Terralta Apartments Reviews

Terralta is situated in the residential area of benidorm. at first i had my doubts about the area. you would only see the seedy parts if you went looking for it. overall my partner, daughter and i loved the holiday. its about 15mins to old town and a further 15 mins to the new. the hotel food is very good. pilar the childrens entertainer is lovely. with the facilities she had she made a good job. there is not enough beds for everyone. everyone was reserving beds as early as 6am. towards the end of the holiday, the staff were removing the towels from the beds that were unoccupied. i would recommend that any children under 6 take a buggy if you out and about. there are buses to the centre at 35past no 8 bus. we found the childrens fairground excellent. overall we had a fantastic hioliday... dont pay for hair braiding at the old church. my daughter has a bald patch..

This hotel is very nice and clean, the pool is big and has a jacuzzi facility. Staff very friendly and helpful. Downsides to this hotel is its very far away from the bars and restaraunts, im talking a good 15 minute walk, and to get to new town is about 45 minutes walk, its just too far to do day in day out. the hill IS very steep and carrying many bags of shopping up the hill nearly killed me, its about a 5 minute walk from the hotel to the nearest supermarket up this hill and it has put me off returning to the hotel. also the toilets dont flush very well and any tissue waste has to be put into a bin beside the toilet, i ave since heard this is the case with some hotels in spain, but i personally think this is unhygenic and i dont feel comfortable with it. the food in the hotel is average, nothing special, pizzas and chips kind of thing, and the drinks are very expensive. entertainment is laughable, very dissapointing. there is a bus outside comes twice an hour to take you to the town, might as well walk. the satalite tv we paid for only showed CNN and other news channels, disappointing! the balcony looked out onto other houses and offered no privacy at all. if you get the chance; visit, terra mitica and terr natura, the theme park and the zoo, the best zoo ive ever been to, the elephants were amazing to see. also try to check out some of the italian resteraunts in the side streets near new town, very cheap and great food, but they dont speak english at all so just point out what you want :) shopping is very poor, all the shops sell is towels and stickers, fake tattoos and key rings, souvineer stuff, so dont expect any nice shops. a nice thing to do is to take a walk along the beach prominade after dinner, lovely weather and its very well kept there, enjoyed it. all in all i wouldnt return here just because its very far out from everything. but if you dont want to hear loud music til all house of the night i suggest this place, very quiet and clean.

This hotel is very nice and clean, the pool is big and has a jacuzzi facility. Staff very friendly and helpful. Downsides to this hotel is its very far away from the bars and restaraunts, im talking a good 15 minute walk, and to get to new town is about 45 minutes walk, its just too far to do day in day out. the hill IS very steep and carrying many bags of shopping up the hill nearly killed me, its about a 5 minute walk from the hotel to the nearest supermarket up this hill and it has put me off returning to the hotel. also the toilets dont flush very well and any tissue waste has to be put into a bin beside the toilet, i ave since heard this is the case with some hotels in spain, but i personally think this is unhygenic and i dont feel comfortable with it. the food in the hotel is average, nothing special, pizzas and chips kind of thing, and the drinks are very expensive. entertainment is laughable, very dissapointing. there is a bus outside comes twice an hour to take you to the town, might as well walk. the satalite tv we paid for only showed CNN and other news channels, disappointing! the balcony looked out onto other houses and offered no privacy at all. if you get the chance; visit, terra mitica and terr natura, the theme park and the zoo, the best zoo ive ever been to, the elephants were amazing to see. also try to check out some of the italian resteraunts in the side streets near new town, very cheap and great food, but they dont speak english at all so just point out what you want :) shopping is very poor, all the shops sell is towels and stickers, fake tattoos and key rings, souvineer stuff, so dont expect any nice shops. a nice thing to do is to take a walk along the beach prominade after dinner, lovely weather and its very well kept there, enjoyed it. all in all i wouldnt return here just because its very far out from everything. but if you dont want to hear loud music til all house of the night i suggest this place, very quiet and clean.

cannot belive this hotel is ranked as no 1 in Benidorm! nice rooms, nice pools and thats it. the hotel is far to far away from anywhere 15-20 min walk down steep hill to nearest shops the entertainment is below average also not enough staff to serve you sometimes we had 2 drinks finished before we were served breakfast

the apartments were spacious and clean the staff were very helpful there were two main pools one under cover for adults only with sauna and steam room then the main pool for everyone too use and a kids play area. there were not enough umbrellas arounf the pool area which in july and august will be a must has the temperature hiy 33 degrees on our last day on the 1st june.

This was our first time self-catering abroad. We usually go all-inclusive as it can work out cheaper for a couple, and is a lot less hassle. However, Thomas Cook offered such a good deal for the week, no under occupancy surcharge, we thought we would give it a go. The Terralta Apartments are located just outside of the Old Town, set well back from the main centre and high up the side of a hill. Booking in was fairly painless, not used to parting with a deposit though, and we found our room in the newly painted block quite easily. The room itself was fine but the view was not, facing onto an old folks home, with no sun on the balcony at all. We later asked to be moved, but the shrug of the shoulders and the long list of names before ours told us to make the most of what we had. In an effort to find a bit of sun we tried the roof which is astro-turfed and the pool, but it was just to windy. Getting a balcony with some sun would have improved our impressions no end, as it was we spent most of our time off-site. We had not been to Benidorm for five years, last time staying in the Flamingo Oasis (excellent), so did enjoy exploring the Spanish side of the resort more. We found the market in the Old Town a lot better the New Town Sunday market. This was reached by walking around the back of the complex, through some scrub land and heading towards the football ground. Overall we enjoyed ourselves more because we were forced out of the complex, rather than stopping nearby as we do with all-inclusive. It is also the one and probably only time I will return home without putting pounds and pounds of weight on, so that hill really came in handy for something.

fantastic hotel/apartments suitable for all ages very clean well maintained pleasent staff brilliant pool great shop pleanty going on

We went here at half term week in October - me , my mum and my 2 kids aged 10 and 7, and first impressions where OMG its in the middle of no-wher on the top of Mount Everest!! How ever, if you just want to have a relaxing holiday - round the pool, away from main town Benidorm then this is for you. We found that due to the poor euro then it is expensive to eat out (£26 for 4 in the hotel restaurant and that was only for 4 meals with chips and 4 drinks) unless you were prepared toget the bus outside that comes once or twice an hour. I am reasonably fit and it used to take me a good 10-15 minutes to get down the hill to the supermarket (which is loads cheaper than the one on site!)So if you are less than abled bodied then this is not for you and quite a way from main town Benedorm.

Booked this hotel mainly on the reviews and location as wanted something in Benidorm but away from all the hustle and bustle. Well from some of the reviews on here I was expecting something spectacular but it was just like Pontins.

LOCATION

Located up a long winding hill on the Poniente side in a quiet residential area (well it was till they built this place). We always used taxis though so can't comment on the walk. It was about 8-9 euors to the McDonalds at the far end of the Levante beach or 5-6 euros to the start of the old town.

APARTMENT

Was cleanish, Could do with a lick of paint, dangerous bare wires behind TV, uncomfortable sofa beds, apart from that just ok. Air con worked well but on a timer so would go off in the middle of the night so you would wake up roasting.

POOL AREA

NIce pool area, plently of sun beds, although if you wanted one under the shade be sure to get up about 8.00am to put towels down. My Kids loved the pool, although I felt the pool was quite small for the size of the complex.

RESTAURANT AND BAR AREA

Didnt eat in the restaurant, although it looked busy with the people who never seemed to leave the place from dawn till dusk. Bar staff friendly but cannot cope with queues at happy hour.

The entertainment was abysmal, ok so you are in Benidorm but sometimes you might fancy staying in. The supernanny lookalike entertainment woman never tried to involve my children I think you had to be in her clique, got fed up with her voice by the end of the week. She has only got one cd that she plays on a loop night after night. They don't stick to the timings either, the kids disco didn't start till when she and her clique decided rather than the correct timing. They had a parrot show one night the poor things were surrounded by all these chavs and were squawking and in distress. The chavs were too drunk too care from the happy hour.

BAD POINTS

Like someone else my family were also put in a room by the play area and had to endure gangs of youths shouting, banging and screaming till the early morning while their parents got sozzled in the bar. The security staff just seemed to ignore all this, people were complaining all the time. The only ones who enjoyed themselves were the ingrates making all the noise.

We also had to pay 10 euros a day to use the car park underneath even though it was empty.

Useless manager who doesn't listen to complaints from nice people only the chavs who spend money in his bar. - This is going to be the downfall of this place as they are frightened of loosing business due to the obvious recession in Benidorm. Years ago they would have just slung these people out.

Booked this hotel mainly on the reviews and location as wanted something in Benidorm but away from all the hustle and bustle. Well from some of the reviews on here I was expecting something spectacular but it was just like Pontins.

LOCATION

Located up a long winding hill on the Poniente side in a quiet residential area (well it was till they built this place). We always used taxis though so can't comment on the walk. It was about 8-9 euors to the McDonalds at the far end of the Levante beach or 5-6 euros to the start of the old town.

APARTMENT

Was cleanish, Could do with a lick of paint, dangerous bare wires behind TV, uncomfortable sofa beds, apart from that just ok. Air con worked well but on a timer so would go off in the middle of the night so you would wake up roasting.

POOL AREA

NIce pool area, plently of sun beds, although if you wanted one under the shade be sure to get up about 8.00am to put towels down. My Kids loved the pool, although I felt the pool was quite small for the size of the complex.

RESTAURANT AND BAR AREA

Didnt eat in the restaurant, although it looked busy with the people who never seemed to leave the place from dawn till dusk. Bar staff friendly but cannot cope with queues at happy hour.

The entertainment was abysmal, ok so you are in Benidorm but sometimes you might fancy staying in. The supernanny lookalike entertainment woman never tried to involve my children I think you had to be in her clique, got fed up with her voice by the end of the week. She has only got one cd that she plays on a loop night after night. They don't stick to the timings either, the kids disco didn't start till when she and her clique decided rather than the correct timing. They had a parrot show one night the poor things were surrounded by all these chavs and were squawking and in distress. The chavs were too drunk too care from the happy hour.

i have stayed at these apartments three times now. my kids love the pool it is excellent. the receptionists are very helpful and rooms are very clean. the only downside is that the apartments are at the top of cardiac hill but well worth the walk.

Just returned from two weeks at the Terralta,the standard of the accomadation,staff,cleanliness and pool were all exellent.The apartments are a short stroll down a hill to the old town ,but this does not cause a problem for a healthy family and should not put you off going,in my opinion it is an advantage- you do not have a high rise over looking you and shading the beautiful pool.If you do need a taxi it is 9euro from the new town and 8 euro from the old.

gone to these apartments for last four years lovely pool ,staff great, peace on a night not like in the new town no sirens, mopeds, great . Best of both worlds if you want walk down the hill which is not that bad , go through the old town stopping off along the way in quaint little bars and tapas ,then head into new town if you want more action. love them.

We have just arrived back from terralta appartments, service was great, hotel was very clean and tidy didn't have one complaint regarding upkeep / maintenance, the bar was cheap had happy hour on from 8.00 untill 10.00, drink bottles of lager instead of on draft as they are cheaper, a pint of amstel was 2.40 and a bottle of amstel was 1.50 so was worth drinkin bottles, a round of drinks 2 bottles of amstel and 2 white wines at happy hour was 2.70 euros. There is a supermarket on site which an english couple own so you can find many english things in there if thats what you want. There is a little hill at the bottom of the road but isn't as bad as some people make out on here and the hill only lasts for about 2 mins of your walk, you can walk in to the old town and to the beach in 5-10 mins, taxi's around 7 euros into the new and old town sometimes worth getting a taxi as the new and old town are quite big and they will drop you off in the centre although a bus also runs from outside the appartments.You do have to pay a deposit of 60 euors on arrival which you do get back in full on the day of your departure i am guessing that is why everything is near enough brand new and in full working order in the appartments, they also have large balconys with 2 patio doors 1 from the lounge area and another in your bedroom. It was a little hard to find restaurants at first as we were only stayin for 4 nights and a lot of places are burger and chips and pub food although i would reccomend Nawaab Indian Restaurant in the new town that was very nice and the jarrow lad for full english breakfasts in the old town on the beach front. Overall was a really good holiday and would stay again.

Was delighted with these apartments, very clean, good decor, spacious and lovely food in the restaurant.