Areias Village Beach Suite Hotel

We stayed in the apartments for four nights. The apartment is spacious, cool enough with the air conditioning and close to the strip without being impacted by the music or general loudness associated with it. There’s a decent sized pool and plenty of Sun loungers around it. There were people who reserved some loungers with towels despite the tickets attached saying not to do so. It’s not policed by the staff though and some loungers were reserved for hours without people using them. It was ok for when we were there but I imagine it can be frustrating as it gets more busy through the summer. There’s some decent pubs and restaurants nearby and download the bolt app which is easy to use and get you about. We would definitely recommend staying here.

This is our second stay at the hotel having last stayed 2 years ago in August. Pros and positives In my opinion never heard any noise from the club across the road. Very central with lots nearby but without being super noisy. Reception staff are lovely and very keen to help with any issues. Communal areas are really clean including the pool areas. Comfy sun beds and when we were there plenty available. Also don't allow sun bed reservation. Cons and some areas which have gone downhill since last time. The hote rooms are now showing signs of ware. Really grubby grout on bathroom tiles. White towels and bedding ( though I am sure they had been washed ) stained and marked as were the sofa cushions. Plugs in both kitchen and bathroom sink didn't fit which made washing the dishes pretty hard. Standard of cleaning has also in my opinion gone downhill. I knelt on the tiled floor on the 4th day of our 9 day stay to get something from my case and when I got up my knees were dirty so I would hate to have had a crawling baby in the apartment. Other areas of the site are also showing signs of not being properly maintained. The secure front gate which used to be locked at night and you opened it with your own card is broked which made the site feel less secure late on as no one really challenges you walking in and out of the building at any time. The hotel still, even though they are fully self catering apartments with kitchens refuse to allow you to bring a drink or your own snacks to the outside area. This is ridiculous and we have stayed in many other 4 star self catering hotels in albuferia and never had an issue with bringing our own water bottles from the room. Added to this is the ridiculous prices at the pool bar. Again not something we have had issue with in other venues. Personally i like a good snack bar and if they have decent food / drinks we will use them. Currently the bar here charges 4 euros for a can of soft drink and 1.50 for a mini bottle of water and don't expect a smile or a thank you included in the price ! We are really frequent travellers to the area and have made the decision not to choose areias for next year. We do think there are better 4 star aparthotels in the area.

Superb hotel, great location and really friendly helpful staff, outside bar area serving great foot and plenty of beds for pool rooms are cleaned daily and are great size all with a great sized balcony. Supermarkets are walking distance as are restaurants and pubs,the strip is 15min walk and old town is 10min taxi and never more than 6 euros in taxi.