Apartamentos Formentera

( 2 stars , Ibiza Town , Spain )

Me and a friend have just returned from a trip to Ibiza and we were greeted pleasantly enough by the staff when we arrived.

We stayed in Es Calo Playa at the end of August. Admittedly it was a late deal and cost just ?295.00 but that was ?290.00 too much. The first room was a shoe box on the inside of the building,a room designed for two beds but with a third stuck in. When we asked for a better room the receptionist couldnt have been less helpful or friendly. We did get a new room eventually but it was still incredibly basic. The apartments are in a good location but it would be more apt to call them a hostel. Shouldn't even have a two star rating im afraid.

On arrival we had to wait 5 hours before checking in, which we then had to leave our luggage in what they call the curtesy room (disgracefull, full of other peoples rubish, wouldn't even let my dog stay in there.

I went on holiday with my wife, a friend and his wife. We took our time booking and although booked late we paid a little extra for this as we had been promised a good size room with a balcony. We arrived in the early hours of the morning and were placed in the main Es Calo playa building. The room was awful. It was like being in prison. It was extremely small, no balcony, just a full length window with bars on it and basic hob for cooking. My wife was distraught. We went to the reception and explained we were not lads on tour but with our wife?s. They said we had to wait for the manager and that would be 9am. So we went to sleep for a few hours in the room we had been given. (Oh this is after the lift broke on us don?t use it). At 9am prompt I got my Friend and we went to reception. The manager told us we could have a different room but we had to wait until 1pm due to people checking out. True to his word at 1pm he gave us a different room in the second building (Formentera).