Olympic Hotel

my wife and i stayed at the olympic for three nights. firt impressions, bus pulls up to a huge hotel with seven floors.
the reception staff very welcoming as were the bar staff and cleaning staff. the room was a typical 3star room. a bit damp but you only sleep there.we were on the sixth floor which was not a problem as there were 3 lifts which all worked fine.the hotel has four pools which were all decent sizes. but it wasnt until the second day we realised to use the pools infront of the hotel as you get more sun time.all inc system good even though you are only allowed one drink at a time which was ok. the food,, hmmmm well mon and tues ok then its asif you were getting left overs from night before with a few extras. do you enjoy pigs trotters?.. veal was liver but nice. we only went out to eat once to "alcatraz" english bar. very friendly and good food. we may not go to the olympic again but there are other H.TOP hotels we will try.. all in all a good holiday with plenty of sun. David & Debz in leicestershire.

Our holiday to Calella was an All Inclusive Special,so we had no idea where we would be going.When told the Hotel Olympic was our destination,we felt optimistic as we had seen it in the brochure.This is my view on our time there.
Hotel Room:The worst part of the hotel without a doubt.Very shabby and dated,and my bathroom had an awful smell that wouldn't shift.I also had to kill 5 bluebottles the first evening.Other members in my party had ants in their rooms.Pillows had a sweaty smell about them,and some of the bedding had cigarette burns in it.The rooms do get cleaned daily and towels are replaced but sadly doesn't make much difference.
Swimming Pools:The hotel has 2 small pools at the front of the hotel and a large one with childrens pool at the back.I didn't use the front ones,but the back one was ok,seemed clean,could do with a bit of updating though.A word of warning-inflatables,balls,diving are all not allowed in there(although it did get broken a few times).You have to get down there pretty early for a sun lounger but we didn't have much problem.
Food:A bit repetitive and recycled(breakfast became part of the morning snack etc) but generally edible.I was told that the food here was more varied than the average.I have to admit though that i got heartily sick of seeing the same thing.
All Inclusive Package:A bit of a con really.You have a photocard that you must show every meal and every time you go to the bar.You can only get one drink per card,and the queues are pretty bad at the bar.There are only specified drinks you can have,and as for getting drunk,forget it,as the drinks are not exactly full strength.Children can have ice cream and ice pops but again only one at a time.When having your meals in the restaurant you have to get it from a very small bar with one bar person.
Entertainment:We only saw one evenings entertainment as we didn't stay in the bar.It was geared more towards the children,but if you don't mind hearing Black Lace songs and the like its lighthearted fun.
Staff:I had no problems with the staff.I found the staff polite.The animation staff were good with the children and kept them entertained.
Other holidaymakers:The other bugbear of the holiday.As in any hotel in high season you expect a bit of noise,but having hoards of teenagers on the 1st floor where families were staying is asking for trouble.Our party had a 15 year old,a 13 year old,three 8 year olds and a 19 month old,who didn't get a lot of sleep due to teenagers running up and down the corridor,shouting,throwing things-all early hours of the morning.Not what you want on a family holiday.
Last but not least,I am going to give a mention to the lifts.A total no-go with luggage and a pushchair.One lift covers the main foyer and it only holds 10 people,thats if you can get to it with all the teenagers pushing you out of the way.There are another two that serve the restaurant but these take 4 people.There is no lift to the swimming pools.
I think the H Top Olympic needs to bring itself up to 3 star standard.I didn't let it spoil my holiday but I wouldn't use it again unless improvements were made.It is a pity as the public areas of the hotel are quite decent but the staff seem to be on a losing battle with it.On a plus side,it is better than the Hotel Planamar in Malgrat.

this hotel is not in my opin ion a 3 star in fact i would go so far as to say if it had 1 star that would be pushing it. we were a family of four staying there we had 2 beds and 2 camp beds pushed into 1 room there was no room for the bedside tables and they were stacked in a corner. the all inclusive card system is a disaster you are only allowed to get 1 drinks on an adult card and 1 on a childs with a maximum of 2 which meant every time we wanted drinks 3 of us had to queue and even on a busy night there was only 1 bartender. during our stay the ambulance was in attendance every day. food was repetitive. I would give it its one star as it was really clean.

True, the walls are paper thin, you could hear a wasp fart next door and the people upstairs returning at circa 3am sound as if they're doing a clog dance.
I went with my 8 year old son and we had a good time. Would definately go again.

Sorry to say we've not long been back from a honeymoon from hell at this hotel. It is full of students all year round, they run up and down the corridor all night. pile into the only lifts working while we're trying to get down to dinner with a buggy. It's not a Family Hotel as advertised. There are stairs to every pool (which is diffucult if your child is in a buggy) and stairs down to the dining hall. There were only two lifts in this huge hotel that actually went to the dining hall but most of the time one lift wasn't working and the other crammed with students whose legs obviously don't work!!
Rooms were cleaned daily but fag burns in sheets, holes in curtains, broken furniture, even the baby's cot was held together with tape! Air con had s strong smell of diesel so we got headaches. Food was the same all the time and cold. We were told to heat it up in the microwave!! The last 5 days of the holiday we couldn't eat another thing in the hotel! Things were thrown off the balconies by the students, ie bottle tops and lit cigarettes, narrowingly missing myself and my daughter in the pool!There is so much wrong with this hotel that I cannot possibly list it all.....needless to say the 'locals' know the hotel as 'Beirut'!! do I need to say anymore!!!!!!

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Just returned from an all inclusive holiday at the Olympic in Calella. Not brilliant but value for money. Food ok, Rooms cleaned daily and location from beach acceptable. Main negatives ...distance from Barcelona airport (Taxi fare 100/120 EUROS each way)..Pre booked Coach transfer waits for other flights at night (we arrived at 11.00pm and left airport around 1.30am) arriving at the Olympic at 2.45am.. located next to the Oxygen (O2) night club ! Beware,if you are returning to the uk on an evening flight and want to keep your room on for a few more hours (i.e beyond the 10.00am vacation) it will cost you 30 EUROS!

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didnt pay much so didnt expect a palace,was pleasently pleased though.yes they have students and germans and french,and it could do with modernising but it was clean and tidy in a good state of repair.towels and rooms cleaned daily,plenty of varied food and lots of it.day and night entertainment close to shops and 5 mins to beach.free coach to any htop group hotel where you can have lunch and enjoy their facillites,train stops outside hotel and goes to beach or all round calella.all in all a 2 week inclusive hol for just over a thousand,if your not too picky and on a budget this is ideal.

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just returned from a 10 day stay at this hotel 2 adults an 4 children aged 4 5 6 and 9 we had a brilliant holiday you get what you pay for the hotel was very clean the staff were fantastic helpful and very polite the food was lovely always fresh with 4 fussy kids they always had a choice to pick from the entertainment was a little tidious but over all enjoyable we met fantastic people and would recommend any one with children who wnt a chea holiday to go here

when we arrived as soon as we saw the teenagers hanging around the entrance we knew what sought of hotel we where going to be staying in what a nightmare where do i start noisy smelly rooms and beds very rude german teenagers pushing us out of the way being put on the 7th floor with 3 children aged 3 5 and 6 and 2 disabled pensioners our rooms where near a nightclub which went on untill 5am in the morning people shouting and banging doors we asked to be moved the next day to another hotel the rep wasnt interested she just said it wasnt like this all the time yet the spanish staff told me it was a young hotel for having fun so be warned dont go there if you have a family or a group of pensioners or want a relaxing clean hotel this is none of these they should warn you in advance what to expect then you can choose what you want to do before you go x

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I have only just returned from a holiday in Calella at this hotel, where I felt it was perfect for the holiday I expected. Although basic, I feel this hotel does not deserve the amount or degree of grief other people have unleased unto it.
I feel that it is unfair that this hotel is only seen from a 'middle-aged-parenting' viewpoint, where, in all fairness, this hotel would be seen as a shambles. However, being a teenager, I felt this hotel had no serious problems. The food was ok - full english in the mornings, which was perfect hangover good and chips in the evenings, which in all fairness, is very popular with younger travellers.
Admittedly, the walls of the rooms were paper thin and it was noisy, but if you are going to this hotel on a trip or if you're under the age of 25, I doubt you will dislike this hotel or have any problems with these minor issues.
Also, It is very close to the beach, a stone throw away from the clubs, and a minutes jog away from McDonalds. Not that I would know of course...
All in all, perfect for partying, hell for family holidays.