There are two pools..A larger pool and a smaller childs pool...The larger one as far as I can remember is not sea water..what i do remember when we stayed there in December was that they kept the temperature of the large pool far higher than the kids pool

Thanks hotel stayer and thanks mods for merging.

I wasn't being lazy.. honest.

We have been going to the Bitacora for the last three years and are due back again in August 2007, just to confirm neither of the pools are salt water. You have made a good choice with this hotel, I am sure you will have a great holiday the staff are very helpful and the location of the hotel cannot be faulted.

Must agree the large pool at the Bitacora is wonderful and warm, like a tepid bath and definately not salt water. You will love it there - great hotel

Thank you both for your replies.
Very much looking forward to this one.

This what I read:

"Now to the pool, ideal if you are over 6ft tall or a swimmer, if not avoid, saltwater and too deep for children under 8 years old except by the steps which as you can imagine gets busy, the kids pool is too shallow for the over 3's so we were in limbo so I spent most the week looking after kids in the pool".

I think the person reviewing this may have been on about another hotel nearby then and got mixed up with The Bitacora.
La Siesta maybe?

Im off to the Bitacora 31 july yipeee our 3rd time there, tried all the other 4 stars in surrounding area but still prefer the Bitacora. Think the food quality may have something to do with it, and the fact that its great for the kids. roll on July.
Claire

Hi does anyone know how much it is to upgrade to a superior room for a week when you get there. have been once before and have a spring card so don't know if that would make any difference to the price. thanks in advance

If i remember right when i was there in March it was 16 Euros per room per day to upgrade but i cant remember if that was with the spring card discount or not or if you get a spring card discount on room upgrades.
hope this helps

regards

Tucks

We always email the hotel a few weeks before we go to pre-book an upgrade.You pay when you check-in but i'm afraid you don't get a discount with your Spring card.
Angie

Thanks for that think we'll probably upgrade when we get there.

hi thinkng of booking here for july 08.is it still as good .are the rooms ok .is it ok for kids 13 and 9.its between here and the noelia sur .

If you want my honest opinion (although its 4 years since I stayed at the Noelia)..the Bitacora is a far superior hotel..The Noelia is ok don't get me wrong but the Bitacora is simply fab

hi thank you for your help thats great.

Hi, can anyone help please?. I am going to the Bitacora fro the first time in a weeks time, I have 3 concerns.

1) Is the sunbed situation around the pool really alful?. If we went to the pool at say 9.30 - 10.00 would we get a sunbed?. I think when you are on holiday you dont want to rush to get to the pool, (especially if you have had one or two to many beers the night before!!!) but seriously is it as bad as the reviews say?.

2) If you have a room over the entrance is there lots of traffic noise? and noise from the bins being emptied at 2.00am, as I have read in reviews.

3) DARE I SAY IT COCHROACHES!!!!! I will die if I see one. we stayed in the north last year and I didnt see one, (not that I was looking for them!!!!) are there some in the hotel?. in the rooms...... I will checking inside my bed every night!!!!!.

Please reply if possible, Regarding point 2, I dont know if to e-mail the hotel to upgrade our room??.

Many thanks,

hi,we stayed at this hotel last 2 weeks in june 2007,2 adults 1 5year old,you do have to get up early to get the good sunbeds ie if you have kids you want the beds near the kids pool,i was down at 8.00am every morning,i went back to the room to get myself gathered for breakfast 9.30am and there was still loads off beds,just no the ones near the kids pool,can not advise on the main pool,all i would say that there were people waiting around until the hotel staff unlocked the beds.
We had a room on the first floor facing out over the front off the hotel down at the corner near the main road and noise of bins or anything else was never an issue,the room was above the bar and you did get noise from that until it closed not long after midnight , again not really an issue..
unfortunately my lad got great enjoyment out off standing on cockroaches down at the kiddies entertainment area just outside the dining room,that maybe sounds worst than it was,this was late at night when the entertainment has stopped and they dimmed the light slightly,at most i would say he got 6..Please do not let this put you off,i actually didn't see 1 the entire 14 days i was there..
any more info required just ask..
p.s we loved are stayed there..

Hi, Thanks for your reply if I think of anything else I will write again.

Hi we stayed in the Bitacora last week in April this year, we never got our sunbeds until 10ish no problem,we had a room on the second floor on the front (street side i mean) never heard a thing very quiet. I have been 4 times to this hotel and going back in September never seen a cockaroach ever. Enjoy your stay you will have a fab time

Thank you for your reply. I know the hotel has brillant reviews, in fact we were due to go to hotel darcil but cancelled as there is no
aircon. We went to the north this time last year and has a brill time, but it was hot, and obviously the north is cooler.

Anyway the 2 replies I have has made me feel better, we wont be e-mailing the hotel to upgrade as we are probably worrying about nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

once again thanks.

No air conditioning!!!!!!!