Colvale Holidays from £119

Like: Good, polite staff Need Improvement: Property looks old, No freshness feeling in property

Everything room very spacious & clean, staff second to none very friendly and helpful and food excellent will certainly return next year

Helpful staff. Apart from local phone system which was crackling. Took half board- Food choices good and nice Indian food as well as pasta

It’s beautifully positioned on the beach, but don’t think this is the best place for a solo traveller. Lots of families with children. The restaurant’s breakfast offering was less than advertised: don’t expect lots of pastries or fruit. I was told I would have to pay extra for filter coffee, only instant coffee was free. I raised this with the manager and showed him the advertising promising freshly brewed coffee, so he agreed to that for me. But this felt cheap and for the price I would have expected a more substantial breakfast offering. I was in a small partial sea-view room upstairs which I liked, especially the bath on the balcony, but I could hear the guests below me and their footsteps and movements shook the space I occupied. Rooms only get cleaned on request. Two bottles of water provided and then you need to refill yourself from a dispenser. But I did like the staff and their helpfulness and the location. I think that there may have been a mismatch in my expectations, because I can see how this can be a charming place with the right mindset.