Majorca Hotels Guide

I stayed 8 nights half board on 3rd. Oct 2007.

There was nothing about my stay that I would change or improve. The room was very clean, towels changed daily, bed linen on 4th day. Staff spoke English, and the food was great, huge choice to suit everyone.

I had a room overlooking the end of airport runway, the planes landed further up the runway so there was a little noise, but was not a problem.

With the balcony doors closed and the air con at night you could not hear anything. I was a lone traveler, and made great friends with Jayne and Peter at "Bar Flame" a couple of streets away, if you want a warm welcome make sure you go and have a drink with them.

An excellent hotel at remarkably low prices. For under £13 a night each we had a good-sized clean room with large balcony, overlooking the sun terrace on a half board basis.

The hotel had a good standard of entertainment compared to many, with Flamenco dancers one night and a very good singer/musician another.

The seating areas were comfortable, while the dining room was clean and bright. There was a an excellent range of food for both breakfast and evening meal, very well presented, though the choice of brussels sprouts for breakfast one morning seemed rather bizarre!

The reception staff were friendly and helpful and spoke good English.

Lack of a hair dryer in the room was unusual, but we managed to borrow one from reception for a small deposit. On our last morning they rang us to ask for it back as someone else needed it, so it may be safer to bring your own. The air conditioning in our room wasn't working -this may be because it was out of season. We didn't need it as it wasn't hot weather so we didn't ask about it - hopefully it would work in the summer!

The hotel had a car park. It was a five minute walk to the beach which is wide and sandy. The area itself is a little run down, and in late October very quiet with many shops and bars already having closed down for the winter.

The other down side was the weather - we had plenty of rain, though we did manage a few hours sunbathing by the pool on every day but one, when it never brightened up at all. But you can't blame the hotel for that!

I stayed at the Hotel Linda for a fortnight in November, 2005.

Unfortunately (or fortunately whichever way you like to look at it!) my wife was unable to come with me, but although therefore being a single traveller (of 62 years of age) I was fortunate enough to find that I had been allocated a double room on the second floor (out of five floors) to myself which was comfortably furnished, and which overlooked the hotel swimming pool. A television was provided, and for a fee of 22 Euros per week I was able to avail myself of the safe deposit box provided in my room.

The hotel dining room was extremely clean and bright, and it really was a pleasure to eat one's meals here. Breakfast was served from 8 to 10am, Lunch from 1.15 to 3pm, and Dinner was served from 7.15 to 9.30pm which really covered everybody’s needs. The only rules regarding the dining room were that firstly gentlemen were requested to wear trousers for evening dinner, and secondly whilst you were allowed to eat all that you could, they did ask that you did not take food away from the dining room, which really is fair enough.

The food was very well prepared and presented with both varied German and English selections being provided. More importantly the selections provided were changed at every meal time, and so one never tired of eating the same old things. The food was very tasty indeed, and quite frankly the fried eggs at breakfast were better than many a fried egg I have eaten in England, and the bacon was out of this world. Evening meals were just as good - my particular favourite being the chicken portions which were delicious.

The hotel lounge was comfortable with plenty of seating provided, and the hotel bar always seemed to be open - so top marks here!

Outside there was a swimming pool and a tennis court together with a crazy golf course which was always clean and tidy, and which was well cared for.

Daytime entertainment was provided for the kids, not that I observed any staying whilst I was there, and during the evenings adult entertainment was laid on which included Bingo, Talent Shows, Dancing etc. all of which was very popular with the guests, although to be truthful I did not join in as I preferred to enjoy a quiet drink in the evenings.

The only let down was the room service, which unfortunately one day left folded clean sheets on the bed in my room but failed to make my bed, and the bathroom was not kept as clean and fresh as one could had hoped for, more so bearing in mind that this is a hot country. OK - I know that these are minor matters (and yes, I did make my own bed without complaining) but these are the sort of things that can, and on occasions do take the icing off the cake, but yes I do understand that the odd slip up can occur, and so I will not dwell on this.

The hotel is very centrally located for the town centre and the shops, and lies about a quarter of a mile away from the sea front. Bus stops to Palma, Arena, Valldemosa,
Manacor, Porto Cristo and the Caves of Drach are situated just outside, and although the Arenal and Palma buses are very frequent (but grossly overloaded and extremely uncomfortable), I would suggest that you check the times of the others as they are very sparse, but I did use them for day trips and they are fine as long as you have the timetable details.

There is a taxi rank just a five minute walk away in the town centre. A taxi from the Airport to the hotel ( a five minute journey) cost me 12 Euros, but going home taking a taxi from Ca'n Pastilla town centre taxi rank to Palma Airport cost 10 Euros.....you work that one out !!

Should you need car parking space the hotel has it's own private car park adjacent to the main entrance, which I would have considered had enough parking spaces for around thirty cars.

Although the hotel is very close to Palma Airport, aircraft noise wasn't really noticeable at all, as the aircraft seemed to take off on a flight path a mile or so to the west of Ca'n Pastilla, and so did not fly directly overhead.

All in all, although not a new hotel, it has been very pleasurable to have stayed there, and although we all have differing needs and requirements I came away very satisfied, and I do feel whether you are young or old, with or without kids, you will enjoy your stay at the Hotel Linda.

I would conclude by saying that should I have the opportunity to stay there again, the answer most certainly would be 'Yes please.'