Magic Monika Holidays Aparthotel

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just got home today after 1 week at monica, must say the pool is great even though on the illustration it has a pool bar working but does not,the staff are freindly even though there english is not very good.Reception staff are helpfull as best they can be, the room was nice even though it was on the 19th floor and as i found out the english where usually on the higher floors for some biast reason.The food in the restuarant was mainly for the spanish guests and there attempt at english cuisine was very poor, had an upset stomach from the food so ate out 5 out of 7 meals and got better food.i wish i had gone self catering as entertainment was mainly for the spanish and there children and was not nice to see the english kids being left out most of the time. Would i recommend this place, not if you like to eat nice food at your hotel with good entertainment . you need to get a bus to benidorm 12 or 41 for €1.30 or taxi for €13 as finestrat beach has no entertainment at all due to the spanish complaining. if you go here you will enjoy the pool though.Have a nice holiday!

I generally quite liked the hotel but if it wasn't for Crazy Mike us Brits would be pretty stuffed as far as entertainment goes. My advice when Mikes on a day off go to the beach because the staff weren't actually that bothered and tried to make feeble excuses as why they wouldn't open the bar. When they eventually did we were pretty much left to our own devices!

Crazy Mike and Uncle Brian long may Bar Mitasha last!! we had a fab time.
The hotel clean, bar staff and maids hard working.
pool good size
most of the entertainment was for spanish but Mikel and Brian sorted us out and showed us a fab time
If you go make sure to ask for Mikel

my husband and I went here for my 30th birthday end of april 2007 with my parents, my daughter who was 4 and my son who was 4mths old on an all inclusive basis.
The food was quite nice, the people friendly, the pools were freezing as they hadn't turned the heaters on yet and although linked the 'sister' hotels could not be found anywhere! we found 1 and spent ages walking around trying to find the others! I feel alcohol should not be served all night however as this caused some drunken people. on the last day I had my brand new never worn coat stolen that i had for my birthday costing 40 pounds and my daughters special cardigan 24 pounds which ive never paid that much for before or after, we put them on top of our cases as they went in the lift and we met the lift at the bottom, the only people around were the cleaners but the hotel denied everything! room was lovely.on the plus side they were very good making me a special birthday cake which was lovely.would go again but later in the year and if alcohol was stopped after say 10pm? as it spoils a family holiday.

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A group of 12 of us stayed in 4 rooms for 3 nights here and we had a great time!
The food wasn't up to much, we only went into the restaurant on the first day and all decided we'd eat elsewhere from now on. Plenty of choice but mostly the food was cold, the main thing that put me off was the fact the salami was sliced but someone had left the plastic rapper on, so each slice had a non fattening plastic film on!
Because we were all inclusive that meant a free bar, we all got value for money out of that! One drink at a time, although you can get two if you borrow someone elses card as well.
The rooms were big but in need of a refurb, the balcony door fell off its runner in our room, but they were doing lots of work in the hotel (including the room directly above ours at 8am!).
The hotel overall was very empty (May 09) so everyone that was staying there was put in tower 1 (4 towers, 22 floors, 4 rooms per floor = 352 rooms total), we just couldn't understand how they worked the rooms (1 room on 7th, 2 on 9th and 1 on 15th).
The pool has a bar in the middle of it (currently being refurbed, or just mothballed!) and it was very clean, staff are all very friendly even with 12 drunk lads singing in the bar "it's ok, it's your holiday" was the response.
Plenty of shops and the beach are a short walk away, but for the main night club area you need to get a taxi (or the 41 bus), taxi costs 15 euro for 4 people going and between 10 and 15 coming back, it depends which route they take as there are lots of road works!
We had airport transfers booked and were told that a taxi would be around 80 euros if we hadn't!
I'd stay there again but only with my friends, not the sort of place I'd take the family.

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Having visited the Magic Monika a couple of years ago for a days visit we decided to give it go this year, I booked direct online with the Aparthotel and was supprised to be informed that no deposit was required but full payment would be payable on arrival.
We arrived at Alicante Airport and were picked up by Shuttle Direct at no cost to us as the hotel supplies a free transfer when a seven day hoilday is booked, on arrival at the hotel we were quickly checked in and given our all inclusive cards, which we used to get a nice cold beer prior to going to our apartment.
the apartment was a very good size and was very clean and was kept that way as the maid service was excellent for the full holiday, the hotel itself is quite large but was far from full so lots of room both around the pools and all so in the restrauntwhere the food was as good as any 4 star hotel we have used in the past.
the enternment at night was acceptable and the kids disco was well worth a visit.
The best thing about the Magic Hotels is that you are free to visit and use the other hotels in the group for food and drink as and when you want, and all seemed to have the good quality food as was in the Monika, with the Euro at a low the all inclusive option was certainly a good option compared with trying to find decent food and drink at a reasonable price.
All in all a good hotel group to book with.

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arrived here on the 29th sept 08, first impression was it was good, rooms are very spacious, plenty of wardrobe space, maid service every day, food was of good selection and im a very fussy eater, this hotel was good for the first coupile standing in of days till the spanish arrived and then it all changed, these people are very rude,iggnorant, while standing in queue these people duke you and the staff allow this as they serve these ignorant people, while staff are clearing up they tell non spanish people area is closed but its opened to the spnaish, no entertaiment unless you can sing and dance in spanish or are under the age of 8, the area itself is very pretty hotel is only 5 mins walk to very small lovely beach, its states it has a gym sauna, jacuzzi but all were out of order, 24hr bar was ok if you drink spirits or lager and it also has stale sandwichs but when your drunk anything will do,hotel is fine during the day but if you dont want to leave hotel at night take a good book, would recommend is you dont like nightlife or go to bed eartly. but overall had a good week in the sun.

Well where do i start........ We had a 15 hour delay, something wrong with the plane, we tried phoning the Hotel but couldnt get through, anyway we arrived the next day after having a restless night on the airport floor in glasgow, we stood in the que for an hour at the reception only to be told that we didnt have a room anymore as the thought we where a no show, did they check with our tour operator when we didnt show NO ! i could not believe it, we asked how they could possible re sell our holiday as we had paid for it but we were told that they dont recicve any money until the end of the month!! after 4 hours we were given a card so we could get a drink, what rude staff, the spanish just push passed,after 5 hours we were offered the Excalibur, OH MY GOD dont go there either i was only there for 20 minutes and had to phone home to get us moved it was like a flat pack shed, all i wanted to do is go home, i would not book with the Magic group again ! other holiday makers they were having problems (doubled booked). The worst hoilday EVER !!

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4 of us went to magic monika holidays from the 25th of august to the 1st of september.It took us 1 and a half hours to check in beacause spanish insisted they were before us.Once we did check in we were told we didnt have a room in this hotel and got told we had to move to a campsite!we wanted a refund for the inconvenience and magicaly they had a room for us although it was on the 21st floor at least we had a room.We went downstairs to go in the pool and we were told you arent aloud floats!its a holiday not a prison camp!we went to the snack bar for something to eat but most of the food was raw!then we went to the restraunt it was exactly the same all raw!we ended up eating biscuits for the week the hole hotel is rubbish would deffonately not reccomend to anybody value for money 1 star

Nine of us stayed at the magic monia hotel for 1 week. Im glad we never booked for 2 weeks. Hotel catered for Spanish in everyway, nobody could speak english which becme frustrating. ( In my opinion i think they could understand english but pretended not to). I find this Ignorant. The food was revolting and once again was catered for the Spanish. Soup was cold-tasteless. Food was re-used for the next day to make other things. 6 out for the 9 of us that ate at this hotel came home with stomach pains and diahorrea due to under cooked meat and re-used food. The kids entertainment was repetitive and every afternoon the same kids music blared around the hotel by the pool side. Im glad to be home and not have to listen to the Magic song which is overly played after every night entertainment had ended. Night time entertainment was tacky, and again was aimed at the spanish. Due to being all inclusive we where issued with a card which you handed over to the bar workers who swiped it after buying a drink, thoses spanish that had a Gold card skiped large que's, which they should not have been doing. Staff and other spanish people at the hotel looked down at english and scottish people. They where very ill mannered. Spanish people really do have to look up the meaning Que! Also the kids entertainers where very anoying especially the girl one, who would not stop shouting down the microphone and screaming.
the only good thing that came out the holiday was the free drink and the pool.
I would not recomend this hotel unless your looking to be very ill and frustrated.