpful. The gardens were amazing. We ate outside looking over the immaculate lawns every morning and evening, if you can't see a table a waiter always appears and finds you one where you want to sit. Kids club must have been good as our daughter went to part of one either morning or afternoon every day. The Dutch lady running the club was great with the kids and the whole entertainment team were also great especially with the kids. The entertainment wan't really for me I have to be honest! Our daughter loved it though and we loved watching her love it! Bar staff served the kids with cocktails and lots of them sat at the bar looking cool!!! The drinks were on the weak side, but there was a lot of choice. I paid for Baileys most evenings which we didn't mind as it was only €3 for a very large (triple) measure. I liked the sangria as well. Hubby said the whiskey and coke was okay too. If you get bored of doing nothing Oasis Park is amazing and the free bus turns up bang on time and gets you there in less than 20 minutes. We arrived before 11 and were picked up at 5.30 and we actually ran out of time to see everything! We also hired a car and drove further south to Morro Jable which was lovely. Had a nice relaxing holiday and if the price was right we would stay here again...