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“Superb September Holiday at Zimbali Playa Spa Hotel”

I stayed at the Zimbali Playa Spa hotel with my wife from 9-19 September 2023. We both had an excellent holiday here and enjoyed our entire stay. The hotel and grounds are beautiful, we loved the African traditional style of the architecture and the well-maintained gardens, plants and trees. The ... more

I stayed at the Zimbali Playa Spa hotel with my wife from 9-19 September 2023. We both had an excellent holiday here and enjoyed our entire stay. The hotel and grounds are beautiful, we loved the African traditional style of the architecture and the well-maintained gardens, plants and trees. The staff provided excellent service, they were friendly and always willing to help. They spoke excellent English too, so we never had any problem with communication and being understood. No surprise that most of the guests were Spanish, there were a few Brits too and we had no issue with the entertainment being in Spanish mainly, we didn’t stay up late anyway! Although it was busier with locals at the weekend, the weekdays were relatively quiet. The room was spacious and comfortable with a big balcony, huge bathroom and quiet air conditioning. The food was fabulous and varied, on many occasions I had to try several different dishes in one night so I didn’t miss out! As others have said, the pool area is really first class and it’s the best pool I’ve encountered at any hotel, I absolutely loved it. Loads of sunbeds, water slides and a short walk (30 seconds) to the huge beach across the road! If you walk along the beach towards Garrucha there are lots of beach bars and most have sunbeds too. One of the other big factors for our enjoyment on this holiday was that we were lucky enough to have a hire car, Ford EcoSport which was ideal for us. We flew from Bristol into Murcia and drove for about 80 mins to the hotel using the toll road (which was really easy, so few cars and great to see the evolving landscape en route!). During our stay we were able to drive to nearby towns (Garrucha seaside town nearby, Villaricos which was very smart and immaculate, Vera a few miles inland with several attractions, a bullring even and Mojacar which was amazing to walk around on the hillside – here we found an old house which had been turned into a museum, the hosts spoke excellent English too). We visited historic buildings, castles and used the quiet bays further along the coast (near to Villaricos) for swimming. In the quiet bays near the rocks, it was fabulous for snorkelling and I’ve never seen so many Med fish in one area, many varieties and very pretty to look at. I’m struggling to think of any negatives, just little things like a temporary issue with my room key – reception were very helpful and resolved this. We’d have liked to have water available with evening meal without having to order via waiter perhaps. Minor niggles really, on balance this was a great holiday and I’d like to thank all the staff for making it so!

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“Cost of drinking eater. Rip Off”

We loved everything in the hotel, food (we were half board), very good. Room excellent and comfortable. Everywhere is clean. Staff were exceptional. The only real problem was. I went to the bar to buy a couple of 1.5 litre bottles of water. I was charged 3.10 euros per bottle, that is 6.20 euros ... more

We loved everything in the hotel, food (we were half board), very good. Room excellent and comfortable. Everywhere is clean. Staff were exceptional. The only real problem was. I went to the bar to buy a couple of 1.5 litre bottles of water. I was charged 3.10 euros per bottle, that is 6.20 euros total for 2 bottles. That is more expensive than any airport. If you walk down the road for 10 minutes you can pick up the same for at least 80% cheaper. WHY?

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