Cala Ferrera Hotel

the resort was fine, good and hot and the hotel is situated well next to a great sandy cove beach. the main gripe that i had was that there was never enough bar staff on duty which meant it took ages to get served and the staff seem to favour the germans, in which there seemed to be millions of them, they were brilliant at stealing your sun bed if you went to get a drink or go the loo, even though i clearly had all mine and my daughters stuff there. the food is passable but very samy samy, but the main issue that my friend had ( we went as a group of 7, 4 adults and 3 children) was he was verbaly threatend with violance from one of the female waitresses. the management did absolutly nothing about it and it turned out it wasnt an isolated inccident as a female holiday maker had a plate thrown at her from the same waitress and there was plenty of over reports of other verbal abuse. the rooms are basic and clean but be warned there is no air conditioning, my daughter and i slept for a week on the terrace where it was nice and cool and we were never bothered with mossys!!. The entertainment is awfull, young children dont want to see ballroom dancing!!! be warned if you after family fun and entertainment your not going to get it !! This hotel should not be advertised as a family hotel and not be recommended to the english holiday maker as when you are there the Germans basically take over and are favoured by the hotel management and all the staff. The main thing is that my daughter had a great time going to the beach, go karting and travelling around the island but i wont go back as i know of far better places to spend my hard earned money.

myself, husband and 2 young children have recently returned from 1 week holiday at this hotel, and 1 week was enough, if you book half board you know about it they make you feel like you are poor as all the other guest s that are full board wear a white band round there wrist. The waiter walks round the restuarant and if you do not have a wrist band he gives you a bill for drinks you have with your meal. The kids club is a complete joke , the girl that take it speaks very little english and the room the kids go to is totally disgusting and very unclean, i stopped my kids going after one visit. The rooms are very big, the bathroom is spottles but after the shower is on steam builds up very quickly and lets just say you cant breath. We only discovered on the last night that we had airconditioning in the room which looked like a radiator against the main wall, by chance my husband clicked something on it and it blew out cold air but did not circulate also there were no instructions on what it was and how to use it, i could go on and on and on, the hotel is VERY GERMAN its not for british, my yound son of age 6 whom is just learning to swim could only use the baby pool which is separated from the large pool with a silver barrier, couldnt use it because the germans were playing volley ball and splashing him all the time. we reported it to the reception and they did nothing about it.

How awful, I seem to always book German Hotels!!!! Everything was geared towards the Germans! In the hotel there was Stuart and I (I was 24 and Stu was 31 at the time) and another English couple in their 50's. The room was ok, large and clean and the bathroom was spotless!!! We had a fantastic view of the pool and the sea. The food was awful, geared to the Germans, you could not go to the restaurant when you wanted, you had set times and you had to sis on the same table for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We got fed up after the first 2 days and ate out every night. So much for all inclusive, we ended up drinking out as well as the bar was full of Gemans and they would look you up and down all night. (im not a hater of germans as my very good friend is german and ive been to germany over 15 times) There was a great bar we ended up in just down the road called Kev and Mels. If it wasnt for them i would have been bored everynight. We got engaged out there, Stu had gone to loads planning to make it special but to be honest, it wasnt, he tried to ask the hotel for champagne and they didnt understand so we got engaged on our balcony with a bottle of san miguel each!! lol how romantic!!

Have just returned from two weeks in this hotel and have to say that the hotel was very comfortable and very clean. The waiters and waitresses were very helpful abd pleasant. The only downside was the food. The chef seemed to cater for the German guests of which there were many. My husband and myself went down to dinner one night and on the menu was rabbit stew! The fish was full of bones and we just could not eat it. We lived on salads for the whole two weeks. This would be a lovely hotel if they would just sort out their menu. It is in a very quiet area and good for a relaxing time.

Just returned from this horrendous hotel. Five days into the holiday our room was broken into so too was our suitcase which had a three combination locks on it which had been cut open with a metal cutter. our passports all four, 500 cash, my sons sony psp along with three games my camera, watch and all credit cards were stolen. the credit cards were also used. This was so frightening has we had always handed our keys into reception whenever we left our room as we assumed this was the safest place. Police was called and the manager came and took photos. However three days later three of the passports all except my husbands were returned and placed by the side of the bed. This all confirmed what we expected that whoever stole our stuff worked at the hotel as there was no forced entry; obviously the person had a key to the front door. We were not the only family to have this done to this done, an Italian couple also had their room done over and we since heard that there has been eight other incidents like ours. After this happened the hotel was crawling with police. the staff on reception were extremely rude and looked upon us as we were the ones who had done wrong. The all-inclusive was horrendous meals were rabbit and tripe. there was no catering for children, snacks were hard warmed up chips with salad which you could only have at a certain time. Most of the alcohol drinks were not all-inclusive. My son who is nine was told that he could not have anymore milkshakes as he’d had enough, bearing in mind all-inclusive is supposed to be unlimited drinks! This was an altogether terrible experience which I would not wish on anyone. Please I urge anyone do not go there!!!

Just returned from a two-week last minute break at Cala Ferrera Hotel. Luckily we only paid £400 each for our all inclusive deal from Teletext, others had twice as much so had every right to feel cheated!! The hotel has little to offer in the way of facilities and although very clean, it's very dated. The plus points are the location - right on the beach at Cala Ferrera and an easy 15 minute walk into the centre of Cala D'Or - and the staff, who are very friendly and work very hard (except for one or two notable exceptions). The bad points are several. This hotel has NO AIR CONDITIONING - anywhere!! Despite the fact you may see it advertised as having air con - not even the public areas are cool. There are, at most , 7 large portable cooling units dotted about the bar and the restuarant (plus one in reception) but they are as much use as a chocolate teapot when the temperature is in the high 30's. The rooms are unbearably hot! Ask to hire a fan on your first day - they are old and noisy but will help a little when trying to dress for dinner or sleep. This hotel caters for German guests almost exclusively as they make up at least 80% of the clientele. I suppose that's fine if you like having to wrestle for a sunbed by the pool at 7.30am, don't mind eating food that might get on a Rhine cruise and are happy to allow people to jump in front of you at the bar. "Please" and "thankyou" musn't exist any more in the German language as I didn't hear a single guest say either of these words to any of the staff during our stay. We started to think we were staying in a hotel that is used by "Arrogant Germans Annonymous". Don't waste your money on the tv. You'll be told you get ITV, BBC and MTV for 15 euros a week, but, surprise, surprise, it's all German tv (with the odd Spanish channel thrown in for good measure) and when you question it at reception they'll tell you there's a problem with the satellite and it'll be fixed tomorrow - yet one of the big TV's in the bar is showing UK Sky every day!! The All-inclusive is probabaly the worst we've encountered - mineral water wasn't free and only a handful of locally produced spirts/soft drinks and beer were included and the staff - as good as they were - seemed to have been told to do everything else but serve in an effort to keep consumption down. If you wanted a baileys - there was no spanish equivalent so you had to pay and all the cocktails - despite being made with locally produced alcohol were available half price for all-inclusive guests. None of the food was labelled so you didn't have a clue what you were eating - it was guess work using a menu sheet that was produced daily. Tongue with capers and brussel sprouts had to be the most bizarre meal on offer during our stay. There was very little choice and virtually nothing for children. Sunbeds and parasols on the beach cost 10.50 euros a day and the first 15 rows are pre-reserved for other hotels. We bought a couple of lilos and a sunshade for 21 euros and went to the beach everyday but you need to get down there early to get a decent spec. The beach is very busy and it's very difficult to find a spare inch to place a towel in the afternoons, I can't imagine what it would be like in the height of the season!! It's clean and well maintained and you can buy fresh fruit chopped for you from a man with a barrow who lets you know he's there. By the end of your holiday you will be able to shout along with him in unison.!! It's 6 years since we were last in Cala D'Or and the resort has changed somewhat, it's attracting less families and more groups of young lads and girls who are looking for the same kind of holiday they'd get in Magaluf. In a few more years I think the place will be more like a small-scale Alcudia or Arenal which is a shame as when we brought our children it was a very family-centred resort. We got our holiday very cheaply - it would have cost us more to get our flights, book an apartment and transfers. We always had our breakfast and a few drinks each day and mostly had some lunch. Of an evening you had to go to a table that had been allocated to you at the start of your holiday and if you weren't sitting within six inches of the cooling units (and unfortunately no Brits were...) it was an unpleasant experience due to the heat and the unappetising food. Stay here if you get it cheap - eat out of a night and have some drinks in the bar and you will still be quids in, please don't pay full price, bring children or consider this hotel if you haven't got a sense of humour!!

Have just returned from a week at the Cala Ferrera which was bearable but only just....... Many travel companies advertise this hotel as being "fully air conditioned" - this is not the case at all. The bedroom that myself and my partner had was hotter than a sauna and did not even have a fan, we believe all bedrooms were the same ? The public areas such as the dining room and reception areas are only just about bearable - I would be very sorry for anyone staying at this accomodation in July or August. Also beware of the "all inclusive" deal as this would be better described as "all exclusive" as the majority of things with the exception of locally produced lower quality drinks and food are excluded from the all inclusive package although they can be purchased for a cheaper price?? The buffet style food was not bad, tolerable even but be prepared this hotel is mainly occupied by Germans so be prepared to battle for everything from obtaining food to getting a sunbed and even a drink at the bar. On a plus note the hotel, although dated is very clean and all of the staff are friendly and helpful. Also has good location close to Cala Ferrera beach and a number of shops, restaurants and bars but Cala D'or centre on foot is only for the very brave and fit!!

having just returned from the cala ferrera hotel i feel i must warn others about the receptionist,a young lad with long hair,who took our passports on arrival then either lost or gave them to someone else because when we asked for them back they were missing.he said he had signed them out to us.we dont know if they were lost or stolen but we had the hassle of going to the police at palma airport to get the paperwork to fly home. the reps at the airport were very good and helped us .even so we only just made the flight.so i would say be very careful with your passports.the hotel didnt want to know and never even apologised.now about the hotel itself not bad the food should have been a lot better and as ther were only about 20 of us in at the time i think in busy times they will really struggle to feed everybody not much choice unless you like rabbit or bony fish.the location of the hotel is lovely though and calc d or is easily in walking distance.

We stayed here for 2 weeks april-may 2006 and I must say i was very suprised after reading the comment on the bad food. We had a very pleasent stay. The food was good, the rooms nice, the people nice. We love this place and will return. Recommended.

We have just returned from a week's stay (June 2005) at the Cala Ferrera Hotel, Cala Dor, Majorca. We were on an All Inclusive basis. It is supposed to be three star. The rooms were very basic. A TV was present but it cost 16EU for the week and there was only one English-speaking channel. The curtain rail was hanging off. However, this would have been bearable if the food had been better. As it was, lunch and dinner were appalling, and breakfast was just about acceptable. THere was very little choice (dogfish for lunch one day and what was labelled rigatoni) and what was there was devoid of taste. Snacks consisted of arid burgers or hotdogs served on a hard bun. Staff were few and had to multitask - one waitress served at the bar, took food orders, ran upstairs to collect them and had to serve them routinely on her own. Other guests looked uniformly miserable although the Dunkerque spirit prevailed ("we normally manage to find something to eat at dinner"). A holiday should not be like this - we pay good money for holidays and having to search for something edible is not to be expected or accepted. The few plus points for the hotel are its location next to a beach and the children's entertainment man who tried valiently to cheer things up. Overall though, a dispiriting experience and one we hope never to repeat