CayBeach Sun

We had a one bed apartment on self catering basis, facilities were basic but perfectly adequate for a family sunshine week, definitely wouldn’t have wanted to stay any longer. The air con is in the bedroom and the main living space made up for sleeping gets really warm. We had a nice terrace that gave easy access to the reception area, pool area and shop. There was a small washing liquid, sponge and towel and 1 litre of bottled water on arrival, no bathroom hand soap though! Aldi is a 5 min walk but the onsite shop is decent and has great bread and croissants when it opens at 830am, be quick though, they go fast! There was a kettle and toaster but no plug point in the small kitchen counter area which meant a side table at low child height had to be used so supervision of children necessary to ensure no accidents! Really not great tbh!

Room towels were changed twice during our stay, we left them drying so we assumed this is why they weren’t changed more frequently. Shower was good and lots of hot water. Plenty loo roll provided and room cleaned daily, was a floor and sink wash, bins emptied and beds made job. We hired some extra pool towels at €15 deposit each, but went to change them to find an extra charge of €1 per towel to do so! The deposit was fully refunded.

Some other guests during our stay took over the top pool by the kids area, reserving full sections of loungers and not being anywhere in sight until much later in the day, loud and overly boisterous, not creating a great family friendly atmosphere to be honest, disappointing that some people’s behaviour can spoil things for others. So we had to play the sun lounger reservation game, much to my disgust, but moved to the quieter bottom pool,, because if you don’t reserve the very limited (far too few) sun shade umbrellas they are taken and having a 5 year old in the intense sunshine, we need one - be warned! On a few occasions we just chose to go to the beach and pay €15 for two loungers and a brolly for the day without being around ignorant people, who also littered the pool area with empty cans and rubbish which then blew everywhere. I ended up picking up plenty of it!

We found the pool areas to be dirty (see pics) used plastic bar cups left with sticky drinks spilled, cigarette butts, straws etc rusty staples on the make do pool bar menus! Cleaning was observed as only a bucket and mop being used around pool bar area before 10am. The pool bar itself is dirty with lots of cigarette butts during the day aswell. It all needed a good hose down daily but never was during our week stay!

We know PB well and the walk to the beach is 15 mins with a 5 yr old, quicker for only adults! Marina Rubicon is 1.5km and walkable for nice restaurants and in the other direction along towards the ferry terminal plenty other generic restaurants and bars can be found. We got back a bit later than we would have wanted to on a couple of nights and would have used an onsite restaurant for evening meals if they had one, they don’t so we made the effort to go out for food with an exhausted 5yr old.

The evening kids entertainment was so quiet at the start of our stay, our granddaughter and two other children being all that attended but by the end of our week it was definitely busier. The guy who does this Tuesday- Saturday (it’s not on Sunday and Monday) was superb with the kids!

Our room wasn’t available for a late check out but we used the gym showers and were provided with clean towels free of charge.

We had a decent week in the sun but don’t think it was worth the £3k price tag we paid and with other thoughtless guests, the dirty pool area and no option of an evening meal onsite when needed we’d give this a miss in future!

Stayed many times over the years. Clean apartments, lovely pools, & lovely staff. Yes apartments are basic & could do with a refurbishment. Any issues we had the reception staff sorted it. Great location. We met some lovely people