Although the building was superb the rest was disappointing.

The staff were very off-hand and uninterested.

The hotel was full of very young children, making a lot of noise around the pool and in the dining room. For a 5 star hot... read more

Whilst the bulding and accomodation appear 5 star, the service, food and quailty could only be rated at 3 star at best.

The dining experience was similar to eating in a fast food restaurant and the pool area was more like a children's playgro... read more

After having returned from Altea last week I felt I should input an updated customer view of the Melia Villa Gadea.

We have spent a week at the hotel with 70 friends and family as we decided to have our wedding reception there under good advi... read more

The building is very grand and the rooms are 5 star. The first meal that we had was dreadful. The cafeteria was full of small children screaming and crying. The food was cold with poor choice, nowhere near 5 stars. The hotel seemed to be offering a cheap ... read more

I would agree with the last reviewer. We stayed at this hotel in Dec 2005 and found it to be excellent. The hotel was clearly new, but there were no ongoing building works. The room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The staff were generally friendly an... read more

I do not believe that the previous report refers to the Villa Gadea Hotel in Altea and if it does I can quite categorically state that is is absolute nonsense. POSSIBLE SOUR GRAPES FROM THE LOCAL COMPETITION! I could never imagine their own reservation ma... read more

We arrived in July after being told it was complete to find it was half finished its like a 3star hotel

And the worst holiday i have ever had. The reservation manager at the hotel agreed that it wasn’t worthy of the 5star rating and also inf... read more