Hipotels Gran Playa de Palma

Nice hotel in itself, with some very strange rules and things missing that you’d think were a bare minimum for an apparent 4* hotel.

Place is spotless, although the overzealous “lifeguards” are off putting. Don’t dare bring an inflatable anywhere near the pools! Also bring a ball to the wrong pool and you get a very public dressing down!

No inflatables on a holiday?? Seems strange when you have 2 large pools.

You also get no attention from waiting staff and have to pester them to get served, although most of them are very nice. No coffee or any offer of drinks at any of the meals is below what I’d expect also.

Area is the German Magaluf not the hotels fault but be aware.

Beach also isn’t looked after too well with refuse a regular sight on there.

Nice hotel but massively overpriced with some weird rules.

The hotel is absolutely amazing! We wanted a mix of a relaxing holiday and seeing Palma and that is exactly what we got. There is a bus stop right outside the hotel to get right to Palma cathedral! The rooms are very spacious, clean and perfect for couples! We were worried about the noise as our room was facing the very popular ‘mega park’ but once our balcony door was closed we couldn’t hear a thing. The pool area is great, lovely and clean. They also have an amazing indoor spa and pool, which was great when there was small rain showers some days. We stayed bed and breakfast which the food was lovely, we only had the hotel evening meal twice and the selection was brilliant. The hotel is in great walking distance of loads of bars and restaurants, and the beach!! Staff were so friendly and the evening entertainment was great, often a singer, which was lovely whilst we played cards and had a drink. Couldn’t recommend this hotel enough, we will definitely be back one day!

We stayed for a week in two sea view rooms at the end of August. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly, the rooms are of a very large size for two people with plenty of wardrobe space and a great bathroom with large walk in shower. Food at both the buffet breakfast and evening dinner was very good. Along with the usual hot and cold options for breakfast there was the possibility to have freshly made omelettes. At dinner plenty of salads and other starters at the buffet, one different roast meat every day plus two freshly cooked fish and meat dishes. Plenty of other main meal dishes and pizza and pasta options. The restaurant terrace next to the pools was very pleasant to eat in and at breakfast there was a second restaurant open which meant the restaurants were never too crowded. The first morning we received a satisfaction email enquiry from the hotel management to which we replied that even though waterpolo was advertised as an animation activity on the hipotels gran playa de Palma website and has been available at the 4 other hipotels we have stayed at there was no waterpolo organised during the week of our stay. The hotel reacted to this and organised water polo sessions on three different days of our 6 day stay. We appreciated this very much. The hotel is just across the road from a nice beach and warm sea. The surrounding area is quite commercialised with many young Germans though it was not disruptive for us. The hotel is right next to a bus stop that goes a few times an hour to the city of Palma in about 25 minutes. Palma is very much worth a visit along with its beautiful cathedral. We also went twice to the 9th floor heaven bar at the top of the neighbouring 5 star Hipotels Playa de Palma Palace which has great views and the price of a beer is quite reasonable at 5.5 EUR for a large beer though the cocktails are quite pricey at 14.50 EUR. In conclusion, Hipotels Gran playa de Palma is a great hotel: friendly staff, extremely clean, excellent food and two very large nice swimming pools. The staff also remove towels from unoccupied sunbeds around 10:00 am so you can always easily get a sunlounger. There is also free parking if you book directly with the hotel. Would definitely recommend especially if you want to visit Palma city which is easily accessible with a frequent bus service. Thanks to Ronald one of the waiters for his friendly service and wine recommendations at dinner and to Sam and Anna of the animation team for organising the waterpolo sessions.