Medplaya Hotel Rio Park

This isn’t a 4 Star hotel (maybe in Benidorm). The rooms need a lick of paint, the beds are very poor quality, they move when you move. Walls are paper thin. You do get a free safe and has english tv channels.. Pool area is nice but sun beds need a refresh. Not adjustable to sit up to read etc. Doors to pool open at 9 am but cant get in pool till 11am then pool closes at 5pm. It’s close to the strip for the evenings. Would we come again, yes if a cheap deal.

Plenty of facilities at the hotel, breakfast was a excellent buffet which every option you could want and plenty of seating. The room was well maintained and clean

Shower did go from hot to cold when being used.

Lovely local place to stay very modern and welcoming

La piscina de los niños espectacular

Amplasarea buna, aproape de centru, mancare buna

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Location - I picked the location because it’s ideal being between new and old and a nice walk down to the beach with shops on the way - go out of the hotel turn right then right again. Atmosphere - we loved the mixed age groups we were worried when we realised we had booked a hotel with children’s facilities - we are in our 60’s - but we absolutely loved the huge age range in the hotel, everyone was very friendly, we felt very safe. It was lovely to have a noisy bar then on left of reception a nice quiet relaxing bar with really good prices for drinks. Cleanliness and rooms - A really lovely very clean hotel, staff are busy cleaning throughout the day. The bedrooms had everything in that we needed we were very comfortable.- shower had hair dryer, dove shampoo and shower gel and there was a dove soap dispenser . We loved our pool views from our room 821 and 823, nice balconies to watch the world go by. We were aware of the €3 coffee tray charge, first day is free. There is a smallish fridge that we found very useful and a safe and aircon, we booked with Tui this was all free. TV in room but we had the best time so never looked at it! Pool - Pool area was lovely never too busy, on the photos the pool doesn’t look that big but it’s surprisingly big when in it, lots of sunbeds. We were a group of 4 ladies but we loved watching the children’s pool with the big bucket that fills up and hearing the screams of delight from the children when it tips over. The children’s pool looked to be a very nice clean splash pad with lots of fun had by all including parents. We used the outside bar/snacks/ices area a lot it was very handy and well organised. Luke worked hard at offering activities throughout the day around the pool, he was a lovely entertainment rep. We would have loved to see aqua aerobics on the list of activities. Pool closing time - Very disappointed that the pool closes at 6pm we all thought this is 2 hours early and does need to change. Management please note - it’s very concerning that the one lifeguard on duty has to fence off the area by himself pre-closing, he obviously can’t put the fences up and watch the pool at the same time, they definitely need someone else to put the fence up so that he can have eyes on the pool. It may be a cut back but it’s a very risky cut back! This needs sorting asap. Staff - what can we say definitely the nicest staff out there all extremely friendly and go out of their way to help you, they are clearly very well trained and love their jobs. Noise levels - we had the best nights sleep because there are no long corridors a very good design. Lifts - now these are a pain there are 5 lifts and yes when you look at the amount of guests at peak times it isn’t enough but they really can’t magic any more lifts. We were on floor 8 and most of the time would walk because waiting times could be long. That said this wouldn’t put us off going again. If you can walk up the stairs do it and save the lifts for the less able. Yellow brick road- the hotel is on the notorious yellow brick road but that said we walked as a group of 4 at all times but we didn’t return back to the hotel late. We wouldn’t walk that path late at night the same as you wouldn’t at home, there is no need to walk it anyway as there are other routes. Food - my friends were quite happy with the meals at night time, I really struggled I’m veggie and the choices weren’t good but that said I could always find something to eat. Hide and seek- Our advice is when you go in the dining room look everywhere as they move and hide things! It was like hide and seek trying to find the fruit and on Friday night we were really disappointed that there was no salad table but later found there was one but they had moved it. It’s definitely a crazy organised dining room but the good point is because it’s all spread out there are no queues. Breakfast we were all happy with this, I loved the mushrooms they were cooked beautifully. Just be prepared to go on a proper search for your food when you are there, it entertained us every night! It’s so good that there are microwaves I used them regularly. All in all a lovely hotel we definitely will return again and we recommend it. It was lovely to have the Tui rep desk in our hotel. Well done Rio Park for giving us a lovely holiday.