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Oro Playa Apts

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Thanks for that Claire, they look pretty good!
I've had an email reply from Oro Playa too, confirming my ground floor superior room will definitely be ready for us on Saturday. (need a ground floor as hubby is wheelchair user)
Feeling much better about it all now.
 
Well - they look very nice. I have booked through a Thomsons so won`t be in one of those. :(
However - I prefer single beds on holiday. It` too hot to be coping with a light sleeping partner fidgeting all night long. ;)
 
Looks good to me!

Clareld,
Thank you for posting details of the superior rooms. Am hoping all the teething problems will soon be fixed and that these apartments are worth the wait and all of the anxiety .We shall be pleased to hear how you find Ora Playa this season.
 
Seeks like other people have had problems with water . Fair enough they arrived 4th June , but even though it seems to have been solved, I am still felling a bit sick.
I should be looking forward to my holidays , not worrying about what I shall face when I get there.

Trip Advisor
 
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I have had a message from the person who made the last review on TA, I`d like to post it here. Hopefully it will help .


We left the Ora Playa on the 11th June, a Tuesday, the water problems were resolved on the previous Saturday.
We were in K 24 which I assume will go through the refurb process in due course.
t was very tired but clean and had a westerly aspect which was great in the evening.
As I tried to indicate , the fellow in reception was most helpful and quite charming. Thomson were just not interested in helping the dozen or so guests that were there and should be ashamed of themselves. I am sure that now the problems are resolved you will enjoy your holiday so you shouldn't worry unduly
 
We are here. Had a great time so far. Amazing location. Superior apartments are very nice. No real complaints to be honest, we spend half our day at beach and few hours round the pool. In block D. Don't want to go home at the weekend. Think thay have had few teething problems guess that's because its been closed over the winter.
 
Glad you are OK there, I arrive tomorrow about midnight. I won't have a posh room though as I booked with Thomsons.
Can you sneak in and have a look what they are like ? On second thought - I may not want to know.:eek:
 
Good news

Hi Clareld,
So glad you are enjoying yourselves at Oro Playa, and that the apartments are up to scratch after all of our worries. I am assuming that all of the 12 superior apartments are in block D. Can you tell me where block D is in relation to Reception. We are already looking forward to our holiday there in September.
 
Had a great holiday. Sad to be home. Too be honest we thought the hotel was great value for money. The room we were in was D23 which was top floor, opposite the entertainment. We loved it. Put the kids to bed then sat on the balcony watching the entertainment.
 
Parked my car around the back of the hotel today, and I must confess to being impressed by how well they have tidied it up externally. Looked very busy too, with only the area that used to be the supermarket looking scruffy with old paper covering the windows.

I think that some of the patio doors have been replaced, so they are doing more than just giving it a quick clean for the season.

In all honesty, they do need to refurbish all of the rooms, but location-wise it is perfect. It also has the advantage of air con, which my wife reminds me that many of the older and more expensive properties lack.
 
I arrived back home from the Ora Playa this morning. It was OK, mattresses were new looking and clean, but the bed sheets really needed replacing, even though they were clean and changed every 3 days, some were very threadbare.
Towels were clean and good, and changed every 2 days.
Kettle, toaster, microwave with grill , and fridge were very clean, fridge even had an ice cube tray.
Bed Settee looked new , but was cream leather effect, I had to wipe it over every day because of sand and sun lotion. In the end I put beach towels over it.
Table and chairs didn`t match - but - who cares !
The bathroom was clean, but rather shabby .
Water was HOT , in fact the longer the shower ran the HOTTER is became.
Outside, the pool area was fine, lounge settees were leather and rather worn, but they were really comfy.
All the staff were friendly and helpful, but communications between Thomsons and the hotel were useless. I had to chase the rep who doesn`t visit the Ora just to find out the departure time. She was blaming the Ora, but the receptionist showed me all the details he had for other clients, and there was definitely nothing for us.
The outside of the closed supermarket looked awful, and the outside of the utility area rooms were not much better. They could easily have the blackout papers replaced, and it would improve it greatly.
I`m going to post a review on Trip advisor with some photos. I am Yamahaaa.
 
Thanks for the report and the review.

Stayed in the Oro Playa a few years ago and can never understand, why they put so little effort in.
It's a tired place and if it weren't for the location it would hardly be worth picking it.

And every year the issues about re-opening on time (or not) and on iirc there were times when they closed early.
 
I totally agree.

We stayed there in August 2011 and thought it was a bit run down. However the rooms good, the staff were friendly. Especially when our son, who at the time was 2 1/2 years old, when we sat on the ground floor balcony and he keep shouting 'hola' every time they walked past. (My wife is a Spanish Teacher, so she was teaching him early) ;o)

It could be a goldmine as the location is brilliant and it looked constantly busy when we were there or maybe they do make enough that is why it only opens for the season. Lots of people still go, so why make too much of an effort. ha.

We are there in August and looking forward to it.

Mike
 
Just returned from staying in the Oro Playa and where do i start.
Arrived late a week past Thursday and was directed to Block C room 24 a superior apartment.First glance the apartment looked well presented with modern fixtures and fittings.First problem we noticed was the air condition was not working so went to reception to enquire if there was a problem.Receptionist said that an engineer was in the process of repairing a fault and not to worry as it will be fully operational the following day.To cut a long story short it was not repaired and had a full 10 days without any Air Con unit!Instead we were supplied with a fan
The apartment has a nice big walk in shower with a large frost glassed door which had collapsed and would not open .Again back to reception to complain and the receptionist came to the room to see the problem himself.He agreed that the door was faulty and he would contact maintenance to repair the problem.No one came and i had to sort it myself as we were all in bad need of a shower.
One night we heard an almighty bang which woke us all up and i went to investigate.The door frames in these apartments are stainless steel and one had come away completely and fallen on to the wall in front causing and indentation on the wallThis was repaired a couple of days later.Also the curtain rail holding the curtains up accessing the balcony fell down. The socket point in the bedroom are fitted recessed into a large ornate wall unit with a built in mirror.When pulling my mobile phone adaptor out the socket the whole unit came with it but luckily did not fall off.
It seems that these apartments were a bit rushed to complete for the summer season but this does not excuse the fact that we paid good money for sub standard accomondation,
On the plus side the staff were very nice and the rooms were cleaned every day with fresh linen and towels
 
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