Illa D'Or

[ram]

hotel Illa D'Or - Feb 20th 2011 is closed for refurbishment, so best to phone before making online booking.

 

[James]

Over Xmas the sign up on the Pine Walk entrance estimated that they would re-open for the new season next Saturday 26 February 2011.

 

[its cd]

I need updates

We arrive for a few days from march 10th and I was planning an afternoon tea

 

[James]

I'm back from Thursday so will let you know if it opens on Saturday if nobody else beats me to it!

 

[lollipop]

I would be very surprised if they opened ,they still have a lot of work to do.

 

[James]

Illa d'Or

As promised by the management the Illa d'Or was open for business to all comers today! Tables and chairs are on the terraces and I enjoyed a wonderfully refreshing pre-lunch G&T overlooking an intermittent blue sky!

 

[frito]

Illa d'or

I walked through the Illa d'or yesterday evening. The place was immaculate.
I managed to have a look in the lounge bar and the dining room. Really impressive.
There were people sat on the terrace and there were a few seats in the bar area near the sea.

I looked at the place a few weeks ago, and didn't think they would be open much before Easter!
The hotel needed tidying-up and they seem to have done it.

Cheers!

Frito

 

[northern star]

Anyone been since the refurbishment? Love to have an update on what has been done to the interior as hope to visit later in the year.
Sparky - do you have a magic piano?

 

[Belladonna]

Just been posted by the hotel;

Hola a todos, el hotel Illa d'or abre sus puertas a la temporada 2012 este viernes 24 de febrero!!!!!
Hello everybody, Illa d'or Hotel opens the door to season 2012 next friday the 24th!!!

Unquote.

Next stop, Summer!

 

[sws97sdg]

Great news to be open that early, or did they open the same time last year? anyway all we need to do now is to talk them into staying open all year round!! Now that would be good for the port.

 

[Sparky]

It was about the same time last year SWS .

 

[copper]

We spent New year there many years ago and it was excellent and the Hotel was full !

Surely they werent the only Hotel to open then ? I cant remember It was over 20 years ago I know and I managed to swim in the sea on New Years day and it was freezing !!

 

[Belladonna]

If you could feel the cold, you obviously were not hung over enough!

 

[Nick]

I think I've mentioned before but I'm also amazed that they don't open right throughout the year. I'm sure it would be worth their while and great extra revenue for PP.

 

[Nick]

"If you could feel the cold, you obviously were not hung over enough! "

Not everyone's an alchy !!!!!!

 

[JMD40]

They did open all year round about 6/7 years ago but it is not really financially viable for them. They would still need a certain number of staff to cover all the shifts, regardless of whether there are 20 or 200 people in the Hotel. They may be busy at xmas and New year then the rest of January the numbers would drop right down. They are actually opening a little later, and closed a little earlier, this year due to reduced numbers in February and November and also for the fact that they do need some time to do renovation work and give staff their annual holidays. Its easy to say that they would be busy but how many people on this forum are actually willing to pay the prices for a 4* Hotel when they can get an apartment at a third of the price? Lovely to go there for drinks, and wonderful to stay there, but its not within everyones price bracket or so convenient for families with young children.

 

[kate1]

Have to say, JMD, I think the Illa d'Or, as a place to stay, is vastly overrated - we did stay there in August a couple of years ago and were hugely disappointed. Not a four-star experience by anyone's standards. I gather there has been some refurbishment since but as I understand it this has mostly been of the public areas - and the bedrooms/bathrooms were frankly pretty grotty (and we had a superior room!) It seems very expensive for the level of service it offers and a major issue, for us as guests with children, was the lack of a real beach. As a venue for drinks it is glorious, but the hotel experience is less impressive - there are better places to stay on the Pine Walk, the Miramar for one.