Alidreams Carmen Beach Apartamentos

As our first family holiday of 16 (10 adults and 6 children) I have to say, staying in Alidreams was the best choice we made. From the amazing staff to the comfort of each apartment it was a 10/10 experience from us all. We rented 5 of the apartments on the property and each of them where so clean and really well furnished with a coffee machine to hair dryers and the most amazing showers. We were extremely impressed with the property, the reception staff were extremely kind and helpful, the cleaning staff were always so polite and so kind to the children. The pool was really nice, and the beach was only a 2 minute walk ,and it is a beautiful beach. The location is a small bit isolated, there is a super market that is only a 7 minute walk away, there is not many restaurants outside the door either to choose from , we got the tram into El Campello most nights which has a beautiful beach and a nice selection of restaurants there it only takes about 10 minutes to get there so it was really handy, and the tram is also right near Alidreams. I and my family would give Alidreams a 10/10 and would recommend anyone to stay here,it is ideal for couples, families it caters to everyones needs, we are already looking forward to coming back again one day soon in the future.

Positives: fairly clean, well designed and built, quality furniture. Very calm and relaxed off season. Laundry with washer and dryer, free. Vending machines in reception lounge. Easy street parking off season. Paid carparking below. Daily servicing of the room ( but no extra coffee pods) Close to beach, tram stop and a few restaurants. Mercadonna just 2 minutes by car. Very good communication prior to arrival. Reception staff very pleasant. Couple of big negatives: Internet: we were trying to work and were only getting 5.7mbps which is inadequate for zoom and uploading material to social. We could get 29-30 on our phone hot spot and in rural Alpujarra Orgiva our airbnb gave us 70-80mbps! That speed is disappointing for a relatively built up area. Not a great choice if you need to work remotely. Privacy: for 2/3 of our stay we seemed to be the only guests. As soon as there was another occupant, although the units are staggered it is a bit like a fish bowl or caravan park and way less privacy. This morning we could clearly see our neighbours inside their unit. Great if you want that social connection. We also paid for parking but could not access it on arrival as the keypad would not give us access with our code. We tried multiple times. Could do with some detail clean...base of toilet grout and some red mould cloud at shower base. Our 2 bedroom would sleep 6 with the use of living area sofa bed but that would be very cramped indeed. Great for 2 singles.