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Esplai

3.0 star property
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Children's play area - outdoor
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Front of property
In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets
Daily buffet breakfast (EUR 10 per person)

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • All-inclusive
    All-inclusive
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Gym
    Gym
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly

Explore the area

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C/ Ramon Y Cajal, 2-16, Calella, Catalonia, 08370
  • St. Jaume Hospital
    5 min walk
  • Calella Beach
    6 min walk
  • Platja Garbi
    6 min walk
  • Gerona (GRO-Costa Brava)
    40 min drive

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About the area

Calella

With a stay at Esplai in Calella, you'll be by the sea, within a 15-minute drive of Pineda de Mar Beach and St. Jaume Hospital. .This family-friendly hotel is 15.7 mi (25.3 km) from Lloret de Mar Beach and 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Platja Garbi.

What's nearby

  • Calella Beach - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Calella Lighthouse - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Cala Nudista de la Vinyeta - 8 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Santa Susanna Beach - 13 min drive - 6.2 km
  • Pineda de Mar Beach - 14 min drive - 4.9 km

Getting around

  • Calella Station - 17 min walk
  • Gerona (GRO-Costa Brava) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Blue Bar Beach Club - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Frankfurt la Riera - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Café Bar Top - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Bahari Club - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Esplai

Family-friendly hotel with bars and a fitness center
Esplai offers 198 accommodations with safes and complimentary toiletries. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Satellite television is provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 198 guestrooms. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a television in a common area.
All-inclusive rates are available at this hotel. Meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments are included in all-inclusive rates. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.

You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of Esplai, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.

Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Limited parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Esplai has a restaurant on site.

All-inclusive details

All-inclusive room rates at Esplai are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).

Food and beverages

All buffet meals, snacks, and beverages included

Activities and facilities/equipment

All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.

Languages

Catalan, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Limited on-site parking
  • On-site parking options include a garage
  • Off-site parking within 33 ft (EUR 10 per day)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 8:00 AM–9:30 AM: EUR 10 for adults and EUR 8 for children
  • 1 restaurant
  • 2 bars/lounges and 1 poolside bar

Things to do

  • Beach volleyball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Children's club
  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • At least 80% of lighting from LEDs
  • Shared fridge
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bath
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

More

  • Desk
  • LED light bulbs
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between September 17 and December 31.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
1 total pets
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.66 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 10 for adults and EUR 8 for children
  • Nearby parking fee: EUR 10 per day (33 ft away)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Esplai Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 95 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 95 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 95 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 95 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 95 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Claire

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Basic but you get what you pay for. The pool was great, drinks great, food great and the staff were friendly. Big room with a lovely balcony! A little noisy at night but that cant be helped!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Sava

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room is too small, and the safe is an additional purchase it has some old fashion locks. The dining room is too small and you had to wait to get it.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Tatjana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is very nice. Beautiful lobby area. Staff professional and friendly. Swimming pool too small and I didn’t get a chance to try it because it was too crowded. Also They give very limited time for breakfast. It is from 8am till 9:30am and all guests come together to get their breakfast and it’s too many people. For such a big hotel ( I think it’s around 200 rooms families ) it should be at least 3 hours breakfast time. Otherwise all was good. Wi-Fi worked very good.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

marcos

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awful hotel
Horrible, this hotel should be 1 star, they use some pictures on advertising but doddy pictures you can make same mistake, I did , AC doesn't work properly haven't remote control your room hot like hell or cold like Antarctica. Queue for everything, breakfast, Lunch and dinner awful. The room every day was cleaned bad . I'm really disappointed again with Hotel.com
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was here for the Barcelona Ironman. The hotel catered for very need. early breakfast, plenty of food on offer, pleasant staff, bikes in rooms. Couldn't of been happier with the service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ewan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

anthony

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
overall the stay was satisfactory, But littile things like bath plugs ,washbasin plugs were missing floor towels when getting out of shower missing (had to ask twice for those)
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Caroline, liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
lovely hotel
hotel was really good.food was ok. The manager Alexi could not do enough for us and other clients.Staff went above and beyond
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant stay.
I asked for quiet room, high up, front - facing the sea. Got all that, 5th floor. Room and hotel generally clean. Room service was good. Reception and restaurant staff were all very friendly and helpful. Food was satisfactory - you get what you pay for. You pay for tea / coffee with dinner. Breakfast and dinner buffet style. No tea/coffee - making facilities in my room. However I brought my own kettle and of course 'Barrys Tea' from Cork! Not even one English language TV station available. No fridge in my room. Two electric sockets in my room, located half-way up the wall. Ingenuity needed to plug in my kettle for the tea! Another in the bathroom ( maybe illegal under EU rules, I'm not sure!) Hotel is 15 minutes from beach. A glimpse of the sea over rooftops of hotels in front. Mini supermarket in front open until 10.30pm. I didn't find any of the local bars or restaturants very exotic - nothing to write about. Nothing very distinctive about Calella. A lot of shops in the Old Town. One of many resorts north of Barcelona. If one goes to Spain for sun, sea, sand - one can ave those in Calella and Hotel Esplai was very good value. I took boat to Tossa de Mar one day - €32.00, train to Blanes another day only €4.90. Train from Barcelona Airport to Calella, a lovely journey along the coast - sit on the right - was only €4.90 too. Clean comfortable trains. One hour to Barcelona on train.

6/10 Okay

Sherbet, Edinburgh

Restaurant
On our first evening the restaurant was busy .There was no one to advise you of the setup. The staff did not seem to realise that by clearing tables where guests had finished their meals people waiting could be seated. No red wine Monday evening, Tuesday lunch and evening. Sometimes no cold meat at the salad section

10/10 Excellent

melvyn frederick

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was better than expected for a 3 star
Overall the hotel was very good.Staff were very friendly,food not too bad but was never hot.The only grievances we had were that the mealtimes were too short and the food was being removed half an hour before the end of each sitting,and we had to ask for clean bed linen 9 days into our two week stay.

8/10 Good

iulian p.

Liked: Cleanliness
Good vacation
There is a good value hotel, good swimming pool, good breakfast and dinner.Could be more diversified.Butm it's good for a Calella *** stars hotel. It is placed near the centre of the town, 300 m from the beach.I recommend it.

2/10 Terrible

Irina H

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgusting !
DISGUSTING!!!!!!! Don't let yourself full by the pictures posted on internet.

4/10 Poor

Paul

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

CEDRIC

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très décevant, si vous aimez le calme ne reservé pas dans cet hotel. Le ménage n est pas fait tous les jours dans les chambres, alors que c est noté que le ménage est quotidien. Aucune isolation sonore au niveau des murs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Anaïs

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Expérience horrible. Je vous déconseille vivement cet hôtel. Punaises de lit dans l’un des lits, personnel extrêmement désagréable et peu arrangeant (refus d’avoir un oreiller supplémentaire pour un minimum de confort), BRUIT toute la nuit dans les couloirs, piscine trouble et faïence pleine de mousse, jacuzzi inutilisable car plein de vase avec eau jaunie, chambres sales et vétustes… Nous avions réservé deux nuits pour la fin de nos vacances, nous les regrettons amèrement. Un tel établissement est une honte.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotellet ligger rigtig godt. Alt er tæt på. Men man skal være forberedt på meget larm. Der er meget dårlig isolation, så man kan høre alt.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Susana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
La ducha, es la segunda vez que voy a este hotel, y debo decir que lo peor son las duchas. El telefono de la ducha no engancha y se cae
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

sébastien

Travelled with family
La chambre n'était pas très propre. L hôtel n'a pas de parking ! Très difficile d'en trouver un aux alentours ! Le personnel de l'accueil ne parlait pas français, du coup ce n'était pas facile de se faire comprendre ...
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

RUTH

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bueno,hace nada que fui con mi pareja y la primera habitación bastante mal,gracias a este hotel voy a pensar en que jamás pille cama de matrimonio xk te meten en un hueco enano que la habitación es de una persona y ya esta, habitación 333 demasiado pequeña para dos y me imagino que habrán más como esas,la primera noche tuvimos problemas con el aire acondicionado de la habitación de la lado que sonaba un ruido como si taladran y al día siguiente nos cambiaron de habitación que fue mucho mejor porque era más grande todo en general,también en las fechas que estamos había mucha gente de vacaciones,pero el tema de la comida muy bien xk había mucha.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mohamed

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Satisfait
Hôtel sans prétention mais le ménage était fait tout les jours , personnelles agréable mais ne parlent pas français , restaurant nourriture convenable et variés
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Jess

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Para acceder al hotel hay unas escaleras, no está adaptado. No hay secador en la habitación. Falta actualizar, en nuestra habitación había una balda del armario con un agujero y la puerta del lavabo abollada. El agua de la ducha iba variando de caliente a helada y sin mucha presión. Sobre la comida era repetitiva (y eso que solo estuvimos 3 días y era muy similar). La piscina llena de moho... Deberían hacer mejoras.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Jose sebastian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Aceptable
Buffet justito,recomiendo el todo incluido mejor. Habitaciones antiguas pero limpias,colchón cómodo para mi sorpresa👍, Hamacas como siempre imposibles de coger,si no te levantas a las 7. Buffet horario guiri total 7:30/9:00 12:45/14:00 19:45/21:00
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Ludovic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022