La Cala Invisa Hotel

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This is a great hotel but will not be for everybody. Great location and big rooms. Flat screen TV's, air con, very nicely decorated as fairly recent refurbished.
Cleanliness: Spotless. Rooms immaculate.
Bed linen: Not sure if it was everyday the sheets were changed but certainly for 4 out of the 7 days. The maids freshened up every day, made the beds, replaced the towels if needed and were courteous and friendly.
Bar: Same prices, if not cheaper than most local bars. Pleasant staff that were eager to please.
We were fortunate to get a huge corner room with double sided balcony above the main reception. We had a view to the marina some 500 yds away and were right on the junction of 4 secondary roads with a few shops and bars amongst residential apartment blocks. I think we'd have been disappointed had we been overlooking the pool and as mentioned elsewhere the quiet hive of activity below made a welcome change to a solitary view out to sea or the wall of the next hotel!
I should point out that the rooms have double glazed Patio doors and double glazed French doors, black out curtains and traditional drapes so once shut you were completely oblivious to outside noise.
In terms of general location the La Cala is superbly situated a short stroll to the beach, the shops and the marina.
Food: Faultless. With any sort of half board type restaurant the offerings could be repetitive but the chefs worked hard to give a good variety with something for everybody and despite 2 teenage daughters and a fussy wife we never went hungry. From the usual roast chicken portions, steak, pork chops and grilled fish to more obscure Veal Ragout, stuffed aubergines, octopus, swordfish, minted lamb, kebabs..........pizza, fresh salmon. I could go on but trust me you'll put on weight.
A good selection of fruit, ice cream jelly, rice pudding, cakes etc., for dessert.
Now the downsides.
The pool is situated centrally in the centre of the 'U' made up by the apartment blocks. Apart from the pool edging and enough room to walk around the sides past the sun beds there is no additional sunbathing space. You could secure a sun bed in the morning and be in the shade by early afternoon. Likewise a shady spot in the morning could be ablaze with sunshine after lunch.
For us it was far too cramped and we headed for the beach every day which was literally a 5-6 minute stroll. The pool itself looked fine for kids and cooling off but I like to do a few lengths in a vain attempt to stay fit and it simply wasn't big enough for that.
Entertainment is as good as non existent with a pianist running through a non stop medley of Broadway and rat pack classics in the style of supermarket background music! A very accomplished musician but a token gesture towards the ideals of holiday entertainment. On another night a lone singer warbled his way through some Andy Williams and Bee Gees stuff but without an expectant audience (most people seemed to have found something livelier outside) all he could do was the allotted time and scoot! Again outside space was severely limited so this probably hampers any opportunity to improve on the entertainment side anyway.
So in a nutshell, if you want a great base with great food in a good position to explore a very nice resort then La Cala is superb. If you must have a decent poolside area and evening entertainment, look elsewhere.
On the pluses I’d give this hotel 10/10 but award a 9 for the things that just didn't fit in with what we'd have liked. Then again we got a late deal at around £600 off what we'd been looking at elsewhere!