Friday, May 13, 2011

A break from the norm

Pam and I decided to take a break from the normal routine and spend a couple of nights at the Hotel Costa Los Narejos which is nearby to Los Alcazares on the Mar Menor.

The deal at the hotel is: free accommodation Sundays to Thursdays on the proviso that you pay for dinner and breakfast on each day of your stay. Dinner is 25 Euros per person and breakfast 9 Euros. That means you get to stay in a four star hotel, half board for just 34 Euros per day – a pretty good deal!

As an added sweetener, if you stay for two nights, you get a free circuit of the spa which includes, a sauna, a Turkish steam room, two Jacuzzis along with a range of different showers.

Pam and I We were expecting a normal room with a balcony for our stay. What we in fact got was one of the best rooms in the hotel.

It seems that when they planned the hotel, the original idea was to build apartments for sale alongside the normal hotel accommodation. The idea was not approved but by then it was too late, the two bedroom apartments had been built.

The solution to the problem was to denominate the apartments as superior rooms. The kitchens could not be fitted with ovens nor hobs, just a microwave oven and a fridge and the two bedrooms had to be open as one. So we had one bedroom with a queen size bed, the other with a double, a large lounge/dining area, a kitchen, a bathroom, a balcony and a huge sun terrace all to ourselves.

I think you could say that we would recommend this deal to anyone, especially if you are lucky enough to get a room like we did!

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