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Cala Ferrera Hotel ReviewsPage 1 2
| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
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Aug 2008 |
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A1 travel |
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Miss M Hearn |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
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Me,my partner and 2 children,aged 3 and 8 have just returned from the cala ferrera.We had a fantastic time,the location is brill and the sea view was just stunning.we had great weather all week so was even better.The food is fine,i spoke to people also there and some werent keen but all of us liked it,yes some unusual tastes but i think people forget they are in a different country and expect food they would get at home....i say stop being so fussy!!!
The reason i didnt give it a ten was the fact there isnt any air con in the rooms and this makes it hard to sleep,i had to get up few times in the night to throw water all over my face!!If they got air con in the rooms i think it would be a brill investment as so many more would return.
The toilets in reception are soooooo hot,its untrue!!!!Hope the hotel reads all the comments and dishes out on getting air con...then would be a definate 10!
The entertainment is ok,nothing special really but the kids loved the dances they do every night at the start.
Its such an easy and short walk for lots to do at night so fine.
The staff are lovely andso are the locals,really friendly.great places to eat.
The beach is so close,minutes walk,which is brill.
We were lucky as got a really spacious room,the kids had their seperate room and were both very big.but on the day we were leaving we got given a room for 2 just to shower in before our flight,this was very cosy but then again depends if your bothered and to be honest we didnt spend hardly any time in our room,but some people may feel caustrophobic in the small rooms.
Well happy holidays and enjoy cala d'or.
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
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Aug 2008 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Booked Independently |
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Mr J Owen |
| Overall
Rating: |
5/10 |
| Comments: |
Just returned from a week in Cala Ferrera- 15th-22nd Aug. We flew with Easyjet- never again! You do not get a seat allocation, it is a rugby scrum to get on the plane so you can sit with you kids/family. They lost the planes paperwork so we had to sit on the tarmac for an hour waiting while it was faxed from Luton. We have been to Majorca for the last 3 years- lovely island great weather etc. The hotel is very basic & a bit dated- it looks like a 1970's Porn film set! lol. The rooms are basic- yes no aircon- but clean and well kept by the maids. We had kids in the same room, on bunk beds so no privacy for me & the missus. The rooms in the evenings are very hot, some people were hiring fans from local shops just to get some sleep! The food was hit and miss! They dont really cater for Kids. However we found out that you can ask for Nuggets & chips 30mins before evening meal if your kids are fussy. The beakfast was the best part with full english available,toast,cereal etc. We ate out 4 nights out of 7.
The hotel is in a stunning location on the bay, however the sunbeds are in short supply. The hotel has 120 rooms with only 60ish sunbeds.So yes it turns in to a Battle with the many Germans at the hotel - about 90%-10% English. The entertainment was poor but hey we did not go for that anyway. The bar closes at 00.30 when the staff basically threw us out. You pay half price after 00:00 which is not really all inclusive. The other annoying thing was that they would only serve 1 person 1 drink. So you could not get a round for your kids/family! you all have to go up! However the staff are overall polite and friendly.
We spent a lot of time in the sea which was fantastic, lots of fish great for snorkelling. One of our group of 12 did get stung by a Jellyfish much to great laughter by us all as it turned out painful but harmless. Overall we had a good time and will return to the Island but will not return to this Hotel. Oh nearly forgot watch out round the pool, the floor is tiled so when it got wet you were taking your life in your hands !!! We saw loads of people slipping even if they were only walking, if you have got kids get them some pool shoes to wear they may not like the idea but much better than a trip to the local hospital.
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
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Aug 2008 |
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Operator: |
Booked Independentlyteletext hello holidays |
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Mrs E Christian |
| Overall
Rating: |
5/10 |
| Comments: |
WE HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THIS HOTEL WE FOUND OUR ROOM WAS CLEAN WE HAD A DOOR IN OUR ROOM THAT LED TO ANOTHER BEDROOM FOR OUR TWO DAUGHTERS WHICH WAS REALLY SPACIOUS APPARENTLY ON EACH FLOOR THERE IS ONE ROOM LIKE THIS SO IF YOU ARE LUCKY LIKE WE WAS YOU MAY GET IT! WE HAVE A FANTASTIC VIEW.THE STAFF ARE FRIENDLY ESPECIALLY PEDRO THE NIGHT PORTER
THE LOCATION OF THE HOTEL IS GOOD PLENTY TO DO OUT SIDE LIKE BARS /RESTAURANTS. WE WAS ALL INCLUSIVE THE FOOD WAS FINE NOT THE BEST WE HAVE HAD, I HAD READ REPORTS ABOUT THIS HOTEL A WEEK BEFORE WE WERE GOING AND I FELT SICK AS THIS HOTEL SOUNDED AWFUL BUT IT IS OK. THE ENTERTAINMENT IS BAD NOTHING I CAN SAY IS GOOD (NOT IN THE WEEK WE WAS THERE) SPOKE TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN THERE LONGER AND THEY HAD SAID THE SAME. ALSO NO AIR CONDITIONING WHICH CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE
THE ONLY OTHER THING WHICH HAPPENS IN ALL HOTELS IS GETTING UP FOR THE SUNBEDS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BUT THE POOL IS NOT THAT BIG SO REALLY IF YOU WANT A SUNBED YOU HAVE TO GET UP!!
WE MET SOME LOVELY PEOPLE WE DID NOT WANT TO COME HOME THE WEATHER WAS FAB AND IF YOU HAVE BOOKED THIS HOTEL YOU WILL BE FINE THE WORST THING IS THE ENTERTAINMENT BUT YOU ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTNCE OF SOME NITE LIFE.
CALA DOR IS LOVELY BEAUTIFUL PLACE
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Aug 2008 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook |
| Submitted
By: |
Mr T Griffin |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
hotel was very nice but could do with air con you may get a bed by the pool if you want to get up at dawn and put your towel on the beds like all the krauts food isnt up to much we ate there twice in a week resort is excelent very lay back but a bit expencive go to the haccienda bar 5 miuites walk great night very freindly english ran
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2008 |
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Operator: |
Booked Independently |
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Mrs L M Jones |
| Overall
Rating: |
10/10 |
| Comments: |
hotel ferrera is accurately rated as a 3 star. the hotel is nothing special - clean and tidy with an adequate room. basically you get what you pay for. however, the staff were fantastic - always smiling and really really helpful. the food was the best i've had on all inclusive - the breakfast was a huge choice including every cereal imaginable with the usual cheese meats and bread but also had milkshakes and full english breakfast on offer with beans and english sausage, fried and scramble eggs, toast and bacon. there is no way you could fault this unless you were really particular. every main meal included not just the usual tomato and lettuce but always had one meat dish, one fish dish, one vegetarian dish with either chips or potaoes and a huge choice of salads including prawn cocktail salad, coronation chicked and tuna salads. fantastic. waitress service for drinks at the table,
the breakfast opens at 8 til 10. the pool side snack bar opens at 10.30 with a permanent buffet of hot (including chips, sausage and food such as cheese toasties) and a cold selection of lettuce and other basic salad choices with a different fresh fruit every day such as melon or plums which you help yourself to. ) the all inclusive drinks were all alchohol, cocktails from a ready made machine (more than adequate) and coke, sprite and fanta or water. also basic lollipops available.
***most of all is the location - this hotel overlooks a terrace where you can sit and have drinks, which overlooks the pool which overlooks the sea. you can't the sea the beach or the open sea which makes it look as if you are overlooking a pool with a lagoon in the background. absolutely stunning. felt as if i was in paradise. the noisy air conditioning (free of charge) was more than compensated for by the perfect location. if you go to the pool and turn left along the cliff path, 20 seconds brings you onto the sandy beach (easy walk) and 20 seconds to the left takes onto the rocks where there are steps built in to drop into the sea, perfect snorkelling area.
massive yachts are attracted here which are fantastic to look at whilst floating on a lilo. you could be anywhere in the world if you go to this hotel as long as you have the weather. Basically, accept the room for what it is - clean and basic - and enjoy everythng else that this perfect, beautiful, idyllic, peaceful yet accessible location has to offer. we love it !!!!!!
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2008 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook |
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Miss L Dockrat |
| Overall
Rating: |
6/10 |
| Comments: |
Well, what can i say, have just returned from a week at the Cala Ferrera. Beautiful location, lovely weather. There are a few downsides to this hotel though, We had specifically asked for a sea view and was also told it had air conditioning. This is very much needed as sleeping at night was impossible, we were given rooms on the side of the hotel, and if you craned your neck over the balcony you could just see the sea through the trees!! not exactly the sea view i had in mind. also these side rooms are right above the kitchens which does make for a very noisy stay! One other complaint is the rubbish is collected every night at around 12ish and is very very noisy!!
The staff were pleasant enough but caters for the many GERMANS!! that frequent the hotel.
The surrounding area and the main drag of cala dor is clean and friendly, we went out most nights and walked into the centre.
The food in the hotel was decent and plenty to choose from and you can eat as much as you like.
the rooms were lovely and clean but agan toooo hot!
The area is fablous and i would go again but not to this hotel unless it has air con and i got my sea view!
Happy holidays
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2008 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs R Forrest |
| Overall
Rating: |
7/10 |
| Comments: |
My husband and I have just returned from our holiday at the cala fererra. We had a great holiday. The hotel was Clean, and tidy. The staff were always polite and helpful. We were lucky enough to get a Sea view, and WOW what a view, looking over the beach. it was beautiful. Thats the good points, now the bad. There was no air-conditioning in the room, and boy did we need it. As we were on a half board basis we had to have our supper between 6.30 and 7.30. So we either had to be at the resturant door at 6.30 and fight our way through the crowd, or wait a little while for the queue to die down, but this left us less time to eat our meal. We didnt bother going to the pool, we spent all of our holiday on the beach, think we would have had to get up at about 4am to get sunbed as the Germans had there towels out really early. Some nights they didnt even bother taking their towels off the beds, so we had no chance, but the beach was perfect, only the way down to the beach was down quite a lot of uneven steps, not suitable for the unfit or disabled. As the hotel was full of Germans, dont think we heard any english speakers, most of the entertainment was in German, so we didnt stay in for the entertainment we went out every night. Would go again to fererra but only if they got air-conditioning in the rooms and only if we got sea view again.
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2008 |
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HOLIDAY FROM HELL!!! |
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Miss K L Radford |
| Overall
Rating: |
1/10 |
| Comments: |
Well, where do i start? After reading the below comment from June 2008, mine and my boyfriend's minds were put at rest, we thought we had nothing to worry about and we were going to have the most wonderful, long awaited break. We couldn't have been more wrong!!!
Rude staff, disguistingly bland food (the pool bar chips and burgers were more inviting than the actual restaurant food), tiny pool, GERMANS!!!! absolutely no entertainment..
The entertainment was so bad, my boyfriend and i actually paid to rent our TV in our room to watch glastonbury and big brother!! On the Wednesday there was supposed to be bingo (this was the highlight of our week, however, they cancelled it...typical!)
In our first couple of days we realised that we were the only 2 british people (besides this other lady that was on her own) 300 rooms and only 2 were taken by british people. Personally i found this very very aggrivating as i hate the deuch, i think they are SO rude, and they were!
The first room we were put in was on the 1st floor and after 1 hour, we demanded to be moved. My boyfriend could lay on the bed and touch one wall with his foot and the other with his hand (and this was at the widest part of the room!) absolutely ridiculous! The hotel refused to move us as they said there were no other rooms available. So we demanded to be moved the next day otherwise we wanted our money back/moved to a different hotel. The next morning we were moved to a much more resonable room. NO AIR CON IN ANY ROOM! this may sound okay but believe me it is not! the rooms are so sticky and air con is essential...we even went looking in the local supermarkets for an electric fan!..and failed :(
The staff as mensioned before were so rude and unproffesional, we were shouted at various times..the hotel had so many rules, we weren't there to follow rules, we were there to just relax.
I don't know how on earth this hotel got a 3* rating, we would rate it 2* TOPS!!!
The only good thing about the hotel was the cleanliness, room service everyday.
Stunningly perfect location, absolutely abismal hotel!
A holiday from HELL!!!!
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jun 2008 |
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Operator: |
Select |
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Mr SR Woolley |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
Fantastic Holiday, just got back and enjoyed every minute of it. Pool side bar was nice with very friendly staff and food was nice enough. Just round the corner from the main strip of bars and 10 minutes away from the centre of Cala D'or. The only problem was there wasn't a TV already in the room, it had to be rented out, apart from that spot on! Highly recomended!
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Aug 2007 |
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Operator: |
Booked Independently |
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Mrs T Emerson |
| Overall
Rating: |
5/10 |
| Comments: |
Hotel was in a beautiful location and the rooms fresh and bright but I must stress the pool side food was always cold (chips etc) and the restaurant food was a little bland.
l would stay again but not on an all inclusive holiday. The holiday staff were ok but the kids club was a wash out.
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Aug 2007 |
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Operator: |
MyTravel |
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P Travis |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
Just returned from a week at the Cala Ferrera. Had been a bit apprehensive prior to going thanks to some negative reviews on the web. Having been there, I can only say we had a lovely time. Luckily we got a sea view ... and what a view! The hotel room was OK and what you'd expect from a 3 star hotel.
The food is OK and you can eat as much as you want. There isn't a kids menu but there again, do you want them eating chicken dippers for a week? Some guests felt there could be more entertainment for children, as there was only a disco a few times a week. However, our two had a great time and have no complaints.
Thoroughly recommended!!
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2007 |
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Operator: |
Airtours |
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By: |
Mrs M Ferguson |
| Overall
Rating: |
4/10 |
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My husband and I recently went to Cala Fererra Hotel with our two children , aged 8 and 6. We specifically asked the travel agent Thomas Cook to book us in a hotel with kids club, which was a disaster. The room was disgusting, dirty and the rep did not speak very good English, most of the time she didn’t even ask our kids to go and do the activities which consisted of drawing!!!!!!!!!! That was it.
We went for one week half board but we decided to upgrade on the Saturday to all inclusive which was only 40 euros for the 4 of us which WAS excellent and we were glad we did this, we then wore a white band round our wrist the same as the rest of the hotel, if you are half board you are made very uncomfortable as everyone else has a white band.
The rooms are very basic and has a thing which looks like a radiator at the window, to which we discovered was air conditioning if you can call it that on the second last day of our holiday. The food was excellent we only ate out once, but the hotel is full of Germans and they are very pushy when it comes to meal times.
The pool is very small and looks deceiving in the holiday brochures, my son is just learning to swim and couldn’t in the small pool because the Germans decided to play volleyball over the railing which separates the large pool and small.
The reception and bar staff were very nice I cannot fault them in any way, however I wouldn’t recommend this hotel if you are British, we wont be returning. Its NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN or families
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
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Jun 2007 |
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Operator: |
Airtours |
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J Holt |
| Overall
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10/10 |
| Comments: |
Have been to Majorca once before stayed at Coma Gran in Sa Coma and thought it would be hard to top that.
On arriving with my 3 children and in laws we were greeted with very friendly and helpful staff, we shared 2 rooms which were clean and a good size. We went all inclusive and for a 3star hotel were very pleased with the food and service, the staff were outstanding.
The kids loved the pool and entertainment, this time of year it wasn't too busy but I expect it could get a bit crowded round the pool in peak season.
The beach is only a stone’s throw away and is a lovely little cove one of many but this one I thought was the best (sun beds and shades were expensive to hire) we bought cheap blow up beds there and it worked out better. We spent a lot of time on the beach it was nice and clean and the kids loved it!
If you like shopping you can walk to the centre of Cala D'or its not far with gift shops either side of the one way road and kids areas, restaurants and hotels it’s a lovely walk, you will be forever stopping.
When you get there you will find lots of designer shops where things aren’t to badly priced also burger king which my 4year old wouldn't go past without having a coke or burger, bless him!
Back at the hotel the evening entertainment was good with dancers, singers, a magician, parrot show, and competitions all in all it made for a great relaxing holiday which we all agree we shall have to do again.
If I had to say one bad thing about this holiday it would be that there are too many steps to go up and down to the hotel and beach. I must admit though I came back a lot fitter than I went Ha Ha!
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2007 |
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Operator: |
Airtours |
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Mrs H Hedges |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
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Hola. Did the big family holiday thing. 8 adults and 3 kids.
Rooms very standard but clean and comfortable, but no air con. Staff very friendly, especially the bar staff.
The bonus of the all inclusive option was fantastic, no queuing for drinks. Different meals in the restaurant every night for a wide range of tastes, always hot and frequently replenished. Could of had a special range for children though as my son hardly ate a thing all the holiday. Surrounding shops and restaurants lovely.
Daily up to date newspapers available in the first shop you come to outside hotel. Lovely walks with beautiful scenery.
Adult evening entertainment was a great mixture for everybody’s taste. Although the entertainment for children could of been better ( just an hour’s disco each night ).
The pool was VERY cold, not as inviting as it looked and we did come into close contact with some opportunist thieves around the pool area on one occasion, but no harm done as he got away with nothing.
Overall a fantastic holiday, and would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone, and we would like to return there in the future ourselves sometime.
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
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May 2007 |
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Operator: |
Airtours |
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Mrs M Newlove |
| Overall
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10/10 |
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Had a week all inc to celebrate my sons 16 birthday, wow what a great holiday.
We travelled with my husband and daughter and mum and dad, so 4 adults and 2 children.
The hotel was spotless, food different every day and plenty of it, drinks plentiful and not watered down. Staff great, we tried most of the activities darts, shooting, football, scuba.
The only downside was the pool was a little small for the size of hotel, but a 2 min walk and you’re on the beach, 10 min walk you’re in centre.
We will be going back to this hotel and this resort.
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