Globales Palmanova

Had a weeks holiday here with the family mid October. Food is always freezing cold, everything tastes the same clearly all cooked in the same pan or something. Lack of options for vegetarians unless you want plain pasta and chips every night. No music round the pool not even quietly so lacks severely in atmosphere. Everyday the room is “cleaned” never clean sheets, never sweeped, never wiped sides down. Basically made a bed and emptied a bin. Got told we can’t have straws unless we have a cocktail. Not great for young children? All inclusive but no straws very strange. Rude lifeguard who doesn’t smile spends all his time vaping and eating and banning any medium size floats as it obstructs his view… Had to eat out most nights can’t bare cold food every day 3 times a day. Pool is baltic stupidly cold. Nice room if it’s only two of you. Way too small with the third bed could barely move. Asked if there was any other rooms got a smug rude receptionist. Animation team are the key to this hotel lovely staff, lovely kids club. Without them this rating would be a 1. I’ve stayed at Globales before and this is the worst one. Breakfast starts at 8am so can’t even grab something before our transfer. Will not be coming again. Too strict staff stopping people playing music on speakers quietly even though everyone loved it because it’s so boring round the pool! Hotel is right near the beach and bars and shops that another reason it got a star location is perfect .

The Hotel looks good from the outside but i was sick of seeing towels slung over the balcony(although there are signs telling you to refrain from it). Rooms are fine but not cleaned very well. We were staying for 2 weeks it was dirty. Found cockroaches but it wasnt dealt with. Food was okay but had to be microwaved to heat it up. We spent most of the holiday out of the hotel as you're well situated with fanastic pathways.

We booked this hotel at the very last minute, flying out just a few days later. When the coach dropped us off, I initially had doubts, thinking “What have we let ourselves in for?” However, those concerns quickly faded once we stepped into the bright and spotless reception area. Check-in was straightforward, though we felt slightly frustrated by the €45 fee to use the safe (with only €10 refundable at the end of our stay). It felt steep, but we paid for the peace of mind. We also had to pay the tourist tax which worked out about €36 for both of us. Our room, 115, was huge with two double beds, a fridge, kettle, TV with English channels, and a hairdryer in the bathroom. We had paid extra for a pool view, but while we could only see glimpses of the pool through the trees, the view was still pleasant. Most importantly, the room was exceptionally clean, comfortable and very spacious.. The food was a pleasant surprise. Despite being a bit of a fussy eater, there was only one night where I didn’t eat much. The variety each evening was fantastic, catering to both meat lovers and vegetarians. There were delicious options like joints of pork, lamb, and beef alongside a wide array of salads. My husband, with his sweet tooth, certainly made the most of the desserts! Breakfast was equally impressive, offering everything from cereals, fruit, cheeses and pastries to a full English breakfast spread. The snack bar had the usual burgers, hotdogs, pizza, and chips – perfect for a quick bite. One minor drawback was the pool bar service. It was slow, with just one staff member serving while another chatted nearby, which slowed things down. It would’ve been more efficient if both were serving, but it didn’t ruin the experience. The entertainment staff were fantastic, full of energy, and always trying to get people involved in activities. We particularly enjoyed the casino night on Friday – great fun! Overall, we would stay here again. The location was convenient, just approximately 8-minute walk to the beach, shops, restaurants and taxis were easy to arrange through reception, always arriving within minutes. All in all, a great stay!

I’ll start with the positives, the hotel is beautiful and clean, the food plentiful with lots of choice. The entertainment staff especially Charlotte and Matao amazing and such good fun. The entertainment was fun and up beat. The pool is ok but I personally prefer a walk on pool but it was fine. Walking distance to the beach, restaurants and nightlife. The beds comfortable, tea and coffee making facilities in rooms, a fridge and hairdryer and the aircon was fab. The bad bits, the manager (I believe) jenny, was miserable and a real kill joy! Which was so disappointing and put a real dampener on the holiday, no smoking around the pool (which I understand) but no vaping? What on earth? It’s outside for goodness sake, no music around the pool, we had a speaker and she came and asked us to turn the music off yet everyone around us was quite happy tapping their feet and singing along, I walked to the snack bar and you couldn’t hear it. One of our guests had ants in their room but was moved on request, another had a couple of cockroaches and requested to move, the hotel was going to allow the move but with only 2 days to go we changed our minds. Would I stay at this hotel again? I doubt it but purely due to lack of fun around the pool. The rest of the staff were fabulous jenny let the team down!

We stayed for 2 weeks in August 24 and what amazing time we had. Last year we stayed in the Palma Nova Palace and for our 15 year old son at the time there wasn’t much going on. It was walking passed the Globales Palma Nova and popping in to have a look around made us book this year. My son plays basketball and it had a basketball/ football court which was great. We met some amazing holiday makers and made great friends. The rooms and hotel were really clean. The food was amazing. The chefs and cleaners did a great job. The waiter and bar staff were really friendly and nice. The entertainment team were just wow, Peter, Charlotte, Emanuel and the team were amazing, they had lots involved in the activities and they were so fun. My son got involved which I didn’t think I’d see, he really enjoyed it. The only suggestions I would give is, having a set of draws in the room under the counter near the fridge or at the end of the counter, this would benefit those who stay 3 in one room. And a net the other side of the basketball/ football court to prevent the ball going over. And there was about 15 broken sun beds which If fixed could have give more beds around the pool. There was one grumpy lifeguard (worked on dates 20th & 21st August). He is there to keep those safe around the pool and I respect that but the basketball went over and off the court a couple of time which was an accident, the lifeguard told my son to be careful, which was fine, but he did go on and on at him and then started to continuously talk in Spanish in an angry manner. There was no need to go on he told him which was fair but didn’t need to go on and then speak in Spanish, this happen to a couple of other families, it was rude. It didn’t spoil our holiday though. I would definitely recommend this hotel, Is close to the beach, bars and restaurants, there is also mini golf a short walk away which is really good. We have now booked to go back next year and really looking forward to it.

Stayed at this hotel in March with my partner for a week.  Pros: Nice spacious rooms that are clean and comfortable with great showers. Close to the beach front but set back enough to avoid noise Lovely ground's Cons  Painfully slow check in The food is quite possibly the worst I've ever had on a Holiday. The pool is like an ice bath. Fine in the summer when the sun has warmed it up but that this time of year it is absolutely freezing with an absent lifeguard.  Drinks offering for all inclusive is limited and cheap VIP is not worth it Terrible entertainment area  Sports Bar Shut  In more detail, The rooms are great, modern, clean, spacious. Only improvements for me would be more space to hang up items like coats etc as the wardrobe is slightly small and hard to get to when your both getting ready for the evening. It would also be nice to have a more ambient lighting setting in the room. The led tape is incredibly bright and a harsh white which during the evening is a bit harsh on the eyes.  Location is great, easy to get to local bus stops to get into Palma or elsewhere. Using the side gate the beach is less than 5 minutes away although getting back in the side gate is near on impossible as the card reader doesn't work. So people are having to reach through and open the gate which kind of defeats the object of security. Unfortunately that's where the positives end Check in is incredibly slow and the staff don't seem to care.  We arrived around 12:30pm and was told our rooms wouldn't be ready until 2/2:30pm. I think from drop off to being checked in took 30 minutes and we were halfway through the line! THE FOOD. Oh dear globales this needs some work. For a 4* hotel the food does not live up to this rating. For a start the layout of the restraunt is terrible food is spread all over the place and the tables are so close together we may aswell all just sit on one big table. Food selection is terrible, feels like we had the same food options for every evening or daytime meal. The quality of some of the food is really not good especially the meat most importantly the bacon which could be compared to sliced spam. Maybe try and offer less 'selection' of meats during once sitting and therefore leave you able to improve the quality of the meat. Half of the buffet is basically just salad so leaving very few options for hot food. My partner and I took an evening stroll one night and went past a sister hotel Santa Lucia and the buffet in that hotel looked 4 maybe 5 times bigger?  The snack bar during the day is basically the same food every day. No real change and sometimes can be stale and cold, especially the pizzas. I could write for hours on the food but if your a big fan of food during all inclusive then look elsewhere. The Pool, this was slightly frustrating as I absolutely love the pool on holiday but I only managed to get in twice. Total time must have been 5 minutes. Not sure if they are any legal limits to temperatures for pools