We arrived at about 4.30am and were asked if we would like a sea view room for an extra 84 Euros for the fortnight. We decide this would be nice and paid the extra money but unfortunately we were not told that this meant we were close to the poolside where the entertainment took place until 11.30pm every night. This was the only downside of the hotel - it really was pointless to try to go to bed before 11.45 as the noise was horrendous - beware if you book a sea view room but want an early night now and again.

There were many room maids - some were excellent but some cleaning was not so hot!

Location of the hotel was excellent - Central for everything you required. We did not use the pool at all as the beach was so lovely and just over the road
from the hotel.

We did have a problem with the air conditioning in the room and initially the engineer said there was noting wrong with it. However, when we got back to our room at about 11.30pm one evening, it was boiling hot and we asked someone to come up and see. A man came up within minutes (possibly the night manager) and agreed it was obviously not working and the problem was corrected next day.

We would visit the hotel again - but avoid a sea view or pool view room and then our holiday would be excellent

HOTEL & CLEANLINESS

the hotel was spotless, as it has been on our 5 other holidays here. we paid the supplement and had an up grade to sea view, and it was well worth every penny, we were on the top floor with massive balcony, with 2 sun beds, 4 chairs and a small table, and there was still plenty of room, the rooms are compacted, but who comes on holiday to sit in room all day. we found it very adequate other than we found there was not enough draw and wardrobe space, but then we took to teenagers with us...say no more about the amount of stuff they take on hols with them!!! kitchen very basic, but i wasn't planing on doing a dinner party

FOOD

food we cant comment on, as we were self catering, but were told by other guest that it did get a bit reparative over a 2 week period,but as for the food not being warm didnt here that. the snack bar at the pool we found good value 2 euros for a plate of chips 2.euros 50 for a burger, possibly the cheapest around, the drinks on the other hand were very expensive...hence we drank else where.


LOCATION

WOW.......... you cant beat it, very pretty promenade out side main gates, other side of prom is the beach, 5 yards tops to the beach id say , possibly 10 yards and your in the sea
OK, we had a bad storm and a day of very bad wind, so there was a little seaweed about, but it was tracktor to the far end of the beach at night.
When weather is calm sea is very very clear, i did see 1 fish swimming around my feet, where as 9yrs ago when we were last here they might have been a lot more, but the beach is double the size now to what it was then.


STAFF
well.....i wanting to bring our maid home with us, she was such a sweetie, how they work in that heat i will never know...Cant fault any of the staff they were all very pleasant and very helpfull,but then i was also pleasant with them, i think when you cant speck the language as i cant. a pleasant attitude and a smile helps both parties { chill we're on hols that's my motto } my teenage son said 1 or 2 of the staff was a bit offish with him, but then ...so am i on times lol

ENTERTAINMENT

day time entertainment was very good, kept the kids and the young at heart very happy with water polo crossbow pool companions, and if you win 5 certificates you will
get a metal that you can treasure for ever....lol
night time entertainment was not our cup of tea, but those who stayed in of a night really enjoyed it, my 13 yr. old being one of them, we found it very loud and a lot of audience participation we did walk in one night and there was a very good duo on stage






ALL IN ALL..ORQUEDA AND SANTA ELULIA WILL BE SEE US AGAIN VERY SOONS

My partner and I stayed in the Orquidea Hotel for a week in September, half board. After previous posts we decided to upgrade our room, which worked out about

This was our first time here, upon arriving we were pleasantly surprised with what we saw.
The hotel reception staff were pleasant and welcomed us. We asked about a room change/upgrade because we wanted to be able to see our kids while they were doing there kids thing. This was not a problem at all and for a small fee we had a room over looking the pool and the sea.
So far so Good !

The room was more than adequate but the kitchen could have done with a slight extention !! (Didn't cook much so wasn't really a problem).
Still so far so good.

The kids pool was safe and clean and the bigger pool was clean and cold but that didn't stop anyone !! Especially the kids !!

Entertainment for the kids was, well, "They can't wait to go back!" That speaks for it's self.
Still so far so good.

Beach over the foot path, fish around your feet, "everyone must try Snorkelling"
Very Clean. Restaurants and small bars where ever you want them and a huge variety of cuisines.
DO NOT MISS THE HIPPY MARKET
We got a small cab to the Hippy Market and my wife was off ! !

We are going back, I'm on-line booking now, that's how I ended up putting this feed back on.
An all round wonderful family holiday and we can't wait to get back!

We loved the Orquidea. We were given a pool view room without requesting it. This was a wonderfully clean and spacious room. In the brochure it said small when fully occupied - but we found it fine - but we only stayed in to sleep. The salt water pool was always clean and well maintained. Oscar and Kevin's entertainment kept us all laughing and far from boredom. The kids disco kept my kids going all day. They loved the model making with Oscar and he made the children feel very special.

The staff were always smiling and very helpful. The bar staff and the reception staff were very friendly and helpful and even the maids always smiled and said hello.

Our only down side and it was only a small thing is that we arrived at 5.00 am on the saturday morning and only slept until 9.00 am and decided on an early night on the sunday - the pool side of the hotel is also the entertainment side and none of us could sleep until the entertainment was over at midnight - so make sure you plan sleep for kids between 5.00 pm and 9.00 pm if they need to catch up in the day at all.

With the beach being so close it was useful to use the toilets at the Orquidea as well.

We will definately visit Santa Eulalia again and stay at the Orquidea.

We stayed at this hotel and thought the food was brilliant. The hotel was always clean. On half board basis the times for eating was good. It was 8.00 am to 10.00 am for breakfast and 6.30 pm till 8.30 pm for tea. The hotel was in a perfect place. Out of the back gates and you was on the beach. The staff was very friendly but we got to like one of the staff called Elisibeth. We will miss here till we go back. This hotel is a must. Fantastic. Its a holiday to remember

I went to this hotel with my mum, dad and my mate, kaylee! We all thought it was a scream! Me and kaylee were on stage most nights joining in on whatever was on! Battle of the sexes is hilarious you should join in when that's on i had to hoola-hoop whilst kaylee said orquidia in a really high -opera style- voice lol. At night the disco bar was a bit empty but it wasn't peak season so...Me and Kaylee went into San Antonio one night, it costs 30 euro for a taxi but is well worth it for the teenagers , great clubs and that, maybe not for every night though! The entertainment staff, kevin and oscar were great, they were like big kids themselves but aw they were really nice guys though , knew every childs name and that! The stuff during the day was ran by Kevin , there was like water polo , badminton (in a squash court) , squash pool , table tennis and more!Me and Kaylee made pals with everyone there it's like everyone's one big family , me and Kaylee loved the Batemans ! So overall it was great and i'll miss it but no fear i'm going back in October and next year alone with kaylee so be ready for us!!!

We stayed at Orquidea Hotel, on a apartment.
Very good apartment, good size and very clean, friendly staff.
Brillant location,nice swiming pool, 100m to beach there's games room and supermarket inside but is quite dearer than the other's.
The only thing against the rooms is the bed's there isn't double beds, they are just 2 single beds " so if you want to get cosy, you got to put them together ".
There aren't TV in the rooms, so if you want one, you got to rent it out.
If you want your room with sea view you got to pay 6 euros p/ day, and pool view 3 euros p/day.
TV cost you 3 euros p/ day.
But the place is VERY NICE, and I will go back.

We had already holidayed here before and so decided it would be the best place to celebrate our Silver Wedding. We upgraded to a wonderful room, ground floor opposite the beach (no. 13!)with wonderful views and lots of space for two adults and two teens to move around.

The location takes some beating being only yards away from the beach and having a wonderful vista. It doesn't suffer from noisy hotels or bars but is within a short walking distance of both the four Pinos for food and drink (highly recommended) and Mel's (for breakfast).

The staff are always friendly and very helpful for example, on arrival my daughter accidentally smashed a large mirror and was extremely upset until the maid and caretaker arrived within an hour to clear it up and replace with a new one whilst also making her laugh.

We stayed at the Orquidea Aparthotel in July/August last year and had a very nice holiday. We stayed on a half board basis and found our room to be basic & small but clean, the bathroom was equipped with a very nice (powerful) shower but the air conditioning was, it has to be said, poor. The balcony however was something else, we were on the top floor and had a large sun terrace with our own sun loungers