Aqua Hotel Onabrava, Santa Susanna, Spain
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The Aqua Hotel Onabrava is an innovating hotel complex located at the marine promenade of Santa Susana, just a few meters from the beach. The whole hotel is air conditioned and has central heating too and it provides facilities for handicapped people. The Aqua Hotel Onabrava offers a fitness area with heated indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, aerobic room, healthy and sports possibilities, sauna, solarium, 400m2 open air swimming pool for adults with children section, billard's, ping pong, basketball and recreational area.Nearby Hotels Viewed by Other Travellers
Aqua Hotel Onabrava Reviews
" Fantastic Hotel "
Submitted By: tamboAdvice: Santa Susanna is a really nice clean place. Very relaxing but not very lively.
Activities: Barcelona is a must.
Good for: Beach
" Onabrava hotel "
Submitted By: marieloweClean quiet beaches.
Advice: Worth a visit.
Activities:
Good for: Beach
" Nice Hotel - Shame about the Area "
Submitted By: sgordon2" holiday at santa sussanna "
Submitted By: ron bevwith my wife daughter and son in law,food was of a very high standard and varied too. The staff were pleasant at all times.
Only down point was having to leave at the end of the holiday as every norning at breakfast if you wanted there was bottles of cava which you just helped yourself to by the glassful if you felt like can recommend this hotel to anyone thinking of going there, anybody reading this and does go to the Ona Brava if they see Francis around the restuarant please tell him Ron and Shaun were saying hello he is usually on the desk in the restuarant or at the door of it welcoming guests.
" only arrived back home yesterday... "
Submitted By: Miss P FowlerThe area in general was ok but theres not to much to do theres one main strip of shops,pubs etc once you have walked it then thats it,there is a park for kids just up the road from the onabrava the sea is just across the road the beach isnt sand though its more like gravel but still enjoyable,we have a lovely first family holiday abroad all in all we enjoyed it and so did the kids..
" This Hotel was first class, could not... "
Submitted By: Miss Brenda Vickers" Just returned from our two week... "
Submitted By: Mr A P SAUNDERS" I can agree with all stated by others... "
Submitted By: Mr A J Naylor" I found the hotel to exceed my... "
Submitted By: Mr D AdamsThe rooms were barge, nice comfy beds, nice bathroom with a great shower! All seemed to have a balcony, although the view from where we were staying had nothing to offer so didn't really spend any time there!
The drinks were about average for the area, 2 euros for a can of coke, about 12 euros for house wines (didn't really like these, tasted way too cheap). Food was priced reasonably but only tried it once so can't really comment on that. The only thing this resort seemed to lack was a good restaurant, we walked around all over but could only find the same menu's and average food - the Hotel Mercury offered a reasonable steak and chips with helpful staff but thats about it.
The best thing we found at this particular hotel was the entertainment staff, Abel and Jack from Spain and Holland were the main entertainers during the daytimes and evenings. I somehow managed to get dragged up for the Mr Onabrava too (which I won!), well worth watching some of the entertainment acts they put on, they are fantastic! One warning, if you watch the parrot show, they come around taking pictures with you and the parrot(s), they charged us 20 euros for 2 photos for this, so be ready with plenty of money if you want these!
The pool area is great here, large and never really seemed to be a lack of sun beds. The male life guard didn't like anyone having any inflatables in the pool however, so be warned! The female life guard didn't seem too bothered though!
Out of the hotel, the train station is immediately opposite the hotel and can take you through many different areas for almost no cost - we paid 6.40 euros each for a return ticket to Barcelona - and thanks to the helpful lady working at the train station, we were able to find a couple of things we hadn't heard about, such as a market a few junctions down.
We had a go on a buggy from Daves Rentals, not cheap at 60 euros, but was nice for an hour, fun to drift around on the sandy areas of the mountains (dont worry, you follow a staff member, so wont get lost!). We also visited Blanes which seemed nice, although not too much to do there!
Had a go on one of the flying blue boats you see whizzing up and down the coast all day, expensive and to be honest, rubbish! Its very very windy, nauseating and expensive!
We went to the Medieval night, which is about 46 euros per person, the coach picks you up just round the corner and takes you there before the show starts (and returns you when its finished). Along with the medieval show, you also get the flamenco dancing show afterwards too. In all honesty, I felt this was a great build up event, you turn up to a very realistic looking castle, internally is all realistic too, you walk to the main hall where you line up in classic old style rows, lots of drinks in front of you to drink in your own time. The show however was a huge let down, very fake and childish, good for kids, bad for adults! The food was also awful so I would eat prior to going to this event!
The last thing to mention really is a small pub about 10 minutes walk from this hotel, The Ship, a scottish bar. Great atmosphere and friendly staff, Karen and Kay in the evenings and Paul during the daytimes. Its on the other side of the road just after the promenade, if you cross over on the bridge (theres only one of these!) its a 2 minute walk to the left after this.
" We would highly recommend the... "
Submitted By: Mr N ROOK" I went on holiday with 4 other... "
Submitted By: Miss K KerrIt was a very quiet and relaxing hotel with quite a few things on offer to do. Alot of the residents at the hotel were of retirement age and there were a few families, which was excellent for us. If you want a quite relaxing holiday this is the place to go.
We thought the food in the hotel was quite good; it was all buffet style food. The hotel tried to cover food from all nationalities, some of which we didn't like but there was always something on that you could eat! Lots of fresh fruits and salads and ice-cream every night which was so good!
The entertainment in the hotel was OK but we were there off high season in late September.
The weather was excellent the week when we were there, we only had one mild day and the rest of the days were hot. The train station is just across the road and the train fare is very cheap, (you cannot hear the train from the hotel was brilliant). The hotel is situated and the surrounding area is situated on completely flat land and there are no hills in the immediate area. The beach is also just across the road from the hotel, although it is a shingle beach and the gradient of the beach is very steep when you are going into the water.
We went to the Water Park in Lloret de Mar (www.waterworld.es/index_idioma.html) this was fab for those who are into water slides, we went here on the mild day and there were no queues to wait in but apparently when the weather is really hot the queues are really long. A must to go to though!
We also went to the Marine world animal Park which was situated near to Santa Susanna. Marine world has more than 300 animals, dolphin and sea lion shows, it was really good. Though very similar to animal parks in Tenerife etc... Bus stop situated just outside the hotel for this.
We went to Barcelona and took the train ourselves, we did not use the organised tours as they worked out as too expensive and we managed to do the same for alot cheaper. You get the train right outside the hotel and it takes just over an hour to get to Barcelona. We then bought an open top bus tour ticket and got on and off the bus all day. The city is beautiful, steeped in history and has lots of shops.
The market comes to Santa Susanna every Tuesday morning and the market takes place just across the road from the hotel. It's very good.
Every night after dinner we walked along the front outside the hotel and walked towards Santa Susanna town (Aqua Onabrava is situated at the furthest end of Santa Susanna). The walk into Santa Susanna had beautiful little stalls of crafts, jewellery etc right the way along the road each night. They also have a fairground with bumper cars and rides for kids that operate at night, kids would love this.
The only negative part of the holiday we did not like is the walk to the local supermarket to get water etc. The supermarket is only a short distance away from the hotel however the hotel operator’s advice you to walk over very dry land to get there. This land is dangerous there are dogs roaming there. We stopped walking there. Either walk the long way round to the supermarket via the road or just get what you need from small shops nearer the hotel, although these shops are a bit dearer.
All in all this is an excellent hotel is excellent, which we would recommend it to anyone who wanted a very quiet relaxing holiday.
" The hotel is located in a good area.... "
Submitted By: Mr A TejuraAs for the inside of the hotel, it looks great when you enter. The staff at the reception are very helpful and will try to help as much as they can. Only downside when arriving was we had to wait 2 hours for the rooms to be cleaned.
We had two rooms, both looked very nice and modern and both had two double beds. They both also had a fridge and safety deposit box but these had to be paid for. The room was cleaned to a high standard every day.
We had breakfast and evening dinner at the hotel. Both were very good and had a lot of variety. There is also quite a lot of choice for vegeterians, such as vegi burgers, pasta, mashed potatoes etc.
Overall we were very happy with the hotel, and couldn't really find anything wrong with it.
" Excellent hotel, very clean. Maid... "
Submitted By: Mr T WhitleyMeals though are very German and Dutch orientated apart from that they were enjoyable.
Animacion team very good, in fact they are excellent. They try to get everybody involved, if you don't want to do it they don't pester you.
All hotel staff very friendly and approachable, all in all highly recommended for all ages.
Would go back again.
" Just returned from 2 weeks at The Ona... "
Submitted By: Mr R GilesDownside was the food, not 4 star standards, have had much better in lower grade hotels.
Location on promenade at Santa Susanna, nice quiet area, with more entertainment only a short walk away. Beach very gritty sand and not to safe for young children to bathe in sea, steep drop into water.
Summary, Hotel very good, area very nice, but eat out.








The childrens entertainment team was absolute fantastic. Impressive how they handled children from all over Europe and got them to join the mini disco.
A chean and well run beach hotel!
Advice: The village Santa Susanna itself is very very small so don't expect much night life.
Activities:
Good for: Beach