Julie Cole
THE best hotel by far.. Great comfortable room with pool view right across the rooftops. Sunrises were amazing. Buffet breakfasts were delicious varied everyday & on the weekends a pianist plays. Sundays all ladies get a flower. Super clean. Great spa & pool. The roof bar was excellent, food delicious. Excellent room service. The hotel is currently having some new suites added on the roof but there wasn't any noise or disruption during our stay. Excellent value too. We will definitely stay again. Well done Maria Nova 👏🥂🍾😉
Natalie Miller
Just returned from a 5-night stay at this fabulous hotel. Fantastic location, amazing service from all the staff. Would recommend upgrading to a pool view room. Beautiful sunrises. Spa facilities also very good. Last but not least - one of the best hotel breakfast buffets (and the ladies each get a flower on Sundays - a nice touch)! Excellent rooftop terrace too.
Taylors Taylors
Great views over Tavira and the salt flats. Cocktail and drink menu has some nice choices. I recommend the delicious Hugo Spritz. Service was slow but it was off season and very few servers were on duty. This was fine as it allowed us plenty of time to take in the views from three sides of the hotel tower. Women’s bathroom sink area also has wonderful views. On the day of our visit the west glass elevator was out of service so we missed the view on the way up because we had to take the interior elevator. Beautiful sunset viewing experience.
Tony Bartram
Absolutely loved this hotel, everyone of the staff are so friendly and helpful, the food was always good, drinks are reasonably priced and the bar staff always very cheery. It's in a great position in walking distance to the town. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel and would definitely stay there again.
MB82 USGV
This is really a 3 star property. Although in decent condition, be alert to a few oddities. 4 Star hotels always (to my experience of over 3000 hotel nights over the last 40 years) have cotton sheets and feather pillows. The Maria Nova does not offer them never mind have them as standard. Xisco Homs (GM) dir.marianova@ap-hotelsresorts.com informed me that is their standard-polyester sheets/pillow cases and foam pillows.
In addition, be sure to bring Euro cash. with no cash on arrival and wanted to go to the pool with a pool towel. Staff was told need to place a €10 deposit. I offered to sign for the deposit on my room account. Staff told me no-cash only. They have a cash machine in the lobby. Proceeded to the machine and it charges a nearly €5 fee to take out €10 cash. as the €10 cash would be returned to me, this mean a real €5 charge at a 4 star hotel for a pool towel. Not really 4 star standard.
And so my 2 night stay continued on the same somewhat disappointing basis.
Had the property been advetised as 3 star none of the above would matter but for a supposed 4 star property, these items (and there were other issues) make the 4 star rating laughable.
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