Best Hotels near Sant Llorenç de Balàfia, Ibiza

1 fantastic week in a hotel with all the ideal conditions for a well spent holiday. Good location, nice pool and the food was excellent. Less pleasant was just the deafening noise early in the morning from the pool animation. Terribly NEGATIVE was the inconvenient, abusive, overbearing and rude attitude of the SUB-DIRECTOR of the hotel for making us pay €20 for “late check-out” (11:35 am) when our reservation on Trip.com says “ check-out until 12:00”. After a long discussion complaining about the attitude and not the amount, we were forced to call the police and the INCOMPETENT SUB-DIRECTOR was forced to return the money.

I booked these apartments earlier in the year and having read the reviews on trip advisor I was a bit worried, I needn’t have been. The apartment itself is clean very spacious and well equipt with everything we needed. Towels changed every two days and the air con is so good we have actually turned it off overnight as the apartment stayed cool. My only issue was the very low power in the shower but plenty of hot water. Staff are lovely too. The location is a little walk into Santa eularia but we knew that when we booked it but you have young kids it may be a little but far to do it more than once a day

Location was convenient and good, also not far from an hospital. Single bed room was a bit small however I’ve checked a double bed room to book next time: it’s better without a big price difference. Breakfast was ok with a variety of food and drinks. Swimming pool area was nice and relaxing. The staff were helpful, (I’ve also asked some documents to be printed late at night: was done quickly and with friendliness). The hotel was clean which is very important to me. There are no cheaper hotels in Santa Eularia.

This was my first time to Ibiza and I was looking for a hotel that would give me the White Island vibe whilst being modern, fresh and luxurious feel. W Ibiza didn’t disappoint… the hotel staff were excellent and a very energetic young team. The breakfast was really good with a great selection on the buffet and an egg a la cart menu. The pool on the ground level and roof were both really good. DJs playing throughout the day and night but no banging music it was more melodic music which kept the feet tapping. The staff at all the bars were very good and provided a personnel experience. The cocktails were exceptional and Paulo is a master at work in his mixology field. Josh and Jose were also great hosts and providing their own personnel touches to custom cocktails. It’s these little touches which make a big difference. The hotel is right on the sea front promenade so you have plenty of walking areas and easily connected to the Marina. I never had to wait more than a few minutes for a taxi to head to other areas in the island so it’s very well connected. The only downside for the trip was a pump was broken in the room and an extremely loud and annoying noise was coming out of the aircon system all day and all night. This was fixed on day four but it was loud enough to wake you up which wasn’t good.

I absolutely love Hotel La Cala The bar, food, public areas and pool are all amazing Definitely a over 55's Hotel and would not suit families with children. Entertainment most nights of a good standard. Short walk to the buzzing bright lights on the Marina and public beach. Fabulous restaurants and bars - felt safe out and about as a Solo. La Cala staff from room ladies, to bar/ restaurant staff/ reception all fantastic and work tirelessly to cater for your every need. Well done all. One tiny complaint my room was directly opposite a building site with a briese block wall view where they seemed to start work at 4pm I love a Sundowner on my balcony but the terrific noise made this impossible to enjoy peace while watching the sunset l hope by 2024 the work is complete ( Not La Cala fault) Room move? Not a chance once ld unpacked 😊

We returned again to our favourite hotel and had an enjoyable time. However things are not as good as they used to be. The evening meal leaves a lot to be desired. Choice is limited and nearly always the food is cold despite the restaurant only being open a few minutes. There is never any cold meats on the salad bar and the sweet counter is very poor with only cakes and rice pudding most evenings. Surely an Apple pie or similar should not be a problem. The service in the outside bar is hit and miss as most waiters and waitresses cannot speak good English and several times for our order wrong or brought up double. The Evening entertainment does not cater for an English audience and is very poorly attended by the holidaymakers. However all the above said the surrounding area and location and friends we know who return each year make it for us. Hopefully improvement will be achieved for 2025 and make it so we get value for money otherwise we feel foe will desert this hotel and find another

The views are simply stunning and the views are the best thing about this hotel… truly amazing. However, in my opinion; the views do not make up for the fact that this hotel needs a major renovation. We had some quite significant issues with our room (room 216) on arrival which included: - Black mould on shower head - Dirty curtain rail - Coffee stains on bedside table - Air con filter needs changing - Stains in jacuzzi bath - Scruffy doors We mentioned this to the reception staff on our way out to dinner, who told us, they couldn’t help us and asked me to send a WhatsApp Message to the hotel business WhatsApp account. This felt very odd, as a paying guest, I would at least expect a member of the hotel reception team to take on some responsibility to solve the issue, rather than asking me to send a message to them. Aside from the actual issues with the room… this response to my complaint was not of a 5 star hotel standard. More training needed for staff for sure. We did not get a response to the WhatsApp message til the following morning & were assured our room would be thoroughly cleaned. The room was cleaned that morning & a bottle of wine was left in the room, but obviously the damage had already been done as we had to sleep in the very dirty room the prior evening. We had come to this hotel following a 6 night stay at a different hotel & I have to be honest; we really noticed the poor quality of sleep we had at Hacienda - especially due to the extremely loud air con unit. The beds…. So uncomfortable, super low & super firm mattresses with an odd pillow setup that made it difficult to sleep. The breakfast in the morning was good but a little inconsistent in terms of quality. We decided to have dinner elsewhere in the evenings as we felt Eden Restaurant menu was a little limited. The hotel pool area was lovely, but beds need updating & lots of noise was coming for the suites closest to the pool (music that was louder than that being played by the hotel). This made it hard to relax. Ultimately, I think there are quite a few truly luxury hotels in Ibiza now & I would recommend you explore those first. The views at Hacienda Na Xamena are awesome but the hotel is a total let down, thoroughly disappointing and really not worthy of the 5 Star rating. I wanted to love this hotel but I couldn’t and I left on our last day feeling relieved our stay was over.