H·top Planamar

All of it

The bar and pool

Breakfast was excellent. Fruit, vegetables.

Free Wi-Fi had to be taken all at once. Two half hour sessions would be preferable.

This hotel would definitely have 4 stars if the premises were newer. To really enjoy your stay I highly recommend to go for the all inclusive option. We stayed there for 2 weeks and never got tired of the food as there was something new every day. The buffet includes a lot of Catalan dishes that gave us an authentic experience you normally don't get at larger hotels. For people addicted to french fries and pasta - you can relax as those are served both for lunch and dinner. Green salad for breakfast was a nice surprise too as continental breakfast normally doesn't include salad. The food not only tasted amazing, but also looked very nice! The chef definitely pays high attention to details. The restaurant,bar and front desk staff were nice and helpful. The rooms are kind of retro, but well maintained and clean. I think they repaint the walls at least every year as they were perfecly white. The air conditioner worked as it should, all furniture was functional. To use the fridge you need to get the key at the front desk which you keep during the stay. It takes 3 minutes to get to the beach and 7 minutes to the raiway station. The beach is really big and not crowded - you are guaranteed a spot by the water. It get's deep in the sea after like 1,5 meters which is perfect for adults, but you would need to pay attention to small kids. We used the railway to travel to Barcelona and the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres and found it quite easy and comfortable to travel that way without speaking Spanish. The hotel prepares picnic bags for you to take on the trip if you miss breakfast or lunch. The visitors are like 50% British, 30% Russian, 20% Italian, French and German. Everyone was behaving appropriately during our stay, no drunk people. We have experienced Malgrat de Mar as a safe town to stay were you don't have to watch your bag and it's safe to take evening walks. Very happy with the hotel too and will definitely visit again.

The evening entertainment was good, but the area where it's held could be utilized better to get room for more tables. If the staff would remove sun beds from the side closest to the bar, there would be room for like 6 more tables. There're no pool towels, so I advise to take some extra from home. The pool by the way is filled with children, which was not a problem for us as we went to the beach anyway. Sun protection creams are like 6 euros overpriced in the beach area, so I also recommend to take those from home. The hotel provides shower gel and shampoo in 1 time bags wich I found kind of small, and the housekeepers sometimes forgot to put those in your room.