Costa De La Luz Holiday Reviews

not much nothing outside no transport to get anywhere no beach poor holiday overall go several times a year to different places this is the worst resort i have been to and would not recomend it

Dead as you are going to get! Can't add any more as there is nothing to say, there is nothing there.

Lovely beaches all around the area, but if you get the ferry across the pedro then there is nothing there what so ever. No shops, cafe, bars nothing.

Dont go here if you are after a buzzing nightlife as it is a very small quiet spanish fishing village. We fell in love with the place though as its nothing like the spainsh costa's.

Make you sure you go to the sports cafe as a really friendly family run bar.

we stayed in a really plush appartment on a golf resort in La Antilla. The weather was wonderful but the flys they made us all want to drown ourselves, it was impossible to sit outside it drove us crazy! The countryside was flat flat flat and really uninviting We went to saville for the day and were not impressed. The food was ok we ate out all the time the paella was really out of this world but anything eles we ordered came without any type of veg/salad or rice/potatoes mostly just fish. what did we do wrong was it us or them?

Cadiz is a great old spanish city. You must check out the cathedral and the old square outside it.

Chiclana is a small town and very spanish, not a huge amount going on but great to visit if you want to see real spain.

Unfortunately we did not discover the Commercial Centre until a few days before we left as our holiday rep told us it closed at 8pm due to the end of season, and so we didn't want to sacrifice our sunbathing time to go down there during the day. But once we found it, we spent our last evenings there.

This is a Spanish resourt and 90% of the people staying here are Spanish, as a result no one in the shops or bars attempts to speak a word of English and pretend not to understand wheh you try to speke Sapnish. The up side however is that the people around the pool are refined and well behaved with not a foolball shirt or tatoo in sight.Islantilla is a purpose build resort consisting of a prominade approx three quarters of a mile long with hotels and holiday apartment blocks on the land side. In the center is a commercial area with shops selling designer tat and a number of the most appauling restaurants I have ever had the misfortune to eat in - apart from the Chinese which although not to up to Stowell Street standards, is quite passible, with friendly staff.A meal for two in most of the restaurants will cost about £40 - £50. The beach in places is very shelly and can be rough under foot it also gets very crowded. The sea becomes deep very quickly and may not be suitable for inexperienced swimmers.Our Thos Cook rep was next to useless. This resourt is only a few miles from the border with Portugal but it is truely a different country - If you have not been to Portugal before, do yourself a fovour and give it a try, there you will be made to feel welcome and have a much superior holiday

We had a great time in El Rompido. The complex is in lovely, quiet location and is furnished well. The staff speak English and it was good to be in a mixed hotel with people of different nationalities. Most guests were French, but lots of Spaniards arrived on Friday and Saturday. One delight for us was walking through the meadows and marshland. There are well laid out paths on circular routes so you cannot get lost and the abundance of different flowers and birds was amazing (we went mid May). If you like walking, birdwatchng or photography this is a great place to be. Take the path from the back of the swimming pool through the golf course, turn left to go to El Rompido and right for a general walk. Note that this path can get quite muddy because of the run off from the golf course, but the other paths are OK.

El Rompido itself is a small fishing village. There are quite a few restaurants given its size, but a few were shut as it was out of season. You will need your phrase book as most of the menus are in Spanish. It you love seafood, go to Dona Gamba in the little square. We can also recommend the Singulara bar opposite selling a pint of Cruz Camp for 1, 50 euro. If you want English food, there is an English sports bar just off the square (Orangegrove), which is run by the family of the First Choice rep, Dawn.

El Rompido is actually on a river and is separated from the Atlantic by a large sandbank. The beach at El Rompido is a working fishing beach and you would not want to sunbathe there. The trip to the sandbank via the road train and boat to the sandbank are well worth the trip. The train is free, but the boat costs 2 euros each return. As others have said, there are no facilities on the beach. All there is is sun, sea, sky, dunes and pine trees which is absolutely wonderful if that is what you like. Most people seem to stay close by the walkway across from where the boat docks, but if you walk on a little bit either way you will have the entire beach to yourself. You will be amazed by how many different types of shells there are.

There a free bus that takes you to other nearby villages and the times are in a leaflet provided by a the hotel. Catch the bus just up from the main supermarket. You can also go to Huelva for 1, 95 euro and the bus leaves from the stop on the same side of the road as the supermarket. Double check the times because the timetable provided by the hotel here turned out to be wrong.

Chipiona is a great place for those who like beaches and a real spanish flavour to their holiday. The town is compact easy to navigate on foot or bicycle. The town centre has pretty squares and lots of bars, restaurants and local shops. It is a seasonal resort and while we we there in May, was quiet but began to liven up as we left. There is a good bus service which goes to Sanlucar (go here for the Donana park), Cadiz, Jerez and Seville. This is a good cheap way to explore the area.

Not a night club in site - but plenty to do if you have a brain!

First class. Seville, Cadiz and Jerez are all in easy reach

The town of Novo Sancti Petri was about 3 miles along the beach from the hotel. There were plenty of bars, shops and restaurants but it did seem a little quiet on the couple of occasions we visited. A mile or so further along is the old town of Sancti Petri, which is more or less in ruins. There are a few bars but the area seems to mainly be given over to water sports and a marina.

For transport, a bus stops right outside the hotel from 10:00 am every half hour until late evening and is very prompt. It costs 1.10 euros for the trip to the centre of Chiclana de la Frontera. There you can jump on a bus to various places. On our first trip in to Chiclana we were on a bit of a mystery tour as we did not have a clue where were we going to end up. Chiclana was not nicest of places we visited but it had an interesting old centre. Nevertheless, it was convenient for getting a bus to go further afield. We visited Cadiz from here, 2.30 euros and again very prompt.

Cadiz is well worth a visit. It took about 35 minutes from Chiclana. It is only very small. More or less an island reached by a causeway passing by San Fernando. Very easy to walk around and it is teeming with history. The open top bus tour is worthwhile, 12 euros and you can pick it up right outside the bus station, near the cruise ship terminal.

Ronda in the mountains is very picturesque. Built across a gorge it is a fantastic setting. Visit the bull ring and museum, it is reported to be the oldest in Spain.

Seville is amazing. The cathedral is astonishing, as is the Real Alcazar. Way too much to see and do. This warrants a separate visit.

The day before we came home we visited a town called Vejer de la Frontera. Like Ronda this is what is known as a “white town”. These are heavily influenced by their North African origins. All very pretty and peaceful and steeped in history. From here we drove the short distance to Cabo de Trafalgar. Not really a great deal to see. Being a cape it has a spectacularly windy beach that is heavily used by kite surfers. Our interest was really to walk up to the edge of the cape as it was off this piece of coastline the Battle of Trafalgar took place. As already mentioned very little to see other than a commemorative monument to those that fought, erected on the 200th anniversary in 2005.

Nice traditional fishing village, full of character

very little to do but nice beach and a few shops.

Great but if you want to get out get a car