Gala Placidia Reviews

Average in all departments apart from the location which was really good. Didnt seem a really clean place, entertainment was poor, staff were rude, kids facilities rubbish and the beds sucked.

Not bad, not great. Was just your decent basic hotel, alright food, bed and rooms not to bad, decent decor around the place. If you just want a base its cool.

We have just came back from this hotel it is clean and has been upgraded last year.
We found that none of the staff at reception spoke any English.
The meals were cold and tasteless with not much choice which was repeated throughout the week.We found out that the spanish government use this place to accomodate spanish pensioners during the months of September to the end of November.
I will definately not be using this hotel again so be warned.
Would not recommend

We have just come back from this hotel it is passed its best and is to be demolished in october.

The good points are it has air con in all rooms towels changed every day bedding changed every two days. Bad points are the rooms are not cleaned properly bedding is old and holed food is not of the best quality very samey and any food left on trays is reused next day eg left over veg is mixed with rice or pasta and appears on the salad bar the next day.

The pool is in total shade until afternoon rooms are quite grubby with mould on tiles and fittings in bathrooms as i have said this hotel is to be demolished in october so staff do not seem to be motivated at all.

The resort is great we have been to benidorm many times and will go back thankfully not to this property. Anyone looking for food in the early hours should try marianos next to the picadilly bar near sol pelicanos they do spit roast chickens that melt in your mouth and great hotdogs also try foodland for great breakfasts real back bacon and pork sausages.For good coffee and great brandy you cant beat los arcos bar cheap too.

Beni has something for everyone great beaches great nightlife and good honest fun in the sun.

We first visted the Gala Placidia in 1984 and found the hotel to be very good,but 20 years on the hotel was still the same apart from the air-con which was a god send,in our opinion the hotel needs a total revamp to bring it up to the current day standards of a 3 star hotel.

The hotel was rated a 3 star i would give it a 1 star,lifts took a long time when requested and then could only fit 3 people in max, a lot of the time we had to walk down the stairs, not very good when you have got bad knees.

The food was very poor,a very limited choice and ever thing seemed over boiled or reheated a lot of the time hardly had any food left.they didnt replace food trays until all of the food had gone,and you had to ask them to replace it.ther was not enough cutlery or cups when asked for some more they brought about 20 cups out for 30 people waiting,so some nights we ate out.only made breakfast 4 times out of the 14 nights we were there that wasnt very good either,

the hotel rooms was very clean and tidy the maids came every day to tidy up the rooms there was always clean towels.there was some so called entertainment in the hotel if you call a man on an organ playing music entertaining,the switch board was very old the type that you plug in and out,didnt like the fact that if you left your keys people knew you was out of your room, on arrival at the hotel which was 11-30pm the 24hr receptionist informed us that we could not obtain a security safe until the next day,so we had to the walk to a bar at midnight for a drink and snack with all our passports, holiday money and flight docs in a bag.

The patio doors would not lock and my wife was unable to open or shut them due to the fact that they would not slide you had to lift them.

on the coach to the hotel the rep (ASPRO) was very quiet only speaking to annouce the hotel we were at, when we arrived at the hotel gala placidia , the rep just pointed down the hill and said it,s on the left. the rep who was appointed to do the welcome meeting at 10 am the next morning didn't turn up and for the entire two weeks we were there we didn't see her once,another company rep helped us with any queries we had (thankfully)

People would get up in the mornings to claim there place at pool side but soon lost interest when they realised the sun didn't arrive until 1-30 in the afternoon
All in all the hotel took the sunshine out of our holiday, enjoyed Benidorm ,but would NEVER go back to the Gala Placidia

I stayed in this hotel for an entire month at that time it was full of elderly people about 40 percent English and 60 percent Spanish. Thought the hotel was ok on the whole typically spanish, very clean-bedrooms were tidyed daily (which was inconvenient at times) Location was ideal and pretty close to the beach. food was not that great,limited selection,samey. by the second week I was eating out.

The entertainment seemed mainly for the Spanish,(at the hotel) this was not a problem as there is so much entertainment everywhere else.It's a great opportunity to practice your spanish with the majority of staff speaking both languages.
On the downside they don't seem very flexable to guest- Receptionist wouldn't allow me to bring a female guest back to my room for a drink.

Great chinese nearest to the beach 2 can enjoy a decent meal with wine for( would you believe?) 5 euro! Best steak is the dutch one at the back of a music/keyboard bar I think it's called the tropicanna or similar.

Hotel bedroom were kept clean every day and clean towels.But hotel was in need of a complete face lift staff were helpful food was not very nice.This hotel was a upgrade from the hotel we should have been in. We will not be going back. We stayed there in febrauary 21st to 28th for one week and that was enough.

After many holidays in either the levante and old town parts of Benidorm, we decided for a change to try the Rincon. Booking through Beniter.com we chose the Gala Placidia, whilst in no way can we fault Beninter, we really were more than disapointed at our choice of hotel. Not expecting a great deal as the price was pretty fair for a three star hotel, we were shocked to find the hotel fell in our oppinion fell far short of its competitors.

In its day this was probably a good hotel, but alas we were not there that day. We found it in dire need of gutting and refurbishing. Our room was small and had a bed in there that was not required making moving around uncomfortable. The glass in the aluminium sliding door to the balcony was broken and rattled and only slid when lifted with two hands.The room was ill equiped and dowdy.

The food was very poor in my oppinion, and I am not convinced it was cooked on the premises as it was never hot and had the appearance of being kept warm for long periods even just after the restaurant had opened for business. Apart from a chef who popped in now and again there seemed little steam, smell or activity you would expect from a kitchen preparing 200 or so meals. The hotel had a great deal of Spanish penioners who clogged every where up and spending no money.The Hotel in fairness looked and smelled clean, and the staff tried hard and were pleasant enough but the accomodation was oh so old fashioned and drab.

All in all, the Rincon end of Benidorm a big yes, but The Hotel Gala Placidia be it at your peril.and not for us again i'm affraid.