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Europe Playa Marina: Traveller Reviews

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Paseo Illetas 68, 07181 Illetas, Majorca, Spain
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Europe Playa Marina
Ranked #3 of 3 hotels in Illetas
3.5 of 5 stars 112 Reviews
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Leeds, United Kingdom
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“Good hotel in a nice quiet resort”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 January 2012
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We stayed at the Europe Playa Marina Hotel for two nights prior to departing on a Royal Caribbean Med Cruise. We booked this particular hotel as we wanted to explore Palma for a couple of days prior to our cruise. The resort of Illetas is perfect for this as it is only a 15 - 20 minute bus ride from the centre of Palma. The Marina Hotel allows you to have the best of both worlds, close enough to the city centre while being located next to a fantastic safe clean beach. The resort of Illetas is small but charming, with very few shops and only a couple of bars. However we much prefer this type of resort to the rowdy larger resorts just further along the coast - Magaluf, Palma Nova etc.

The hotel is situated right on the front with many rooms having a sea view. Unfortunately we were allocated a room towards the back of the hotel with a less than optimal view. However this didn't bother us too much as we had no plans to spend a lot of time in our hotel room. The hotel was clean and pleasant with a typically Spanish decor. The restaurant features an outdoor balcony where you can sit and eat looking out to sea. Unfortunately on every occasion when we visited the restaurant - morning and evening there were no spare tables, so had to settle for an inside table. Food in the restaurant was ok but became slightly repetitive with much of the same food served on both nights we stayed at the hotel. As with many hotels the price for drinks in the restaurant is extortionate!

While we probably won't visit again, the hotel was of a good standard and was actually much better than I was expecting given the price we paid.

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  • Stayed June 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Europehotels, Director Comercial at Europe Playa Marina, responded to this review
9 January 2012
Dear guest,
We would like first of all to thank you for taking the time to share your opinion on Tripadvisor.
It is always important to know your feelings as it helps us to improve our offer and services.
We are pleased to see that you enjoyed your time in our hotel and will surely take into account your remark about our food offer as our aim is to provide you, our guests, an unforgettable time with us.
We hope to welcome you back in our hotel Europe Playa Marina.
Best regards,
The management team
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scotland
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“after 9 years”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 October 2011
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Have enjoyed many years staying at this hotel however this year we decided to go to another hotel next door due to last year's experience. We thought the staff at reception had a poor attitude towards us despite us having spent two weeks in the hotel for the last nine years. Sun lounger covers need to be thrown out along with bathroom towels which are past their best. This hotel has to get its act together. We will keep an eye on future reviews as if reviews improve we would probably return. This hotel has a fantastic location - all it needs is a major overhaul of staff and furnishings and new beds and televisions would also be desirable.

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Europehotels, Director Comercial at Europe Playa Marina, responded to this review
21 October 2011
Dear guest,

We would like first of all to thank you for sharing your opinion about our hotel on Tripadvisor.

Your feelings are always important as it motivates us to make our best in our day-to-day work.

As repetitors guests your thoughts are even more essential for us because you know us as well as our values.

We sincerely regret that your last stay with us did not reach your expectations and that you have felt treated ruthless by our staff. We are really surprised that this year your stay was disappointing, because our philosophy, as you know us, is to work with passion and enthusiasm to provide our guest wonderful and unforgettable moments.

In order to improve our services, we are going to analyze your comment with the concerned departments.

We really hope and would be pleased to welcome you back in our hotel.

Best regards,
The management team
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Lowestoft, United Kingdom
1 review
“pleasent affordable holiday”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 October 2011

I have visited this hotel twice this year frist time to recoperate from a bad illness with a friend. It was lovely peaceful ,clean and value for money, maybe the front desk staff were not the friendlist but then thinking about it i dont know how chatty id be trying to speak spanish ??. I liked it so much I returned with my husband in sept and again we had a lovely time, so much did we enjoy it we have just booked it for next year with all our family it might not be the ritz but i didnt pay ritz prices so all i can say is its a clean pleasant ,quiet hotel situated in a mature resort

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Europehotels, Director Comercial at Europe Playa Marina, responded to this review
8 October 2011
Dear guest,

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your opinion about your stay on Tripadvisor.

We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your stay in our hotel.

Positive comment like yours always motivate us to follow our service minded philosophy and to provide our guest memorable moments in our resort.

As a repetitor guest, you know us as well as our values. It is a pleasure for us to count with you next year.

We would be honored to welcome you and your family back in our hotel. Thank you once again.

Best regards,
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Brighton, United Kingdom
1 review
“Some good, some bad”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 September 2011

Just back from two weeks in this hotel, not usually our sort of holiday, but thought we would give it a go. Hotel is ok, very Mallorcan in decor. No problem with the room at all, kept clean, I agree that the cleaning staff were the most friendly. Reception staff not friendly at all, even though we were friendly toward them. We changed rooms to get an ocean view and it was just lovely. We went there because of the quiet so no complaints from us about lack of night life. Other resorts including Palma were easily accessible by bus and taxi, taxis friendly and honest. We were not that impressed with the hotel food, we ate breakfast there most days, and used the Cafe Illemar down the road a lot - did not have a bad meal there, and staff terrific. Hotel pool is ok, but not for non-swimmers, there are three depths and they are all very deep, fine for us, but not for kids. Everyone has commented on the sun beds and it's all true. The cove is good for swimming. If you are wanting the TV, forget it, the only English channel is BBC 24 hour news, and the hairdryer is useless so take a travel drier, and yes, take a travel kettle. You can borrow cups from the dining room, but they don't like it!! Dining room rather dark, so get there very early to get an outside table, and look at the sea and the pool. A good start to the day. Biggest complaint for service was the lunch. The only lunch is a Euro 15.50 buffet which almost NO-ONE wanted. There was a mass exodus for people leaving to go elsewhere. They should just serve baguettes or something, that way they might sell some drinks as well. We went somewhere else or got some food in and ate in on the balcony but would have been nice to sit by the pool, but not that particular food or that price. A tip - take a cab to Puerto Portals and eat at the Capacino or Wellies, lovely place to walk around and have a bite to eat. If you want Car Hire, go to Belmar and see Jose, good value and nice guy. I have read many of the reviews on this website and sorry to agree with most of the negative ones. The staff REALLY need to address their customer service, it's truly bad. The lack of courtesy after two weeks really started to get to me! So management if you are reading this, do something about it, there are complaints here going back months and nothing is changing. Very bad for business.

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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Europehotels, Director Comercial at Europe Playa Marina, responded to this review
8 October 2011
Dear guest,

Thank you very much for sharing your opinion with us through Tripadvisor.

Your impressions are always really important as it motivates us to make our best every day to provide our guests the best services and products we can.

We regret to hear that your stay did not reach your expectations. We are going to analyze all the facilities details you mentioned as well as our staff attitude with the concerned departments.

In the name of the management, yes, we can tell you that we read all the comments from our guests because you, our guests, are the heart of our hotel. This is why we try to listen to everybody and answer all of your comments in order to understand better your needs and wishes and provide you better services.

We would also recommend you and our clients that if some bad experience like yours ever happen, surely do not hesitate to contact the general manager directly during your stay to inform us of the situation in order to resolve it immediately.

We sincerely hope that we could have the chance to welcome you back in our hotel Europe Playa Marina.

Best regards,
The management team
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Munich, Germany
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“Horrible stay...”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 September 2011

I was with my husband on holidays on july.Really....it was my worst holidays in my life. Everything started on check-in...it was very rude welcoming of receptionist Natalya(thank's a lot). No help,no smile ....no roomservice. Nothing to do our stay a little bit better. And the top of this horror was that when we left the letter for Front Desk Manager, there was no reply at all. So...still waiting for some answer, dear managers.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Europehotels, Director Comercial at Europe Playa Marina, responded to this review
17 September 2011
Dear guest,
First, we would like to thank you for taking the time to share your feelings with us through Tripadvisor.
Your opinions are always really important as it helps us to improve our general offer, services and products.
We are really sorry to hear that your stay did not reach any of your expectations.
We feel concerned about your comment as we usually have good and positive remarks about our reception team from our guests.
In order to improve the general management of this department and in general all our services, but also to be able to talk with all our receptionists, we would need to have more information of what happened.
We did unfortunately not receive your letter and as this platform does not allow us to provide in public any of our contacts, could you please be so kind and contact us directly through our web or by phone in order to talk about your unfortunate experience.
We would also recommend you and our clients that if some bad experience like yours ever happen, surely do not hesitate to contact the general manager directly during your stay to inform us of the situation in order to resolve it immediately.
We sincerely hope that we could have the chance to hear you.
Best regards,
The management team
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Address: Paseo Illetas 68, 07181 Illetas, Majorca, Spain
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