Have a great Holiday Harley.

Enjoy the BabBam club and keep your eyes peeled for Fred Flintstone.

(There is a flintstone theme for the kids club)

Can anyone help i am looking for a family hotel in benidorm for me and my partner and our two sons age 2 and 8. needs to have a big pool with slides if poss. good family entertament ie kids disco good food ie halfboard. this is our first time in benidorm we usually go to tenerife and stay in the bitacora which is a great family hotel but we fancied a change this year. there are a lot of hotels in benidorm dont know were to start any good suggestions the williams family.

Sol Pelicanos which is half board, and has the best hotel pool in Benidorm

It also has loads of stuff on for the young ones like the BamBam club where you can meet the Flintstones, nice and central for entertainment and 5 mins for the beach.

thanks for the info after reading review on the pelicanos hotel sounds great but is it true that you can not have any inflatables of any sort in pool and if any one has any other hotels for familys please recommend thanks.

We are off to the Pelicanos on the 16th August, its our first time there and I have also read that you cannot have inflatables in the pools. Last time in benidorm we stopped at the Flamingo Oasis which is an AI hotel, our children were 9 & 6 then and they had a great time.

P.S. Can anyone tell me if there is a mini bar in all the rooms in the Pelicanos/Ocas and how much per night it is to hire it.

We stayed at the Pelicanos 21/5-5th June and for the first week there were lots of lilos in the pool but from June 1st they didn't allow them. This was also the same day that the towel and room monitor started. The hotel are not been killjoys by applying this rule, apparently it is Spanish Law that when pools are of a certain size they are not allowed to permit the use of them.

However It is only the lake pool where they aren't allowed, you are free to use them both in the other pool at the Pelicanos and at the Ocas too.

I wouldn't let this put you off as it is a really nice hotel and I personally think that it's a small price to pay not been able to have lilos in the main pool.

The hotel is very central and the food is good, the entertainment I cannot really comment as we went out every night but the kidddies club looked really good.

Hope you have a good time wherever you choose to go.

Sue

Sue Allen
Thats good news about using inflatables in the other pools. I remember now when we stopped at the Monica that had a large lagoon style pool too and you were only allowed to use rings.
Did you have a mini bar in your room and how much did it cost per day please.
Thanks again.

For anyone who hasn't already seen it, the Sol Ocas/Pelicanos has its own discussion topic which contains lots of useful info ... please click here.

David

Hi Lauden, No sorry, they don't have a mini bar in the room. You can rent a fridge but I'm not sure how much it is.

We hired a fridge once whilst in Ibiza but it wasn't really financially viable as there was a supermarket round the corner that sold chilled drinks so we just bought them as and when so didn't really us it. Also, it wasn't actually a mini fridge, it was a full size one that looked liked something from the arc. I have seen better ones dumped in the tip. So we haven't bothered since.

There is a nice convenience store next door to the Pelicanos which is very reasonably priced so we just used that this time and if we fancied a night cap before bed then we'd purchase something just before we went out and put it in cold water in the sink or buy some ice and keep it in our cool bag.

Have a nice holiday.

Sue

Thanks Sue Allen

Sorry David got a bit carried away, will post in the Pelicanos topic in the future.

That's okay laudan, I just wanted to make sure that both you and leonardwillo were aware of the existing topic, as it obviously contains much more info about the hotel than this thread.

David

That's okay laudan, I just wanted to make sure that both you and leonardwillo were aware of the existing topic, as it obviously contains much more info about the hotel than this thread.

What are you trying to say David?

Sue

Just that there are 22 pages of discussion about the hotel in the other thread Sue, including reports about the construction works across the road.

David

Hi David, I know that there is a lot of information about the Pelicanos on another thread I was only joking.

Kind Regards

Sue

What kind of things are there around benidorm at night time for children?

Obviously the daytime will take care of itself.

Most of the bars and all the restaurants are pretty "child friendly". Places like Cafe Benidorm and the various pubs in the Vincent's group have acts that are OK for kids. My youngest's favourite is Martin Kent and she also likes the various tribute acts (she thinks they're real). Pancho's has entertainment targeted at the younger kids up to a certain time. Apart from bars there are plenty of the usual amusements, crazy golf etc. and there is a ten pin bowling alley (I haven't been in there, you may have to book lanes).

Hi would you recommend benidorm for children looking to go in august as jet 2 just released their flights looking for hotel with kids clubs plenty of entertainment been looking at the sol pelicanos any thanks in advance
EDIT: Merged with existing similar topic, which may provide some useful info while you wait for more feedback.
David HT Mod

Hi Murgy, please could you tell me which company is offering the Pelicanos, we are looking to book D.I.Y for July but have only found one for this hotel which seems quite expensive compared with this year. We need a family room for 4.

Sue