Magic Costa Blanca English » View one of our friends,“Good value for money” Monica Holidays.

View one of our friends, about her visit to the Magic Costa Blanca hotels in Benidorm. Route of the news, tripadvisor.

We returned from the Monika Holidays Hotel on Tuesday 17 June, my husband and I enjoyed our time at the Monika.

We eventually arrived after a delay at Gatwick due a fault with the plane (we booked with Thomas Cook and it was their plane) so we were really tired. When we did arrive at the hotel the reception staff were really helpful, although not very easy to understand their English (this was probably because we were tired and not as compos mentis as we usually are).

Our room was really nice, loads of space, living room, bedroom, bathroom and large balcony. (the kitchen was located in a cupboard with double doors, the fridge came in very handy for nice cold water and of course beer). We were located on the 12th floor so had magnificent views.

We booked half board which was a good choice as it gave us the opportunity to go out and about in the lovely local town. The food was excellent with a good range of choice for everyone. If you book a trip, my advice is, do not go for the packed picnic as the food is not really suitable for travel.

The staff were very friendly and we had no problem communicating with any of them and any problems we had with our room were dealt with swiftly.

The swimming pool is great, a little cold when you first get in, but once in bags of room to swim round, and it’s very clean. My only gripe about the pool side was there were no sun bed mattresses which would have made them just a little more comfortable. They also have two Jacuzzis which are a little cold first thing in the morning but do warm up as the day goes on.

We played basket ball, table tennis and crazy golf whilst we were there and also took part in the pistol shooting which a first for both of us and good fun. They had many different activities to enjoy during the day for both adults and children. They also had activities for young and old in the evening which always finished by midnight, so noise was not a problem.

The beach is a short walk from the hotel which is a small bay it is very clean and well looked after. There are tourist shops and cafes/bars and restaurants in the area of the beach as well as in the local town, which has a supermarket to buy cheap water/beer ect.

We paid approximately £500 for the two of us, this included all airport taxes, transfers and insurance which was a good price for this holiday.