booked this holiday knowing it was a cheap budget holiday read the reviews and was shocked to learn it was classed as the hotel from hell, nasty staff, horrible food, noisy with 18-30s and lots of germans. Well let me tell you that it was fantastic and w... read more

PLEASE DON'T GO TO THIS HOTEL if you are disabled as there is only steps to get into the hotel from the street, the pool area and if you are in the bar at night you have to go down 3 flights of steps to get to the toilet or go up to your room.

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Very clean and tidy holel, never a spec of dirt or anything untidy. The staff were always about incase of any problems, however some of them didn't speak English but you eventualy managed to get them to understand. A couple of the staff seemed to be a bit... read more

On the positive side the Esplai is a clean hotel and the food is ok.
Calella is an ok resort with plenty of bars and places to eat and the beach is nice.
Whilst i would not put anyone off coming to Calella i would not recommend this hotel simp... read more

Have you read all the negative comments regarding the Esplai? THEY ARE SPOT ON.
This is a dutch/german holiday youth club or something like that and i would say that they take up 98% of the hotel.
Many teletext companies seem to be selling th... read more

Globespan have just advised us 14 days before we where due to fly out to this hotel that it was no longer suitable for families. If we wanted to change hotels it would be at our expense. They have been aware of this problem but waited until the last min... read more

We booked this holiday via teletext through a company called Fleetway Travel who were extremely good in the arrangments and information they provided prior to leaving - with the exception of mentioning that this is an 18-30 type of German holiday. Like th... read more

Hi I must agree with the previous comment, this hotel was used like a youth hostel for 100's of teenagers. We only stayed one night and moved to the sister Hotel bon Repos. don't go in May / June unless you want to spend your time surrounded by teenagers ... read more

As this was meant to be myself and my wife's honeymoon, I can say this was the worst holiday I have ever been on! On our first night after arriving at 5am, we were greeted to the sight of the hotel with empty glasses, plates, beer cans and half eaten food... read more

The transfer to and from the airport was very unsatisfactory with only the driver, whose ability to speak English was very limited.
The Esplai hotel Calella is more than 600m from the beach not 300m as advertised, we were advised "good for a family ... read more

DO NOT COME TO THIS HOTEL if you are over thirty or looking for a quiet relaxing break. We arrived for a long weekend break at 11 o'clock at night to be greeted by hordes of youngsters, mostly from Germany, swarming over every part of the entrance. The st... read more

i came here with my mum and two sisters. my nan and grandad also came but they stayed in the palace witch we will be staying in, in July this year. as i am a very fussy eater + i dont eat meat, the food wasnt for me. my mum didnt comment on the foodas she... read more

The Hotel Esplai looks imposing from the outside. It is situated at the top end of Calella, across a very busy main road (the N11). There are some shops and supermarkets nearby, selling the usual tourist items, newspapers and groceries.

The... read more

I and my family stayed at the Hotel Esplai for an all inclusive holiday. Overall the hotel was reasonable, the environs and public areas were clean, rooms are functional, being cleaned on a daily basis.

The hotel Esplai does however have many... read more

We have been back for a week now and we have said about booking to go back in the near future. Excellent hotel, friendly staff (and most of them do speak English, if they find it hard to understand the English then they will get another member of staff st... read more