BEACH

BEACH
We came to this hotel because of the beach pictures. On arrival we were informed we could not go onto the beach due to poor weather. No rain, no lightning, no wind... just overcast / cloudy. Not only could we not swim in the water, we could not even walk onto the beach to have a look. The beaches on either side of us were open and allowing people to swim.
The next day we went down at 8:00 which is when they open, but you cannot sit in the seats up front by the water. The first row is for paid yearly reservations (so when the beach was PACKED later, that row was nearly empty). Also the next two rows were held for handicap / disabled / elderly. This is good. It's funny though, and worth mentioning... these chairs are the FURTHEST you can get from the washrooms, showers, boardwalk, and any other hotel facilities. Also, if you want the chairs that lay flat (shown on the website) there is of course a charge. Finally, hotel guests are restricted to a small section (3 rows) on one side... the remainder is open only to other paying guests (18 for the day). Beach hours are 8 until , so no watching the sunset or sunrise.

ROOM
(Standard room, $260.00 per night)
Too hot. Air conditioner is weak / broken)
Bed was not comfortable, but we've learned in a month touring Italy not to expect much at this price point. Washroom was great, shower was awesome (good height, great water pressure and temperature etc.) We had a terrific view... of the street below and a ledge covered in bird poop. Music and noise until 3am might have bothered us more if the super hot room didn't already leave us unable to sleep.

SERVICE
Top notch. Friendly staff, happy to help, very informative, fluent in English, always available without any waiting.

BREAKFAST
Nice selection. Great coffee.
I got in trouble twice for putting my ice cold pancakes in the toaster which I guess is meant for BREAD ONLY.

BIKES
Free to borrow which is awesome, but they are in VERY rough shape. They warned us not to take them too far, as "they break down all the time"

POOL
Beautiful, clean, large... but quite cold. And the hot tub in the pictures, is not a hot tub. Same hours of operation and same weather shut downs as the beach. We were disallowed access at 7 (they close at 8) because earlier there was a little rain, even though at the time it was quite nice out. Very upsetting as it was a hot day, we couldn't swim in the pool OR the ocean, and our room's air conditioner was lousy.

Attractive hotel, but in my opinion, not great value unfortunately.