Sorra Dor Hotel

We stayed here for 10 days on an all inclusive,the hotel is situated down a street,5 min walk from bus drop off,and next to the railway station.
For us the train station was a added bonus as we intended using the train it goes all thee way down the coastline into Barcelona.
As for the hotel it was very clean and well situated you are yards from sandy beach.
We never really had any complaints until we got to end of week with regards to bottled water,as we were all inclusive the water stopped,there reason being, they now gone into there winter and bottled water stopped and could only be obtained by the cup at the bar ??????? We are still trying to work it out.
The food was plentiful,but found it was not very hot on a number of occasions,the snacks in the mid day session i would say was not good especially the chips,if ya wanted hot put in microwave.
We also noticed the food is recyclable what was left over one day turned out the next day in batter or relished in garlic,but on a whole would give food a 6 out of ten.
We found some of the staff good and helpful,especially desk staff,but there were a couple of bad ones,but you will spot them straight away.
I would suggest you get a safety deposit box and not leave anything of value lying in room,we had 3 incidents of theft whilst there, not us personally other guests,an i phone,a pair of earings,and a coin wallet,but the management were not easy to talk with apparently.
On a whole i would go back to this hotel as it was a lovely stay but if management of this hotel are viewing this review have a word with your staff on rudeness as some of you staff let the rest down.
Should anyone go here look out for the dining room clearer a lovely go happy chap he really made us feel welcome and he is one of the happiest chaps i have ever met,you cant miss him he shines out above the rest.

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everthin is basic but thats what you pay for food is more than eadable as i know im a chef you will get fussy people moaning about it ignore them they are just make the most of a cheap holiday
pool a bit small an gets really humid quiet busy in august with families so went the beach most days over the road really comfotable nice sea breaze beach bar serves bear an water for inclusive guests
als get get a massage off the chinease women on the beach about 10 euro
drinks went down well not big glases just ask for 2 we gave the bar staff our change every day for there tips an got served befor most other guests when busy from our bar stools
had a laugh an relaxed

thought i was going to get a week away to relax turned out completely different. got to the hotel booked in all ok. got to the room had a double bed when had asked for a twin room. very basic room. found out our balcony door wouldnt lock so went and complained to reception they said they would get it sorted, bit later on balcony door still wasnt sorted reception had told us it was fixed clearly wasnt, asked for a free safety deposit seeing as our door wouldnt lock but wouldnt give us one free so had to keep everything locked in suitcase and take suitcase keys with us everywhere. miserable reception staff really unhelpful. Upside the bar staff are so friendly and is a nice location right on the beach with a small presinct of shops. food was discusting barely ate on my stay there bought crisps from the shop.

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Me my partner and our 2yr old went to Sorra Dor Hotel in September. I no its quite late in the year and they shut in a few weeks but it could have been better. We went from girona by transfer which left us at the end of the street with no directions. Got to the hotel got key and went to room. Room basic but very clean. It had no air con but was wat i payed for some where to sleep and shower. My view was into another veranda in the corner but not all rooms like that there was lovely beach front rooms and pool views. Went for lunch and it was terrible cold burgers and hot dogs just lying in grease for snacks cold chips and stuff for sandwiches. My child ate nothing went down for dinner everything cold. Pasta, salad, fish and pork not any of these tasted of anything. I have been all inclusive where food has been cold bt 2 mins in microwave and it lovely. Not here put food in microwave and it tasted disgusting. I spent 400 euro on eating out for the week. Said to the man on reception that my child hadn't ate because the food was not nice and he told me kids go free and walked away. I had payed full price for him. We spent the whole week at beach and at night in santa sussana with our child no entertainment on 3 night out of 4 and the 4 nights it was on it was a man playing music. Absolutely nothing for kids to do as pool was frozen. The hut on beach for drinks were shut. There were a few ppl complain wen i was there. Would not recommend to anyone but especially not families.

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I felt obliged to leave a review after reading so many negative on other sites. People, its all inclusive, you are probably paying about £5 a day for 3 meals, snacks and drinks! Why are you expecting 5* cuisine? The food was edible, if you arent keen on whats on offer, theres chips and bread, what can go wrong with that? yeah, its repetitive, but if its variety you want, then why go all inclusive?
The bar was nice, the staff friendly considering they were probably sick of drunk foreigners speaking anything from Spanish, English, French, Dutch and German!
The bedrooms fit their purpose, I could shower and change there and of course sleep. I was at the bar most of the time so i expected nothing more.
The pool area was a bit crowded, but the beach is a stones throw away and their is a massive courtyard area if you want to sit and chill in the sun.
If youve been all inclusive before, then you know what you expect, if you havent, either dont have high expectations or go self catering.
Thanks for reading.

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I'm going to break down this review as much as possible as I feel this hotel is worthy of it.
To get to this hotel you have two choices of airports either Girona (that I used) or Barcelona I am told that if you get a Taxi from Girona you can expect to pay about 55 euros as its about a 40 min journey we used resort hoppa who were just fine. if your landing in Barcelona you can get to right outside the hotel for under 4 euros per person this is because the hotel is right outside the train station entrance/exit you will need to get a train which goes to blanes/macqnet and its about and 1 hour and 20 min journey to Malgrat del mar where the hotel Sorra Dor is.
now if you are going to this hotel by bus you will be dropped of up the road which is about a 5 min walk the hotel is hidden at the end of the tourist shops the hotels entrance is actually located around the corner of the building the first sign of the hotel is the outside bar called bar sorra d'or.
now the Hotel itself if you walk into main entrance its self you will be greeted like most hotels check is at 1pm.
I think its important to state I was suprised by how many Spanish people stayed here which for me is very reassuring because if the locals use it, it must be good they hosted quite alot of different countries the ones I saw were British, French, Germans/Dutch, Spanish and Polish (there was probably more but that's all I could make out.)
The rooms - we upgraded to a superior room (for an extra £10) and this gave us nicer rooms in a better area of the hotel and air con as standard. the rooms themselves are pretty basic but when ever I'm on holiday I'm always of the mindset that the bedroom in a hotel is literally for sleeping and showering which it catered for just fine. the room also has a safe which can be rented for a deposit of 10 euros for your stay which you get back after we didn't use this and all our stuff was fine never an issue with the cleaning staff once a day they come by and clean up and just to add the rooms have a TV mostly with Spanish channels and a lovely balcony.
Pool - probably the biggest let down of this whole hotel fairly small in size for a hotel which has over 400 rooms+
you have to get up early to get sun beds in the only area of the pool which gets any sun which is the side closet to the restaurant. the pool is not heated so it will be quite a shock when you first jump in they do have nice shower and toilet facilities by the pool.
Beach - to get to the beach you have to go under the train lines its not hard to get to if you come out of the main entrance of the hotel and turn left you will soon see an underpass which when you come out at the top you will see a beach bar (which if you are going all inclusive you can get drinks from saving you going back and forth to the hotel). the beach is made up of rough sand and small stones which after two days hurt my feet but the sea was beautiful and if you swim about 5m out with some goggles you will see some lovely fish.
They do have sun beds but you have to rent them from the local vendors at 4 euros each for the whole day and you can rent the boats they have for 15 euros for an hour (you need to bring your passport for the time your out on sea they give it right back after)
Service - whilst I was there any time I had a question or a request it was met with a smile I didn't have much to ask for.
Dining - I will include drinks into this as well, food if you are all inclusive is served from 8am - 10am for breakfast which is the same thing every day eggs bacon, 3 types of sausage, beans, cold meats and cheese, toast and cereal and you can get hot and cold drinks on a self service basis from the machines at either end of the room.
11 am - 12.30pm they serve snacks which is once again the same every day, burgers, hot dogs, chips, bread rolls, cold meats and cheese. From this point on the coffee machine is turned off and the self service bar is open serving beer, wine and soft drinks all which you help yours self when your ready.
1pm - 3pm is lunch which changes daily bar a few items every day you can always have fresh salad and a selection of carrot and beetroot and a varying dishes of salad/healthy option foods. They also change on a daily basis the hot section which normally includes two meat dishes an two fish dishes some form of potato and some hot nibbly bits mostly aimed at the kids (fish fingers etc)
3.30pm - 6pm more snacks as above
7pm - 9pm - dinner the same as lunch apart from the hot food changes again so you never have the same food twice.
there is a lot of choice on offer here I always found some way to keep me happy with the food I ate but keep in mind this is not a 5 star hotel you will get what you pay for. I generally enjoyed the food with the odd "oh this is a bit bland" but overall I enjoyed it also worth a mention is the Ice creams they have in their are unlimited so great for kids.
Main bar - opens from 10am to 11pm they serve most of the drinks such as beer, rum, brandy, sangria, cocktails, soft drinks, tea, coffee and wines there is a list at the bar of what all inclusive gets you be aware though they use large measurements for drinks so you will be drunk quickly.
Hotel entertainment - the one thing worse than the pool, every night from 8.30 - 9 they have a kids disco then from 9 - 11 is the adults disco the kids disco is the same songs every night and the adults disco is not far off but they take requests and if they have it they will play it. thats really about all I saw from the hotel entertainment side they guys from animation did a good enough job of trying to get people involved but you get the feeling they have a very small budget so find it hard to be able to get anything going.
Amenities - as stated there is a beach 2 min walk away right outside the train station so you have easy links with Barcelona they have all the usual tourist shops selling towels, pool equipment, hair braiding, local mini market, few bars all which you would expect from a touristy area, if you are buying anything towel etc wise always haggle we got a pair of Spanish shoes from 24.95 to 7.95 if your good at haggling you can grab some bargains.
I think I have given the best description I can of this hotel if any one wants to know anything more about the hotel or area feel free to e-mail me at daveh182@hotmail.com and I will answer any question you have.

Me and my partner had a week all inclusive at this hotel,the hotel is spotlessly clean and is a stones throw from the beach.The main meals were very good with a great selection of food,the snacks were disappointing though with burgers and hot dog sausage,cold meats, cheese,lettuce and tomato every single day.I think what i missed was when i've been all inclusive in the past i could get toasties,pizzas etc from the pool bar but all meals here where served in the restaurant. The beach is 2 minutes walk away under a subway and as you come up the other side there is a beach bar which is great as it's part of the hotels all inclusive.There is always a life guard on duty at the beach,the sand is very gritty so be careful when going in the sea,also be careful as there are pretty big dips in the sea itself and you can easily lose your footing.
The train station is right on your doorstep but passing trains didn't bother us at all.
The food at the hotel finished at 9pm which was a bit of a pain cos when i've had a few drinks i always get the munchies and had to buy food from the take away just across the road,once again in the past when i've been all inclusive i could get food up til midnight.
The rooms are basic but clean but have no air conditioning,the only time that i could sleep was out on the balcony.
We arrived at this hotel on a Tuesday and could see a huge difference at the weekend of how much busier and noisier it had got,i think we were leaving at the right time but i know that this is expected most places at this time of year.

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Just returned from the Sorra D'or Hotel holiday. Flew into Gerona with Ryanair and got a shuttle bus to the hotel. The bus drops you off at the Hotel Planamar and you have to turn round and walk back the way down the hill to the hotel. There are two lifts in the hotel and two pc's where you can use the internet for 1 euro for 10 minutes. Just over the road at the internet cafe you can use the internet for one hour for 2 euros. Not that you go on holiday to be online all the time, but just to let you know. We had a room overlooking the sea and on a Saturday night the locals gather on the beach and the noise is horrendous. It is only on a Saturday night mind you. Our room didn't have air conditioning but we hired a fan which was really good for 10 euros a week. We also hire a safe key for 29 euros but you get 10 euros back when you return the safe key. Keep the receipt to show at reception. Towels are changed every day if you want, just leave them on the floor of the bathroom. The trains run very regular and you can go to Barcelona for 7.30 euros a return. Walking down Las Ramblas in Barcelona is a must. Get off the train at the Catalunya stop. It takes about 1 hour 20 mins to get there. Food is okay and I am sure there is something for everyone. There is always soup, salad, a pasta dish, pork or beef and fish. There is white, red and rose wine available in the restaurants (there are two) and I think the rose is the best, in my opinion. There is very little entertainment at night. There are plenty of shops available. You go via the rail underpass and you are on the beach which is never full due to the length of the spanish mainland. There is a kiosk on the beach that will give you water and soft drinks when you show your wristband. The swimming pool is available from 8 am to 6 pm. If you are looking for a clean, cheap holiday then here it is!

to be quite honest when we booked this hotel we were told it was a family hotel as thats what we wanted because we were taking our 18 month old son, I was very dissapointed with the food which was the same day in day out, cold chips, fish etc... We were all inclusive and spent 300 euro in one week just on eating out, my son was also very bored as the pool was freezing and there was no entertainment for him, there for it was NOT a family hotel. It was very clean and tidy though, cleaners in everyday doing your rooms, the staff was also very friendly, other than that we will certainly not be going back again

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This hotel is well worth the 3 star rating in my opinion, we went all inclusive and we very satisfied with the variety,quality, quantity,layout,presentation and freshness of the food.There was something to cater for all tastes for our 7 day night stay, however if we stayed longer we would have eaten at other places for a change of cuisine. We had a twin bed room on the first floor facing the main street with a balcony, Not really a problem but had slight traffic noise and after a while did not bother us.
The room was clean,large enough, adequate, with tv,(although did not use except to hear the news)no air condition, so kept patio door slightly open during the night,This was not a problem and no big issue.
Maid service was every day, towels changed as and when you requested.
The whole of the hotel was kept very clean, staff at reception were helpful and the bar staff provided an excellent service and were pleasant.
We did not use the pool as the area is sheltered on all sides and does not get the sun, hence the water is just warm.
The railway station is on the door step,noise from it is not worth a mention, and barcelona is only an hour away and well worth going, For 21 euros each a combined rail and barcelona city tour bus was well worth the money and a good way to see the sights of barcelona on a hop on, hop off basis for a first timer
For the smokers( which I am not) there is seating area immediatley outside the main hotel entrance facing the square, I prefered to sit away more into the square and this was not a problem.
Guests included, british, germans, french, polish and some russians, A good mixture and atmosphere.
A hotel safe can be rented and is allocated in a separate room, there is a luggage room.
Entertainment is limited to disco music, none for the children, the hotel is mainly for adults but does not detract the location from being a base to travel out from and visit other parts of the resort or hotels.
I would visit again for a relaxed weeks holiday but not as my main holiday