14 Mar 2007 10:17 AM:
All,
I have just returned from 5 days at La Cumbre Hotel.
I have also uploaded 3 pictures of the hotel room and view on to the mojon hills shared pictures.
What an experience!
It cost £100 for 5 days for the room (not per person). Think I managed to get the last of the cheap room prices, but got the same type of room as everyone else.
Each morning there seemed to be around 10 British at the hotel, the rest seemed to be mostly made up of older Spanish people on Spanish coach tours.
Breakfast is good for free! good coffee, toast, bread rolls, cereal (coco pops, corn flakes etc.) cheese, Spanish meat, jam, orange squash, pastries etc.)
If you brace yourself for a cheap experience its a great thing to do, room was very, very clean, but furniture is old, don't sit on chairs or lean on tables!
Bed sheets were changed every day and were very clean and fresh.
Bathroom was good, marble tops and floor etc. but shower curtain wasn't waterproof and water went through it!!?
Great view from the room looking over the town and sea, nice large balcony with white plastic table and chairs.
Ask for the 4th (top) floor, excellent views.
One bad point is that from 10:30am till 11pm they would put on a loud Spanish radio in the main bar which is under most of the rooms looking out to sea. So if you're resting in your room before going for some food you would have to shut your balcony door. The noise was so loud you couldn't sleep before 11pm due to the noise!
Air conditioning blew out warm air no matter what you did with the controls, reception seems concerned but noing was done, I suspect they dont turn the air conditioning on until peak season starts (1st July).
Walk from the hotel to the port takes about 10-15 minutes, maybe a third of it down a hill! If you are going to pick your tiles, the tile shop is at the bottom of the hill, 200 yards to the left then turn right.
Only other bad point was some of the British staying there, some were 'lads' who would shout the 'F' word (amoungst others) down the corridors and slam doors. Only ever saw older Spanish people there on my trip and they were lovely.
The pool is not heated and probably wouldn't be swimmable! for a couple of months, don't be taken in by the clever picture of the view from the pool on the hotel website, it over looks the suburbs with a distant view of the sea. No-one sat around the pool.
But all in all, go for the experience, if you pay a cheap price, you get what you paid for, if you pay more than £50 per night you might start to grumble.
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