Club Cala d'Or Gardens

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Just returned from Cala d'or Gardens Hotel, Cala Egos, Majorca (7 nights 8/15th sept ).
lts not an all brits hotel which didn't affect us at all, and that the food isn't hot, its served and kept warmish but there's lots to choose from. At breakfast; cold meats, breads, pastries, cereals and fruit and also several hot alternatives (boiled eggs, bacon sausages, beans, scrambled eggs, fried eggs), just be aware like you would when eating out at home. I noticed that a lot of what was on the lunch buffet returned sometimes disguised on the dinner buffet re-warmed so common sense tells you what to do (I just didn't eat it). But there's also bread and salads and cold dishes and meats served at both lunch time and dinner time so there must be something for everyone, and always several desserts and fresh fruits, and of course juices, pop and wine beer and spirits all day too.
The snack bar was burgers, hot dogs and chips or wedges everyday and there all day we never had to go there as we ate breakfast and lunch and found ourselves eating out evenings for 4/7 of our nights there but that was our choice, there's a few bars offering entertainment too and across them all you can find something for almost each night, there's some nice places to eat "the beatriz" being really good food cooked fresh upon ordering and lots to choose from and also another bar called "big nays"where breakfast was excellent! which we had on our last day as brunch.
We cannot fault the hotels cleanliness, our room was air conditioned, cleaned everyday with clean sheets and towels everyday too. The pool was great much larger than some we saw when touring around Cala D'or. Theres plenty of sun loungers but like anywhere you got the hot spots and they are taken early by unaccompanied beach towels. I think that's the norm for abroad though wherever you go. Unlike us brits it seems foreigners don't like to queue its get in get what you want and get out when it comes to getting food from the buffet.
The small beach accessed via the hotel behind Cala d'or gardens is a cove and very nice but small, and my partner found snorkelling with a bottle filled with bread and water for the fish an amazing experience! Although I wasn't too impressed by the jelly fish sting I got when watching him snorkel via a lilo, so be aware september is the season for the jelly fish (I found that out after I was stung!).
We also took a walk through the shops and onto the marina where once again throw in some bread and watch what the fish do its amazing! And the boats are quite something there too. We went to the caves de drach in Porto Christo a must if you like natural wonders and the concert on the lakes there was so pretty, the package excursion was a bit poor going to a pearl factory and 10 mins in Porto Christo by coach but if you have a hire car its easy to get to and much cheaper.
We never saw any night clubs or no loutish behaviour in Cala Egos and the sparkles bar which had karaoke and some entertainers on a couple of nights also closed the doors at 1 and became a disco till 4 but there was no noise in the hotel after 11 or around the direct area of the hotel, the hotel seemed to cater for the younger children with entertainment that was there, as schools back and there were very few older children around.
The weather was hot, the area clean and tidy and hotel clean and safe, overall I cannot think of wanting much more, we were all inclusive but I called it a base to sleep wash and eat there if we wanted to.
Overall we had a great week, long hot days, and food and drink at night and found something to entertain us.
I hope my long but honest review helps if you have booked or are going to book this hotel and have fun whenever you go.