Just back from a lovely week in Puerto Pollenca - Im a bit of a daily lurker on this site but thouht I would give a bit of a review of our week.
Arrived on Sat and found a very chilly and dull day, I was very worried as the last time we visited 2 yeras ago we were unlucky with the weather too!! Shouldnt of worried - we had a fantastic week of sunny bright weather with a gentle breeze.
Hired a car for the first time to drive ourselves up to our
apartment (the
Playa Mar) Hired through Hiper Car and must say how efficiant they were, bussing us staright to their office and completing the paperwork in about 20 mins!
Took our
tom tom but managed to find all the right roads and found ourselves at our destination in about 50mins.
Ate out about 4 nights - meals included a lovely meal at the Indan in the square 73 euros for a family of four which inluded a 11 and 12 year old which was a bit more than we would pay over here but the lamb korma and chicken tikka were outstanding.
We must mention the Cod father and the lovely waitress who works there (sorry I didnt know your name) but she was really lovely and even gave me some aftersun as I had overdone it during the day! and the food was lovely.
Had our usual excellent evening at Nico's (our sons birthday) and was made a fuss of by Marcos who the kids love!
Enjoyed a fab afternoon and picnic at Formentor beach but glad we took supplies as 3.20 euros for a magnum ice cream lolly was a bit steep - called in at the supermarket on the way back and bought 10 mini ones for 4 euros!!
The general ambience of the place was much quieter than usual - sad to see some resturants empty and obviously struggling. Overheard someone in the pharmacy saying how he didnt know how some buisnesses would survive on what would probably be a 3 month season!
The place has so much natural beauty but little things could be improved - the dog mess on the pine walk for one, something so simple but really off putting on your evening stroll.
The Play Mar continues to offer good all round family accomodation and in May suits our needs perfectly.
Was sad to hand the hire car back on Sat am and wished we had managed 2 weeks instead of 1 but hey ho at least we have come back to suuny England where I can enjoy sitting in the garden looking at the lovely Puerto Pollenca photos and trying to keep my tan!
To everyone who has their holiday ahead of them - enjoy and those who live there- lucky you