Hotel Joya

Excellent all round, no complaints whatsoever. Great location, staff and hygiene standards. Room very good with balcony and air con. Uk tv channels, everything you could ask for.

Just back after 10 nights here, after staying here for 10 days last October. Lovely hotel, excellent value and service. Excellent staff. Plenty of choice for breakfast, they do excellent bar snacks and drinks. Lovely pool area, which I spent lots of time around. If you go to the hotel side of the pool you get the sun all day from around 11-15. Lovely staff. The hotel is located central to the different areas of the Lavante beach area. 10 mins walk to beach, 15 back from beach, due to hill. About 10 to 15 minutes walk to Old town. Never walked to Strip area, but would say someone with decent walking speed could get there in 15 minutes, taxi about 7-8 euro. Hotel entertainment is geared to Spanish guests, didn't bother me as we went out every night. Hotel rooms good, comfortable beds, decent bathroom, bedroom and balcony. Fantastic free WIFI, excellent coverage throughout hotel, room and pool areas. Don't rely on TV to watch British channels, didn't bother us. My ONLY two slight negatives of the room is no kettle, so bring a kettle if you do want a cuppa in your room, and no fridge. However as the free Aircon is brilliant the bottles of water and pop kept cool enough. Don't expect a luxury hotel, especially for £50 a night for a couple for bed and breakfast. Excellent value. If you want luxury pay luxury prices. Didn't have any meals apart from breakfast so can't comment on what is available.

The hotel is "Spanish"...in that most of the guests are Spanish, three generational families. Pool adequate...great for kids...all well behaved while having fun. Absolutely no "body shaming" which is lovely..."This is me"....all shapes and sizes. Brilliant. Couples, families, but no "Stag" stuff. A lovely atmosphere. In the evenings, older local ladies came round to play cards, and older gentlemen came to play dominoes. Evening entertainment, when we were there, was Spanish... crooners, and even staff singing in their "off " time. Staff absolutely friendly and very hard working...never at rest. Very clean. Food hopeless....what with all the brilliant cheese and cold meats that Spain has to offer...the plastic cheese slices and pink processed cold meats at breakfast were so disappointing. However, if you're into your carbs, plenty of bread, pastry, biscuits. Avoid the coffee in the restaurant...the coffee down in the bar is so much better.............Bus No 1 or 2 gets you down to the "Brit" strip along the beach. 1 Euro 60 cents...Or a 20 min walk downhill....harder coming back. The "strip " links in to the Old Town which has a lovely evening atmosphere. ...just use your google map. The Italian restaurants, like Pinnocchio, or Manila, on the strip, are grand. (We are not fish and chips, burgers, etc. fans)..but these serve fine Italian and Spanish food.