Amy Adejokun
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Built in the 70s, this hotel is composed of two hotels of the same class. The swimming pool area is pleasant but it doesn't offer sport facilities and needs a serious renovation.
Close to downtown Can' Pastilla, a touristic town visited by a regular clientele, mostly from northern Europe, 4 miles away from Palma and 2 miles away from the airport, about ten minutes drive by car or by bus.
Actually, you can't really say there is a decoration - these darkened rooms were just furnished hastily. There is minimal comfort - no TV, safe, air-conditioning or fan available. The single rooms look like a monastic cells. Bad soundproofing makes the hallways very noisy. Bathrooms are simple.
The Orleans and Orleans Garden are two buildings built in the early 70s that have 140 and 120 rooms respectively. Between the two, you will find a very nice swimming pool area including three pools - one for kids - and an outdoor bar nestled in a straw hut. But the street just in the front of the hotel spoils its tranquility. A half-court( mini-tennis) is available, but that's all. The indoor bars have billiards but are poorly decorated and shabby.
Very tiny for the number of clients, the restaurants rooms are dark and stuffy. All the meals are buffet-style with few choices, tasteless cuisine and no variety. The water and the wine are not free and expensive, but if you bring your own bottle of water, you will be called to order.
The hotel is half-way between two beaches, located about 300 meters away. One of them is located on the west side of the large Palma Bay, offering clear water, and fine clean sand. Public and popular, the beach is crowded in high season, and you can rent sunshades and matresses. You will also find lots of bars and restaurants. The other beach, smaller, is very quiet but the sand is not that nice and it isn't watched over.
The Orleans & Orleans Garden are presented as a whole, their separate pools connected to each other by another pool. The Orleans is better , as regards the soundproofing. Some evenings there is musical entertainment.
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