Playa Garden Selection Hotel and Spa

We stayed for 10 nights at this hotel as a family of 4 (including a 14yr old and a 16yr old).

As we got off our transfer bus we were immediately greeted by a staff member, who helped take our cases inside and offered us all a drink. We thought this was a nice touch.

The grounds are lovely and well maintained.

We stayed in room 8001, which was at the end of block 8, on the ground floor, and had a view of the pool. Room was clean and there plenty room for all 4 of us. Sofa bed that was able to be folded away during the day was helpful. Lots of storage space for cloths.

Love the fact the hotel have a circular eco ethos. That meant there is a water cooler available that we could fill the carafe from kitchenette, and pop it in fridge to have later. It counts how many plastic bottles they have prevented being used. They use a local farm for meat and try to use ingredients from within a short distance of the hotel.

Food is always going to be a hit or a miss when catering for so many people but we found it to be a good selection. Especially enjoyed the seafood, including lobsters, crab and lagoustines!

Animation team do a lot of the shows themselves, with just the odd one being external and, with that in mind, they were pretty good. Plenty of activities on throughout the day for all ages, including darts, water polo, a taste of mallorca, cocktail making etc.

Location is excellent. It has a path directly to the beach. I hate sand but took some swim shoes and we enjoyed ocean paddles and walk along the beautiful pier a few times. Just beautiful. I did see reviews about the seaweed but in all honesty, it wasn't something the hotel can do anything about. Legally, the government aren't allowed to remove it so it is raked into mounds, dries out, then gets put back into the sea. This helps with the colour we were told. I still thought the beach was beautiful. There are a few shops across the road from the hotel and we also got a bus just across the road, which took about 20mins to take us to alcudia (approx €13 return for all 4 of us).

My only criticisms of the hotel are the food and entertainment is only on a 7 day rotation so if you stay longer, you will get repeats. Maybe a 14 day rotation would be better. The biggest issue for us was that we had to set an alarm every day in order to get sunbeds. Too many people reserving them and then disappearing for hours at a time. There are signs saying not to reserve but they are ignored and not enforced. Beds being reserved as early as 6am. For this reason alone, I wouldn't return, as I don't expect to have to set an alarm on holiday.

We had an amazing experience at the Playa garden selection hotel.The staff were friendly and very helpful. The view to the sea is breathtaking. The beach and weather were all wonderful and I'm glad that I came here. The rooms are nice and organised. Taking into consideration the fact that we have a kid with celiac ,the hotel managed to make a safe place for our son, as there is no risk of contamination. He could enjoy delicious gluten free meals and have fun. All in all , the hotel is 100% worth it and I would recommend it to anyone.