we stayed in A block. lovely room perfectly adequate for 5 people. room very clean although very basic. very quite except for selfish people who came in at all hours of the night expecting others to be up becuase they were! the A block is located very near main pool. Extremely lively pool, too many inflatables and no respect whatsoever by certain individuals for smaller children, no lifeguard so be warned. this is the pool where you see the Reps, you dont see them anywhere else in the complex so keep your eyes peeled. we found the Reps to be very unapproachable and found they liked certain holidaymakers more than others! very unhelpful and vacant throughout! the main pool would have been more at home in an 18-30s resort such as Ibiza or Benedorm rather than a family pool! We spent our 2 weeks using the X block pool, lovely quiet pool catered especially for smaller children. not very busy as everyone seemed to be using the main pool. X block pool recommended. It does not seem as though Talyot appts have any regard for order in the complex as no rules were adhered to. children screaming around complex at all hours, adults charging around jumping in the pool at stupid o clock and noone to tell them off - lawless it would seem! Would not recommend this place for quiet family holiday.

The apartments are in a good place but we didnt use the apartment facilities very much apart from the room and the pool. The main pool was often very filled and most of the children had an inflateable each which made the pool crammed. There isnt much privacy as people often walked past. There were many that thought that if they were up everyone else was and made a lot of noise and these we actually older adults. The Kids people didnt seem very approacable and one was quite rough with some of the kids.

I have just read the previous review and cannot believe their comments. I am very fussy and do not agree. This hotel is entirely geared up for family with young children. My girls are 2 and 6 and they had a fantastic time. There is lots of play areas, small pools and the entertainers in particular Dan and Bexs worked tirelessly day and night to keep both children and adults entertained. I am not a lover of hotel entertainment but they were so good at it they even got me up dancing with the children 'Big fish, little fish' around the pool in the morning with my kids. The previous reviewer must of had a bad room because ours was spotless, in fact the bathroom suites, tiles etc and the kitchens were all brand new. We moved from a 1 bedroomed apt to a 2 bedroomd apt because the receptionist said one was available and both were of the same standard. The resort again is geared up to young children with most restaurants offering slides, bouncy castles and other childrens toys to keep them occupied whilst you finished your meal. This resort is not for couples or party animals. There is no rowdy bars, drunken yobs or touts trying to get you into bars and restaurants. It is so relaxed. The beach isn't the best as we saw lots of jellyfish. Overall though the entertainers kept our children happy during the day and even some of the evening entertainment wasn't as cheesy as they usually are. We would definately go back. We are only glad to be back as there was no Indian restaurants on the island and we wanted our weekly fix.

Just got back from the Talayot apartments with our three children aged 5,3 and 8 months.

The rooms were excellent, with very good facilities including two ring hob, oven, microwave, kettle, toaster, fridge freezer and a lovely bathroom with a bath, plenty of towels and a hairdryer. The apartment was cleaned regularly including new sheets and towels.

The complex is made up of small blocks of two storey apartments. We were in block F. This is about 100 yards from the pool. Far enough to not get any noise from the entertainment, but near enough to run back to get things you need. There was a nice grassy area outside where the children could play.

My only critisim of the room was that we had an inter-connecting door in our bedroom. We could hear everything that next door was doing which was a little annoying when my children were asleep and the neighbours came back later waking us up.

The entertainment is totally geared up for the kids with Dan and Becky working really hard to keep them happy. The "Big Fish Little Fish" song will stay in my head for ever I think! My children went to kids club a few times and really enjoyed this especially the face painting.
There is a large and small play area, an undercover area for the smaller children with houses and cars to play with and a sand pit.

We ate at the hotel restaurant a couple of times and the food was good value for money at 7 euros for a 3 course meal, much cheaper than some restaurants in the resort.

The hotel details said there was a charge for the sunbeds. We were never asked but if you want a sunbed you have to get up at 7am to put your towel on otherwise you don't get one. We were usually at the pool by 9.30am but most people didn't appear until late morning which was annoying that they had "secured" a bed and not used it all morning.

Overall a very good complex, especially if you like the holiday camp style of holiday.

The reception staff were helpful and friendly and all staff speak very good English, but it was nice to try out our bit of Spanish too, which I think they appreciate.

We stayed at Talayot X Block in June 2008 with 2 neighbouring apartments.

The pool areas were great and offered a variety of pools which suited us, our 4 year old daughter and her grandparents. Our daughter attended a couple of kids club sessions which she enjoyed, the staff there were friendly and facilities for the club seemed good. Reception staff were helpful and friendly too.

Our party was allocated 2 neighbouring one bedroom apartments. Unfortunately I would not stay at this accommodation again due to the apartments we were allocated. Towels were changed regularly but were often stained and dirty looking. Beds were poor and uncomfortable. We were unable to open the wardrobe doors more than half way without shifting the bedside cabinet and moving the beds. One of the electrical sockets in the main living area was not properly attached to the wall and the dining area light did not look particularly well wired in! The front door of the apartment would not remain closed unless the door was locked. The room was situated directly above the Green Parrot pub - luckily this appeared to be shut so no noise problems - but due to lack of use this meant that the outside areas below our room / at bottom of steps to access room were scruffy and not well maintained. About 4 days into our two week stay new curtains / bedspreads / sofa cushions were put in our room so I guess the hotel is still working on improving this block.

On a positive note, the kitchen did offer a hob, mini oven/grill, kettle, toaster and blender if you wished to cook for yourself. Flat screen TV also provided in room.

Unfortunately while we did not let all this 'small' issues spoil the enjoyment of our holiday the combined effect was that we were left feeling disappointed at the standard of the accommodation in comparison to the brochure / reviews of other blocks within the complex.

We stayed in X block. On arrival our room was very dirty and didn't bear any resemblance to the photos on the website. The sofas in the lounge just consisted of 2 very dirty, lumpy single mattresses. All the utensils were filthy, one of the saucepans even had dried in food on it! The toaster lead was burnt through to the wires. The ceiling fan in the lounge was on its last legs! None of the table lamps worked, and the hairdryer was also faulty. The whole place reeked of damp. The bedroom ceiling was moldy. I cannot comment on the restaurant or bar because given the quality of the accommodation I didn't want to risk it! The noise from the main pool is quite invasive. All in all I would suggest this resort is ideal if you have older children say 10 years upwards, but it offers very little for those with younger children - I certainly wouldn't go back there!

We have just come back from the Talayots a couple of days a go.
The apartments were in very clean good condition. We stayed in D Block apt 4. This was a perfect location as it was in the middle of everything, the main pool, the park area and the restaurant/bar.
It is a beautifully kept place. The cleaners came every 2-3 days and changed bed linen/towels etc. Only gripe we had really was the charge for sunbeds, only a small one but thats not the point, however, you do get a free drink with that.
You can do laundry for a charge of 5 euros for a token. It cost 3 euros to use the tumble dryer for 45 mins. You can hire an iron for 1 euro a day.
People with babies can hire highchairs/baby walkers/strollers for a charge of 2-3 euros a day.
Talayots is situated very close to the beech and the resort.
The staff were fab. Particularly Luis the bar man. He is fantastic. Every time we looked at him we laughed.
Jazzy Jenny, Gorgeous Greg, Hayley Hiccup, Super Sophie, Crazy Clair, Becs made the kids holiday. We loved you all.
Kids clubs were fantastic, we hardly saw ours.
We didn't think much of the magician, in fact we did'nt like him at all but the Freddie Mercury tribute and African feet show was fantastic.
The hotel food was a lot to be desired. I don't recommend you eat there.

We stayed in block A which was in a nice quietish area. There was a little climbing frame outside our apartment which our children loved and we could watch them from inside our apartment. The pool was freezing which was a shame as we all love swimming, my eldest child went in every day (she didnt seem to mind the cold) and has come home with a stinking cold! The room was grubby we didnt sleep on the sofa beds as they were very stained. We all ended up sharing beds which wasnt ideal. We also had an ant invasion but once told about it the staff were very helpful and came with their spray. Childrens club was very good the reps were excellent whilst on duty. The entertainers were funny and my children loved them especially gorgeous greg and beutiful bex.
I would not use this hotel again because of the cleanliness. We hardly ever saw our reps and when i did see one she obviously did not really want to be there!

This was our first time at the Talayot appartments, But after initally being given an appartment in 'X-Block' above a restaurant which was a smelly,dirty full of flies, We requested that we were moved straight away & our request was met with no objections. We were moved to Block 'D- 5' which was half-way between the largest play area on the complex (there were at least 2 others we found) & the main swimming pool, it was the perfect location. Maid service every other day and even cleaned the day before we checked out. Staff always seemed to be cleaning somewhere on the complex,or moving rubbish, pruning trees etc.Staff very friendly and the entertainment staff were brilliant, Didn't put the children in the kids club so cannot comment on this although they always seemed to be doing something throughout the day. If i hadn't of already booked to go to Disneyworld next year i would of booked on my return to go back to the 'Talayot'. Highly reccommended.

This was our second holiday at the tayalots being there last year, come back two weeks ago and have now booked for 2008.

the apartments were again very clean with maid service every two days.The grounds and pools were maintained every day, very clean.

The barbeque on a Thursday night is great value for money very tasty although we did eat one other night and was not quiet so good.

The staff were first class,in particular Pablo and Luis the bar staff.

The entertainers what canI say they again made our holiday what it was.....Fantastic all day and all night kept making sure we were enjoying ourselfs.