Estival IslaCristina

Me and my wife booked to stay here in early October, and before we arrived were a little apprehensive about the lack of English reviews and were wondering if we had made the right decision. We landed in Faroe airport and transfer was in a small minibus with just 3 other couple's and took just over an hour. Check in was quick and we were given a room on the second floor, we had emailed previously for a high floor as possible so were a little disappointed, our room 235 was overlooking the side road leading to the beach and the view was a little uninspiring, but the room was great, Kitchen diner style and suited us fine. Television had only one English speaking channel which weirdly enough was French news, but we had packed our Firestick and luckily the TV had the appropriate sockets. Our experience after checking in I have to say just got better and better, the food was the best we've experienced in a European hotel and staff were all great. The pool area was great and had no feral kids or parents causing chaos it was a joy to relax by. as was the Bar area. Entertainment on the evening was a bit hit and miss, and was probably down to the late season, sometimes nothing on and then something would be on with no prior notice. We enjoyed many walks on the beach to islantilla a four hour round trip and into Isla Cristina about an hour round trip and can recommend both, all though be careful walking around Isla Cristina because there is Dog poo everywhere and I mean everywhere, there's a lidl 15 minutes walk from hotel and was great for stocking the fridge. We did the isla cristina boat trip with shrimp and wine, it was just under 2 hours for 14 euros each, we considered it a bargain, also did the guided tour of seville which was fantastic. This is a totally different holiday to your Benidorm or magaluf, it's more traditional Spanish and was probably the best holiday in Europe we have done, don't be worried about the lack of English restaurants or bars near by, we survived on our basic Spanish skills and would definitely return. It was my wife's birthday whilst there and she got treated to cake and cava, so thank you for that she really appreciated it. I have to mention that we are both nature lovers and the area of Isla Cristina is just astonishing, if it's a true Spanish experience you're after this is for you, if it's the Red lion and Sunday roast type holiday you're after go to Benidorm.