Porto Colom, Hotel Belsana Review

Overall Rating

Very good hotel overall and very good Staff. Swimming pool, activities.

Hotel is a bit secluded for some guests. We met a mother and two young children who would like to see the island but tours are expensive and local transport little or non existent. Taxis to airport or water parks can be as much as £60.00! Try vehicle hire, it cost us about £150.00 for the week with a full tank of fuel. Palma and most sights are only 35 minutes away then and a fraction of the cost. We used a company called Goldcar Hire.

The hotel is about 35 minutes by car away from the airport and by bus around 2.5 hours. It is situated at the end of a very scenic Peninsular. The hotel is in 2 parts separated by a 25 meter walk. Both are served by swimming pools. One part is apartments for larger groups and the other half is for 4 or less normally. The food is served on a 2 week rota I was informed and all food served with chips at every sitting. There are other types of food also offered, eg: Rice, pasta, potatoes etc. - all in all OK for all inclusive. The drinks are local and the water is chilled and on tap 24hrs a day. Many people filling the water bottles for their rooms before bed. The rooms are air conditioned, a very gentle system. Do not leave any of the windows open in the day or the room will not chill in the day - so close the curtains. The halls and passageways echo so be aware that children playing in them can cause quite a lot of noise (even the best behaved of them). The lift works on a first-to-press-the-button basis and is only for 4 people. Don't be surprised if the the lift passes you on the 5th floor - it will come eventually! The hotel has 2 computers in the foyer and well subscribed to by children wishing to chat with friends at home. €1 gets about 15 minutes of time. Outside the hotel there is a tennis court and rackets can be loaned from the reception area. Be aware that the woman in the house opposite will keep the ball if it goes in her garden whilst she is there! As you face out of the hotel entrance, turning left and left again will take you to the beach area, a beautiful beach with white sand and loungers for hire. Turning right will take you to the local shop 25 meters away, they sell most things for every occasion. I recommend you buy your inflatables at Tesco before you go, lilo's are 94p here compared to £5.00 at the resort. That goes for all inflatables. We left ours there afterwards and replaced the space in our bags with duty free. On the whole a great little family hotel with good staff, many of which are British, so no language problems. The two boys who run the activities in the day are also very good and very popular. The aqua parks are good we recommend the one at El Arinal as it is larger than the others and there's no shows, so no problems understanding the lingo. I strongly recommend you hire a car even after any transfers. You will see more of everything for longer and cheaper. But if you love just soaking up the sun and getting drunk doing it, that's OK too - this hotel is well worth a visit. All the best and have a great holiday.