graham neale Review of The Castle Centre D'Estudis
It's not particularly cheap.
It's not particularly cheap.
Poolside there is no requirement for swimming caps, people are allowed poolside in outdoor shoes, swimmers wear knee length board shorts, and even t-shirts, the changing room floors are regularly dirty, I have never seen the floors washed down, or mopped. There is no encouragement for users to visit the toilets before swimming, with predictable results for a public pool, with free access for children.
On the dry side, there are many machines selling sugary drinks, the gym staff are narcissistic bullies, the machines are not maintained, nor are the fitness machines software ever updated. The wi-fi has not been fitted as was promised. Visitors use running and weights machines in their outdoor shoes and clothes: this goes unchallenged by staff.
A place this like this should be dedicated to mindfulness and well-being, but instead it has commercial radio playing constantly - it is impossible to be in the building without hearing what a singer would like to do to their lover (or boasting of what they have already done) it's not appropriate in a public space and it is distracting whilst training - someone should tell the management about the modern-day phenomenon of personal stereos. This is a big 'no' for older users, who probably don't appear in the user demographics, as the constant cycle of popular music, traffic updates and adverts are an anathema to them, and drives them away.
Top-end gyms are quiet places, yet the staff and management here have probably never visited such a place.
It's such a shame that such a beautiful building has been turned into such a horrible place by poor management, a slack working ethos, and a fear of expecting the users to respect others.
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