Mar Calma Hotel

Great location, in the middle of port de polenca but very noisy at night. Our room overlooked a busy bar/restaurant

The location of this hotel is a major pro and con. It is central to everything - the beach, shops, town square. However, because of this is it *extremely* loud at night with the bars right below. My husband and I are not light sleepers, and it is even terrible for us. Every night we have trouble falling asleep because of the noise, and there is no way to mitigate it. We’ve struggled to fall asleep some nights until 3am or 4am… because that’s when the noise is decent enough to sleep through. Not only is noise a problem in the night, it is also a problem in the morning. We’ve been woken up to garbage trucks working which sounded like glass being slammed in our ears. Then, doors and conversations waking us up as the walls seem to be extremely thin here. We enjoyed our time in this town, but probably would not book at this hotel again.

Another con which I heard other guests speaking about and we experienced, is if you arrive to check in past opening hours… You are locked outside the hotel and must call the number to be let in and get an envelope with your hotel number in it. This is a con if you don’t have a phone or service when you arrive.

The employees were not necessarily friendly or welcoming either. At breakfast, the same woman worked every morning and we were never greeted with a hola, smile, or any type of kind gesture.

The hotel is utilitarian but a bit charmless. It’s clean, everything works and the staff is polite and helpful. The location is convenient. furniture is a bit cheap although the mattresses were comfortable and the bathrooms are very small.