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    TUI MAGIC LIFE Calabria

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    InPizzo, Italy

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    ABOUT THE HOTEL

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    Italy’s first TUI MAGIC LIFE will blaze a trail in 2019 with 16 sports courts, five restaurants and a kid-friendly splash park.

    The TUI MAGIC LIFE Calabria will put on just about every activity going. We’re talking salsa sessions, archery, mountain biking, watersports and footie tournaments. And that’s just the daytime…

    This place has a bumper 42 acres of gardens to play with. A short, super-pretty stroll through the pines will land you on a stunner of a beach. If you want to fully relax, there are private lodge rooms in the exclusive adult's-only area.

    • Rooms: 641

    Things you'll love

    • Private Lodge section
    • Pool with slides
    • Shedloads of activities

    Location

    TUI Magic Life

    Taking All Inclusive to the next level

    • 24–hour All Inclusive
    • Beachfront locations
    • Extensive sports programme
    • Professional entertainment team

    FOOD & DRINK

    All Inclusive

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Selected local-brand alcohol, soft drinks, tea and coffee. Snacks at set times.

    Facilities

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    • 5 outdoor pools

      There's something for everyone here, there's a relax pool, an activity pool, a private lodge pool exclusively for adults, a kids' pool and a splash park.

    • Splash park

      The little ones will be kept entertained with the slides and the tipping buckets in the splash park.

    • Magico buffet restaurant

      There’s themed nights and live show cooking so you can see your meals being prepared fresh for you. The Green Fit corner offers a range of healthier meal options. For lunch, there a snack and sandwich corner to help yourself to.

    Rooms

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    • Private Lodge Double,Adults only Balcony or Terrace

      These are private lodges in the adult's area of the hotel. They come with benefits such as access to an adults-only pool, an exclusive section on the beach, exclusive access to a speciality restaurant and a pool bar. You'll also arrive to a welcome package which includes a bottle of wine.

    • Double Room with Balcony or Terrace

      These double rooms are decorated in neutral, wooden tones. Layout-wise you'll find a double or twin beds and a separate sofa-bed in the bedroom meaning these rooms can accommodate up to three. Spacious in size you'll also have a desk area, and amenities like a safety deposit box, Wi-Fi, smart TV, air-conditioning and mini-fridge where you'll find water and soft drinks on arrival and water replenishment during your stay.

    Fantastic week, do as much or little as you want!
    17 Jul , 2019 jjbjnj, 190764
    Private Lodge definitely worth the bit extra £ if you want a pool with plenty of sunbeds and cover without having to reserve. Very quiet and relaxing part of the complex. Found staff throughout to be very friendly. The TUI magic life app was a great feature to see what going on each day and made booking the restaurants very easy. The steaks cost Euro 14 extra but were amazing. Walking through wood to beach was so tranquil and I found sand to shingle then sea perfect. Plenty of beds available there along with beach bar and excellent water sports.
    Nice Hotel with Potential
    16 Jul , 2019 KDG080, 528793
    The resort opened this year and whilst we were there (early June) some work was ongoing but it wasn’t disruptive. The resort is nice and well set out, and the block we were in was quiet. The rooms are clean and comfortable, with the exception of the pillows, which are not so good. The walk to the beach is nice through a wooded area and there are plenty of sun beds. The beach has plenty of stones particularly close to the sea and beach shoes are a must. The beach bar is free and has limited food. But again well set out and convenient. The choice and quality of the food in the main restaurant is good, if you get to it quickly when it is first put out, if not it loses a lot if it’s been in the trays for any length of time. The draft red wine is chilled for some reason, and is not best ever. The draft beer is Kozel, which is a Czech brew. In Italy, really. A lot of the staff are Spanish and very friendly it has to be said. We were told that when TUI took over the place they let all the local staff go and employ agency staff to reduce costs. Similarly all the food is imported and this was evidenced by the fact that locally a strawberry festival was ongoing, but very few in the restaurant. We did a trip to Stromboli which was good, albeit it is a bun fight to get back onto the boat. Excellent restaurant as you walk into the village. A boat trip along the coast is a very pleasant couple of hours and a much smaller boat than that above, 6 onboard including two crew. Pizzo is a short taxi ride away – there is a hotel shuttle bus – and is well worth the visit. Several nice restaurants and a particularly good leather shop. A particular gripe we had was smoking, there is nowhere you can sit outside that is free from cigarette smoke, including at times the main restaurant and the beach bar. The area outside the bar (staff worked very hard) is large enough to keep both smokers and non smokers happy with little effort or initiative from the management. Finally Lamezia Terme International Airport. Once through security you will be directed to 3 gates situated at the end of a reasonably sized hall, and you find yourself funnelled into a pathway towards two passport officials, who were extremely vigorous in their duty. Three flights were aiming to get through to the gates and many did not want to queue. If I visited the airport again I would join the queue as soon as I could, ideally at the start. We did not have an issue entering the airport on arrival but our daughter who travelled a week earlier had to queue outside to get through passport control. I would not discourage anybody from visiting the resort. Last year we went to the Family Life Resort in Sardinia which was absolutely marvellous and we were expecting the same. TUI Magic Life is a separate brand (you cannot forget because the branding is everywhere) from the Family Life. I would give 7 out of 10 and hopefully work in progress.
    The Acrobat is the best!!
    16 Jul , 2019 Ozgals2010
    The highlight for me was the evening shows. The Australian acrobat was beautiful with her trapeze, silk and aerial hoop routines. I spent most of my days on the beach and was happy they had a snack bar. I do think sunlounge service would have made it even better! The beach is a fair walk from the main hotel area. I was in block 6 so it was quite far but it made for a nice, peaceful walk through the forest. A few days I didn't make the beach after stopping off at the hammocks in the forest chill zone. I think check-in needs more information. I'm not wanting to have my phone on me during my holiday so the app wasn't appropriate so meant I missed out on knowing a lot about the activities or booking the specialty restaurants etc. The food at the Magico was ok. Breakfast was my favourite. The spicy red sauce at the pasta station was my dinner favourite. The gardens were beautiful. My room was recently refurbished and no issues. Did have ants but that's not a big issue... sometimes these things happen. I think it's great value for money if you are utilising the water sports, the extra activities, eat lots of food and drink alcohol. The pool areas looked beautiful but I didn't go there, lots of families. CAR HIRE: I suggest arranging car hire outside the resort... it was outrageously expensive through the on-site car hire company. I paid the same for 2 days as I did for 5 in London. I enjoyed dancing the night away with the entertainment crew each night and overall had a very relaxing time and was glad to have the experience.
    Still needs polishing in areas!
    15 Jul , 2019 katy I
    Going to start with the negatives because the brilliant points definitely out weigh the bad! I travelled to the TUI Magic life Calabria Sat 6th July with 3 older friends aged 75- 79. On arrival my friend and I were given a double bedded rm (block 5) when we had booked a twin, we had proof of this in writing from Tui. We had to walk a long way back to reception in the sweltering heat as there was no telephone number in rm or any other correspondence! We were offered another rm on the ground floor and asked to view this rm to see if it was ok. Another long walk back in the heat only to find the rm was not suitable as smelled badly of damp! By this time my friend who suffers badly with sciatica and uses a walking stick was in a great deal of pain and feeling ill. we was told to wait in the rm until reception phoned us back. After a further two telephone calls, reception told us we could have a disabled twin rm but we would have to move again after the first night! I refused this and then was given a twin rm on the 2nd floor . Sadly we lost the first afternoon at the hotel because of the rm situation and my friend felt so ill that she had to go to bed and couldn't come down to dinner in the evening! Fantastic variety of good food but NEVER hot enough! NO information in rms whatsoever! NO non slip rubber bath mats! (shower floor very slippery and dangerous!) When we asked at reception for rubber mats and a kettle they were put in rms the next day which was great. I asked why there wasn't any information in rms etc and was told it was because the hotel hadn't been open long, not really good enough! (I know you can download the hotel APP but not all older guests have mobiles!) Absolute joke trying to get a sunbed! Pool gates are kept locked until 9 am and then in order to get a bed you have to queue at one of the gates and then everyone pushes forward once opened! (bit like Black Friday sales!) Because of this we used the beach which is wonderful, as is the beautiful pathway leading to it. Very good all inclusive drinks and cocktails. The staff at this hotel are amazing, always happy and everyone makes the effort to speak to you. The staff cannot do enough for you. Entertainment team are fantastic, some of the best i have seen!
    Disappointing - Many issues to address
    14 Jul , 2019 johnamuir
    My overwhelming feeling is TUI has opened this hotel too soon. Perhaps a financial issue. Welcome meeting was poor and told us almost nothing other than info on excursions... AC in rooms inadequate. Balcony furniture ancient and dirty. Door to balcony didn't close. Dead hatchlings on balcony - horrific! Ants everywhere. Food in main restaurant below average, v little variety. Had the feel of a canteen. Speciality restaurants were good. Poolside situation a farce. Too few loungers, people queuing for 40 mins to access pool then fighting over loungers. This was exacerbated by Private Lodge guests having access to main pool. One man attempted to walk through a hedge... Pool bar good, particularly Vincenzo who was outstanding. Doctor and pharmacy service both good. Reception helpful in this regard. Good gym, plenty of sports activities. My wife asked reception to view Private Lodge for future trip but was told no - most odd. Night time entertainment not great. Some good shows in amphitheatre but not enough. Main bar lacked atmosphere and any sense of charm. Overall, a disappointing experience. Other guests I spoke to felt the same. Best avoided.
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    This property is generally unsuitable for those with reduced mobility. Having said that, we understand that everyone has different needs, so feel free to contact our Customer Welfare team if you have any questions.


    Our Customer Welfare number is 0203 451 2585. Lines are open Monday to Friday 09.00-19.00, Saturday 09.00-18.00, and Sunday 10.00-17.00. Calls from UK landlines cost the standard rate, but calls from mobiles may be higher, so please check with your network provider.

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