This hotel is sensational but not 100% perfect. I have one major gripe that accounts for the docking of rating point. We booked a standard room for our week away, close to the end of the season. I researched the hotel and looked at the reviews before booking. I'd obviously scoured the website, seen all the photo's of this wonderful hotel next to the beach with rooms overlooking the beautiful cove in this recently refurbished hotel. It looked idyllic. Although in a standard room I assumed we'd be somewhere in the main hotel, maybe on a lower floor but still in the main building. Nowhere did I find an indication that my room was going to be behind the hotel, in a separate area, underneath the pool with no view of the beach and with no balcony or private space outside the room to call our own. I'm not going to bleat on about this but I'm sure you get my point. We were somewhat disappointed on arrival. The following may not be down to the hotel but could be down to the travel agent. Either way it's worth mentioning. We booked a coach transfer from the airport with "On The Beach". Imagine our dismay when, 400 yards from the hotel we were asked to exit the coach because the hotel was on a small windy street that the coach couldn't access. The driver pointed us in the direction of the hotel and said "it's down there" and drove off. This was 11pm, in the dark, in a place we had never been before. Not an ideal start to our holiday. As it was so late when we arrived I would have expected to have been offered a bite to eat after checking in from a hotel of this calibre. Maybe a sandwich? Just a little something to see us through after our long trip. Two fancy chocolates and a glass of champagne really wasn't what I'd hoped for. Okay, now thats off my chest - This really is a smashing hotel. Although disappointed in the location of our room, internally it was very swish. Decked out to a very high standard. Silent but effective air con, sumptuous bedding, stylish, bright and clean. Our only complaint is we had nowhere to hang our wet costumes (as we didn't have that balcony...). The staff we friendly. The breakfast wasn't perfect but all issues were minor and really not worth mentioning. The pool was freezing (late in the season but the air temp was pushing 30 degrees). Even after getting in and swimming around it was still cold. The sea was much warmer. Free use of Paddle Boards was a bonus and a bit of fun. Portals Nous itself is a quite village with a main road going through it. There's approx 12 restaurants reasonably priced with quite a good choice. It takes about 10 mins to walk (remember that walk from the coach...). Apart from that there is nothing to do in the village. We ended up travelling on the bus (3 Euros per person per way and about 10 minutes)) to Palma Nova for a bit of nightlife. We are by no means teenagers but still have a little life left in us at 60 and really needed more than Portals Nous had to offer, The Hotel really should offer s
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