Medplaya Hotel Calypso in Salou

While my stay at the hotel was pleasant overall, I was surprised to find that certain amenities I consider standard for a 4- or 5-star hotel were missing. Complimentary drinking water, coffee and tea, a bath towel, and a chair in the room are basic expectations at this level of service. I hope the hotel considers including these to enhance the guest experience

Genuinely a nice and clean, affordable hotel to use a base to explore salou. If I was someone who spent more time in the hotel and less on the beach and surrounding restaurants I wouldn’t recommend it. The pools are not big enough to accommodate the volume of customers and aren’t much to look at. The food isn’t worth paying any extra to be all inclusive/half board as there isn’t much choice and it isn’t the greatest, if you was a very plain eater you would find chips and occasionally pizza but again the eating area is very overcrowded and if you are someone who enjoys a range of food you would be disappointed, of the 7 nights I enjoyed one main which was paella, the rest was very underwhelming and we opted to eat out every night and majority of the mornings as you can find a lot of local breakfast options for around €6-8 anyway and dinner for 2 adults and a child in local restaurants was around €40-€70 without the big rush and queues. You get what you pay for and whilst it’s not the cheapest hotel it is affordable and you shouldn’t be put off from going, having said that, there are hotels in the local vicinity for a similar price that offer a better selection of food and a more modern appeal to the outdoor areas. The evening entertainment is okay but the entire decor of the outdoor seating could be revamped to make it more appealing as it’s quite overcrowded and low cost, sitting on old plastic chairs and tables. The arcade is genuinely not worth even visiting, it’s a few machines with not much thought or cost put into it. The rooms themselves are very nicely put together and the decor is modern, they felt clean and well maintained as did the internal side of the hotel definitely a class above what was on offer in terms of the pools and outdoor seating areas. The beds themselves was however an extremely low point for me as they was very uncomfortable and did give me quite a bad back ache every morning. The location is good, it’s one of the further hotels from the main salou beach and strip but it’s still closely situated, a 15 minute walk will get you to the beach and 7 minute walk to the strip. I wouldn’t personally stay there again unless there was a change to the external aspects of the hotel as it’s just not appealing to a family, the lifts need updating as they’re unreliable, the staff was well trained and nice. It’s a 3 star hotel ultimately but for the little bit extra to stay else where would be money well spent.