This is such a great hotel. Amazing location in a small, friendly, seaside resort. No chains here, all independent restaurants and hotels. All staff are lovely. Rooms are very clean. Comfy beds. Efficient air-con. Great restaurant. For us it is perfect. Thank you Serenada for another great holiday!
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Booking.comI have been in the Hotel's dependance, an apartment for 3 people, on the second floor of a separate building. It comes with no washing machine, no dishwasher, no phone for hair, very old half broken electric cooker, few old pans and cutlery. All relevant points if you travel with a family and you planned a week stay or longer. Generally the service was a bit rough (ex: 2 days to get an hairdryer). Top was the air conditioner broken, so when the "canicule" arrived and we complained they proposed us to change the apt.Yes, this mean in the hottest time to pack averything like if you are leaving and restart. Minor points are WC without any electrical socket, WC door scraped off, drying deck rusty, some lightbulb burnt. But the beach is nice, the apt is not small or old, and it is well placed: it simply needs to be better managed.
Really lovely hotel in a great location. The town of Algajola is small and unspoilt with a long beach, lots of small independent eateries and small hotels. Serenada sits right by the water - it is almost like being on a boat - the sea is so close! The rooms are great - comfortable and very clean, the staff are excellent - very friendly and helpful, the location is amazing. Air-con was great, fridge in the room, fresh towels etc everyday if you want. Breakfast is taken on a lovely terrace with the sound of the waves in the background. I would recommend this hotel without hesitation. See you next year!
We had a very pleasant stay at Hotel Serenada. Our room was in the annex and had no sea view, but that's what we booked and who's staying in the hotel room during the day anyway. The room is ok for two people although it can be hard to find places to put your clothes and baggage. Contrary to what other reviewers are saying our room definitely had air conditioning. The room was always clean and tidy right after we had finished breakfast, I don't know how they did this, but it was very convenient.
The highlight for us was definitely the restaurant. It's right on the beach (perfect view!) and to our surprise dinner was excellent too. Breakfast was ok if you like sweet food (pancakes, pastries, plenty to choose from) but the ham and the cheese could have been better, especially considering there's so much good local food around. I would gladly pay more than 10 EUR for quality cheese/meat.
Last but not least, the staff is friendly and very professional. No grumpiness, always helpful, quick to react, just nice overall. Couldn't ask for more here.
If one day we travel to the "Calvi" region again, we would chose this hotel again, no question.
Fantastic hotel, situated literally right next to the beach. We stayed in the annexe which is about 100m down the road but the sea was 20 metres from our front door so perfectly happy. Staff were really friendly and helpfull and the breakfast was excellent. Wish we had booked a room with a sea view which would have made it even better but still had a good view of the mountains. This place made our holiday evn more special. Thank you Hotel Serenada
We were here for a wedding and the main hotel was fully booked, but the "Annex" had availability. The Annex is a building 100m down the road and not as elegant as the main hotel and also much less expensive.
Rooms were bright and airy with large windows, but small with only a tiny closet. It was hot, but certainly no air conditioning. Clean and very functional. No elevator/lift, but the upper floors have nicer view.
The hotel beach is quite nice. As is reasonably standard at these less expensive hotels, you need your own beach towels and pay extra for beach lounge chairs. The hotel restaurant right on the beach has nice, casual breakfast and other meals. And they have great ice cream!
In summary, if you want a beautiful and reasonably inexpensive beach experience, this is the place. If you are looking for a luxury hotel, then the Annex is not that. I did not see the rooms in the main hotel, but am told they are much nicer and more expensive -- check other reviews on that.
