Playa Camp de Mar gets another award

The Grupotel Playa Camp de Mar has been voted a winner in the TripAdvisor Best Bargain Hotels in Spain 2014 category for the third year running, and remains the top rated hotel in the resort by visitors to the travel website.

Resort Update coming soon

We have just returned from Camp de Mar and will be bringing you in-depth news about the resort soon. In the meantime, you may like to know that:

The Andratx Market Special Bus is now the 811. It runs Wednesday mornings from Palmanova via Magaluf, Santa Ponça, and Paguera, to Andtatx. Expect it to be full when it pulls into Camp de Mar.

The Camp de Mar ice cream cafe above the supermarket at the back of the Playa hotel closed in October and will not be reopening.

Likewise, the mini-supermarket on the beach under the Playa hotel was not open last week but could be during peak season - watch this space.

Fernando's car hire has moved, and is now next to Meson el Quijote. His original shop opposite the Playa is under new management and has been revamped. It is also open for car hire and bike rental so do compare prices and haggle if necessary.

Unfortunately, building work on apartment complexes next to the Dorint and the H10 Blue Mar hotels continue apace. Expect noise during working hours.

Playa Hotel gets new Scrabble set: Donated by those nice people at www.camp-de-mar.info

A new Scrabble set has been donated by www.camp-de-mar.info to the Playa hotel, replacing the one 'lost' in 2011.

Double Award for Playa Camp de Mar

The Grupotel Playa Camp de Mar has been voted a winner in two categories by users of the Trip Advisor travel website.

The hotel was placed in the Top 25 in Spain for both the Hotels for Romance and the Bargain Hotels groups.

Well done.

New Thomson Gold Promo Video Based On Playa Camp de Mar

A new video promoting Thomson Gold holidays has been uploaded to YouTube and features on the Thomson website. Filmed in and around the Hotel Playa Camp de Mar, you get an idea of what the resort is like and see some of the real hotel staff involved.

To whoever borrowed the Scrabble...

To whoever borrowed the second Scrabble set donated by www.camp-de-mar.info to the Playa hotel, we would like to say 'Thank you for spoiling it for everybody else!"

The hotel's original set is now down to 96 letters and is therefore unplayable.

Grupotel back on Thomson website

The Thomson website is once again accepting bookings for 2012 at the Grupotel Playa Camp de Mar.

Playa Camp de Mar hotel unavailable for 2012 on Thomson website

Earlier this month Thomson were showing availability of the Playa Camp de Mar hotel for next year via a new style of webpage. The room descriptions had changed to reflect the recent upgrade, and so had the prices!

We then heard from sources close to Grupotel that the contract with Thomson had not yet been renewed for the 2012 season.

Now the Thomson website shows the hotel is unavailable through them for next year. This may change, so keep watching this space.