AluaSoul Palma

This small 125 bedroom hotel was chosen as a quick quiet getaway for my wife and cousin who needed a quiet holiday after a major illness. I did not realise it was a Hyatt group hotel. We have stayed at Hotels around the world and they are luxury hotels, wonderful service but higher on the cost range than other chains. So what is The Hyatt doing with this small hotel in Majorca.? The Alua is like a tiny crumb left behind on a plate of cakes. It’s not high end luxury like its illustrious owners, but it has inherit a large degree of good organisation and cleanliness. It sits at the eastern end of the Arunel beach in Cam Pastilla, close the end of the runway of Palma airport. Now that may put you off, but it is only 5 min from the airport, you cannot hear the planes on the eastern and southern parts of the hotel and to be fair did not impinge on our holiday. The Hotel, its rooms and its pool areas are spotlessly clean. All the staff are courteous and helpful. The pool has adequate sun beds and towels are provided and can be exchanged for clean ones. Pool bar service from waiters is a bit sporadic but visit the pool bar and they soon serve you and bring it to your table. Bar prices are reasonable both for wine and bears with a good selection available. The restaurant food was good with a wide range of continental options,well cooked and presented. But labelling was inadequate you needed a magnifying glass to read some description and other dishes had no description, however this is a minor point. We did find the restaurant a little hot at times but you have to gauge this to 37 degree heat outside! There is a small clean gym offering cycles and weights plus a Smiths machine. Unfortunately, the one and only running machine was out of action for our whole week stay and sometimes there were no towels. Thee wed also free weights and mats. It was adequate for our stay. The rooms were a standard size of about 60 sq ft. very clean and well maintained with clean towels daily. A minor grip was that the sower door took us two days to work out how to stop it leaking water into the bathroom. The secret, was to push it gently closed from inside to outside of the shower. Our room was at the end of the hotel,facing south west and giving a great view of the Majorca sunset. There is entertainment in the hotel from some excellent singers and musicians. There was only one night when it was very loud and poor with a squealing long haired shouting out non ballads by Meatloaf etc, I guess you will get the picture. There also pool activities run by the staff which were light hearted and fun. Being an adult only hotel did allow peace and quiet.

All together, ignoring the planes and leaking shower door it is a very good Hyatt baby hotel and one I would recommend for a short stay.