KAKTUS Hotel Kaktus Playa

Great location. With a short walk to the main hub of Calella and the beach. Short taxi ride to the train station where direct train‘s into Barcelona run regular. Hotel has had a very tastefully done re-furb and spacious bedroom and lovely sized balcony. We chose a pool view room which was well worth the upgrade. The rooftop pool area is well worth at least 1 day try for €20, lovely glass pool and relaxed atmosphere. There is a large pool on the lower ground floor which is a lovely size. Just the normal fight to find a bed without a towel upon it with the absence of a body on it.

This hotel has the potential to be great and I booked it because it’s listed as 5 star, however there are a few things that let it down. I have never stayed in a 5 star before where I have had to pay to use a roof top pool - being 5 star I would expect this as standard. The same applies for the beach club - €24 a day to use loungers a whole €1 discount on the standard cost. These are advertised as features of the hotel but really ramp up the price if you want to use them daily and leave you with only 1 pool option when advertised as 2 and a beach club. There are way to few loungers by the free pool for the size of the hotel and again I do not expect to see people doing a towel dash in a 5 star where pool sides are normally managed. The hotels location isn’t great (aside from its closeness to the beach) it’s surrounded by shops full of rubbish and derelict hotels/shops. The main town is apx 8-10 mins away. I was shocked by the amount of people thinking it’s acceptable to throw midnight gatherings on the balcony and on one night, I had to call reception 4 times before it got sorted which wasn’t ideal. Lastly the main bar in the hotel was closed the whole time BUT the bar by the pool serves lovely food and drinks. On a positive the rooms are beautiful just needs a bit of fine tuning to make this the 5 star experience it’s sold as.

I loved the hotel and the facilities, however there are a lot of added costs, like charging to go to the rooftop pool or get sunbeds in their designated area of the beach - which is €24 for two sunbeds and an umbrella per day.

Verdade good hotel, Nice rooms good space, very good shower. Breakfest excelente wit mano opcional. Staff very sympatetic