Evenia Olympic Palace

“Booked Suites, got Palace. Overall good!”

The first thing to mention is that we actually booked the Suites via Jet2 and with no warning were told we’d been “upgraded” to the Palace upon arrival. This came as a bit of an annoyance at first. It could be problematic for people who specifically like the Suites but as we hadn’t been before we w… more

The first thing to mention is that we actually booked the Suites via Jet2 and with no warning were told we’d been “upgraded” to the Palace upon arrival. This came as a bit of an annoyance at first. It could be problematic for people who specifically like the Suites but as we hadn’t been before we went with it. The Palace appeared half shut. Bar closed, restaurant closed, pool bar closed and the pool even not available some days due to private events. If I had paid to stay there, I would have been quite annoyed. Saying that, the rooms were nice and clean and the hotel has a nice ambience to it and as a result was nice and quiet. We were allocated to the Coral restaurant which we really liked. A good choice of food, lots of meats, fish. Fresh fruit and veggies and also the usual stuff like pizza and chips and kids stuff. It was one of the better all inclusive offerings I’ve experienced. On the last night this restaurant was closed and we had to go to “Cadi” restaurant - oh my life, chaos and the noise was awful!! The main pool and kids pool and slides are brilliant. Snack bar great. Mini club was excellent for our 2 year old boy. Mini disco was enjoyed also by him and his cousin. Didn’t find queues too bad for bars and a nice choice of drinks too. The all inclusive ice cream truck and magnums, twisters etc. was also nice for the kids. All in all we had a brilliant holiday and will definitely return but have to be aware it’s a bit of a “lucky dip” which actual hotel and restaurant you get! The staff are friendly-ish, I’ve experienced more friendly staff elsewhere. There were a lot of Spanish people there for an event and they definitely didn’t like tourists, but I suppose you can get that anywhere. We will return.

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“5 night stay.”

Overall a good stay but needs more shade around pools and a better system for sun beds. House keepers do a great job in keeping room clean during stay.

“Good Hotel For The Right Situation (Just not ours)”

I don’t want my review to put anyone off the hotel because it’s a brilliant set up if it works for you and what your family is after, unfortunately that wasn’t the case for us. We have a 2 year old and 5 year old so the idea of an all-inclusive and a pool with slides etc. was the reason we booked… more

I don’t want my review to put anyone off the hotel because it’s a brilliant set up if it works for you and what your family is after, unfortunately that wasn’t the case for us. We have a 2 year old and 5 year old so the idea of an all-inclusive and a pool with slides etc. was the reason we booked but in reality it didn’t turn out that way. The main issue we encountered was that the food timings were awful for us a family. Just be aware that food is from 0800 - 1000, 13:15 - 15:00 & 19:30 - 22:00. That’s way too late for our boys and caused us a big problem. We also got slightly unlucky with the weather (no fault of the hotel) but it did highlight the lack of other activities available for our boys as there wasn’t too much else to do. Had a tiny arcade that wasn’t suitable for our kids ages. We were pretty desperate just for somewhere to run around and kick a ball and unfortunately the hotel didn’t have that. There was a locked football arena that wasn’t available most of the day. Finally the room had basically 4 singles pushed together to make 2 doubles but were on wheels so it was like an ice rink. Think they should use double sheets to keep to together. Also the TV channels are basically non-existent, literally the UK channels not a single one even loaded although we weren’t there to watch TV but would’ve helped with the down time and during bad weather. This hotel is brilliant if you’re after eating loads of food, drinks unlimited & sitting by an exceptionally cold pool all day.

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