Bellends and Brass, lol, exactly as I remember it, the accommodation on site was top notch, we had a couple of town houses and the golf courses were good but it was just to seedy at nighttime. I was ill there as well, got laryngitis, cost me about €200 for a taxi and doctors fees. I know that area quite well, where do you live?Empty. Before Covid it was still attracting the ten Bob millionaires and assortment of bellends and brass but it holds a certain charm. I'm only a 45 minute drive from there so probably head over for the night with my missus every couple of months to see friends who have business there.
It's not somewhere I'd choose to stay on an extended holiday but a couple of nights is doable.
Went for a week on a freebie with the wife. Lasted a day before getting a car and going to Soller, which is a different world.Stayed there in May 1999. Got some money back from the tour operator as they never told us about the "street furniture" installation work being done outside the hotel every day for the first week, even though they knew about it. Drilling, etc, directly below our room from 8-6. Then the rags winning the CL in the "famous night in Barcelona" really pissed me off - the place was crawling with them!
Since then, have stayed many times in Palma Nova - much more (ahem) gentille in comparison. My nephew always arranged the accommodation, as he was (at the time) the head rep of First Choice for the Spanish islands.
had 3 nights there and loved Buges street marketI was on a 6 month jaunt round SEA and the way certain flight prices and my budget had worked out it had me there 6 days before moving on, in the end it worked out the extra 3 days expense I saved covered changing my flights.
If I ever went back I would go for 1-2 nights only
Not a shithole but beware of La Manga on the Costa Blanca. A lot of club and International teams used to go there, it's where the some of Leicester team got caught with their trousers down a few years ago. It's a rip off, shite service and full of brass, never again. Even the barmaid at the pub on site was a part time prossy, she gave my mate a "menu" with her prices on it, golf courses were good though:-)
Cracking golf course though. Never got caravan holidays tbh. May as well sit in your own back garden.I will go for 5 days in a caravan in Siloth in Cumbria. Horrendous. Just don’t ever go.
It appears it’s changed a lot from the descriptions on here. We went 4 times as as a family but over 10 years ago and everyone loved it, so much so that my lads were trying to talk me into going again. I also went twice with mates for the golf with the same reaction.We used to go on holiday to La Manga quite a bit when I was a kid. Nice place if I remember rightly.
Only had one bad holiday fucking Margate. Too young to be a kid but not old enough to go to the pub. Place was lifeless after 8pm. Bingo in the hotel with the old biddies every night.
As someone who lives only a few miles away from margate I do wonder what families find to do for a week !.
Back in the 80's the night life was great with lots of clubs ( not much use to you at that age ). Since than the place has slowly died.
Now margate is only alive around a couple of hundred yards from the Turner Centre. It's all arty farty shit for the art set from London now. The high street is dead, litter and graffiti everywhere.
If you are into art and dont go far from the Turner Centre it's ok I guess, but i am not into unmade beds and paintings a 5 year could do better.
I'm on the Orihuela Costa most of the time but flit between a couple of areas depending on time of year.Bellends and Brass, lol, exactly as I remember it, the accommodation on site was top notch, we had a couple of town houses and the golf courses were good but it was just to seedy at nighttime. I was ill there as well, got laryngitis, cost me about €200 for a taxi and doctors fees. I know that area quite well, where do you live?
Went for a week on a freebie with the wife. Lasted a day before getting a car and going to Soller, which is a different world.
Went back to Magaluf for the last day/night and decided if you can't beat em etc. An afternoon on stella before dropping an e and raving in 'Bananas'
Haha! Fucking loved a bit of magaluf as a teenager. Haven't been since I was 18 but remember being off my trolly watching the girls swimming naked in the big aquarium in bananas and wondering if life was ever going to get better.Went for a week on a freebie with the wife. Lasted a day before getting a car and going to Soller, which is a different world.
Went back to Magaluf for the last day/night and decided if you can't beat em etc. An afternoon on stella before dropping an e and raving in 'Bananas'
Mate has a place in Villa Martin and another couple of golf pals have moved to the Quesada/Benihoffa area. Been to some of the out of town areas, good craic at the Nuthouse in San Miguel.I'm on the Orihuela Costa most of the time but flit between a couple of areas depending on time of year.