Best Hotel Oasis Tropical Reviews

Going back again in november, our forth stay here in 2 years. Everyone is very helpful, the food is good, but sometimes i have to use the micro-wave to reheat the food, but overall the hotel is good,.

This is a very nice three sided hotel. It has four storey accomodation with a good lift service. It faces a main road which leads from the fishing port of Garrucha town to Mojaca Playa. It's not a very busy road, at least it was'nt when we were there. Immediately across the road is a very long stretch of open beach. Not exactly San Tropez, but pleasant enough for an enjoyable morning or afternoon stroll.

The hotel staff are excellent. Don't expect them all to speak good English as they don't! But if you just learn a little holiday Spanish it goes a long way with them. They just could'nt help us enough. They are friendly and always polite. Whilst it is not for us to criticise the manners of English people; on at least two occasions I saw people approach the reception staff and immediately blurt out their problems without so much as saying, a simple and polite 'hello,' 'good day,' or 'can you help me? I don't think we like to be approached like that in our own country, so why do it in theirs? Just a personal criticism!

We visited in November/December, and the nights can be quite cold. They appear to be having some problems with the central heating in some of the rooms. Our complaints were quickly dealt with and we were moved to a very warm and cosy room and we were also presented with complimentary bottles of wine and cookies for our trouble.
On the subject of the rooms:they are quite spacious as indeed are the beds, and the maids keep the rooms spick and span. Incidentally there is a small fridge in the room (mini-bar) useful for storing your own drinks. They left us some complimentary bottles of pop and water in ours, which was decent of them. By the way there is tv in each room, but mostly Spanish tv. The English channel is the ridiculous BBC World, and a Eurosport channel.

There is only one downside to this hotel- for the unwary visitor. If you like the sun and want it on your balcony most of the day, which is what we went for in the early winter, you must try to aim for a room which is definitely south facing. The Spanish word is 'sur.' You won't want to be on the north facing side of the hotel. It overlooks the pool in part but not very enjoyable without the Spanish sun, which even in winter can get quite hot on the balcony in the early afternoon.

The restaurant and its staff were brilliant. We stayed for a week on a full board basis. We thought the food was top notch,considering we paid just less than £20 each per night, all found.
Can someone please tell me where in this country you can get value for money like that?
In the morning, in the restaurant, there is a chef available who will cook you crepes and eggs on a large open hot plate. If English bacon really is your bag, then take your own and keep it in your fridge I'm sure you will have no problem getting the chef to fry it for you. I think he would find it most amusing!

All in all, there is such a lot of variety in the food, that you would have to be a very difficult person indeed not to enjoy something that is on offer. I think I must have added 4lb to my waistline during the week of our stay.
In the week most of the guests seemed to be English people who were in the resort in order to buy property. At the weekend the Spanish turn up with their families, but we had no complaints about them. They are a bit loud in the restaurant, but 'hey' it's their country.

Getting to the hotel from Almeria airport at first seemed like an expensive prospect, but thanks to a car hire broker we were able to reserve a car which we rented at the airport for a week for £67,00. All we had to do was return it in one piece, full of petrol as it was full when we collected it, and at £3.00 a gallon that was no problem. I would recommend a car in any event, as there is not a great deal within the vicinity of the hotel and unless you want to walk from the bottom to the top of Mojaca pueblo, which we did on one occasion, it is quite a hike. Although a bus will take you to the top, and from there the views are most spectacular over the surrounding terrain.

Someone told us during our visit, 'that the discerning visitor does'nt choose Mojaca. Mojaca chooses you.' This was our first visit and we'll be back, god willing! Who knows maybe it has already chosen us!

Finally and incidentally, one day we were having an afternoon coffee (alfresco)in a very pleasant cafe in Mojaca Playa. When who should sit down near to us and order a coffee but none other than Sky tv's weatherman Francis Wilson. Apparently he owns a place there. You surely can't get a better recommendation than that for decent weather! And for the week when we were there, we never saw a drop of rain.

The Oasis Tropical is a real mixed bag.

The room allocated to us was first class towards the back of the hotel with golf course views. Furnishings were good, nice bathroom and maid service every day. All in all very comfortable.

The hotel itself was full of Spanish guests of unfortunate upbringing...they had absolutely no manners from the kids right up to the elderly adults...after a couple of days of complete ignorance you start to get a bit fed up with them picking up food with their fingers, queue jumping and holding ";normal"; conversations at the top of their voices

The restuarant is a free for all but on the positive side non-smoking. If you dine early before the Spaniards you do get a bit of peace, however, regardless of what time you eat the food is never hot....I think it must lie in the kitchen for 10 minutes before they bring it out.

The hotel entertainment is all in Spanish and is basically poor and as for the bar....you get better service and prices up at the golf club where a glass of wine and a pint is under 5 euros.

I played golf at the local course. If you book a tee after 2.30pm it's half price green fees. The 4th hole par 5 is absolutely fantastic from a 300 yard high elevated tee.

The hotel does try it's best with champagne breakfast every morning and a champagne dinner one night a week but it is badly let down by it's staff.

Having been to Mojacar before I still enjoy the resort and it's much better than Roquetas de Mar. I would go back again but outwith the Spanish school holidays and probably to a hotel nearer the Playa as the Oasis is just too far from anything to make it ideal.

Mojacar resort itself is a bus drive or car drive away from the hotel. You are at the far end of the resort.There are no shops or bars within walking distance of the hotel.The hotel however, more than makes up for the location.Hotel is spotlessly clean, the rooms are cleaned daily, and the grounds and swimming pool are well looked after.The food is fabulous, we stayed half board and the choice was excellent. Would recommend a trip up to Mojacar village, we went by bus a couple of times, the buses are cheap and run regularly. Take mosquito cream/spray though as we got bitten quite a bit.

We had a great week's holiday

This is a great hotel. I have no reservations at recommending it to anyone, especially at the rates we payed.
However it is a bit out of the resort.
There are now 3 swimming pools plus a kids pool.
The Spanish flock here at the weekend and so the food is even better then.
If this hotel wants to improve then they should look at the bacon at breakfast - it is dire and totally out of line with the other food on offer. I have got to say that everything is available at each meal time and is very nice.
This area of Spain must be a magnet for anyone interested in cranes, as there is lots of building work going on.

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