With eight of us travelling, we expected the hotel rooms to cater for much smaller families. To our suprise, when we requested extra beds in the rooms, there was no hesitation in another one being added and still there was enough space in the hotel room to store suitcases etc.
Clumbar Mar was kept very clean at all times, with cleaners and maids present in the coridoors almost constantly.
As our family paid for half board, we ate breakfast and dinner in the hotel's dining room. There was in deed alot to choose from, but most meals became reptitive, and without the children's buffet which served chips etc, us brit's would have been lost!
The hotel was just 2 minutes walk from one of the cleanest, most beautiful beaches we have ever seen in mallorca. Nightlife is approx. 5 miutes walk from the hotel, which is very useful when returning back in the early hours!
Every day was made better by the welcoming staff at the Clumba Mar. The bar staff tried their very best to speak english and were undertandable, but I would recommend that anyone visiting learnt a few essential phrases in spanish before they went.. else the staff spend all their time giving lessons in spanish! It really made the holiday though, we were made to fell so welcome.
Evening entertainment was extemely good, the reps must have been worn out, with them entertaining the children with songs and games for hours on end. Good one Jordan! Adult entertainment started later, with cabaret shows and tribute bands to the highest standards.
All in all, we must say that Cluma Mar was by far the best hotel we have EVER stayed in. We've already started saving up for next year! A truly AMAZING holiday.

This was our first ever trip abroad and having read the previous year's reports I wondered what I'd let us in for!

The hotel was always clean, the maids tidying the beds and cleaning every day. The air conditioning was brilliant (especially as there was a heatwave whilst we were there - 43 to 45 degrees!). The option for clean towels was always available. We used the new pool and I never saw any rubbish, dirt etc - it was immaculate. The two lifts came in very handy as we were on the top floor (5th). The rooms are basic, no TV or kettle, but who wants to just sit in their room anyway! A handy hint is that you can evidentally rent a DVD player and a selection of films from Palma airport for the duration of your stay - if you really can't be without the little screen! We took our own travel kettle, tea bags etc...

My daughter and I are both quite fussy eaters, but the selection available at breakfast and dinner was impressive and we always managed to find something to eat. Items on the buffet being constantly re-filled by the chefs who were always on duty watching over the selection. The range of chocolates and sweets available at reception also proved a hit with Amber!

We found the location of the hotel very pleasing. The main street being about a minutes walk from the hotel entrance with the beach just another minute (all visible from the balcony of our room).

The staff and holiday reps, well what can I say, they could not have been more hard working and helpful if they tried! Always keen to help, and very friendly. I'd like to know where the entertainment staff (Jordan and Paul) get their energy from... the kids all seemed to love them, and they were versatile enough to entertain the adults to. Keep up the good work everyone!

We didn't see much of the adult orientated evening entertainment, but Amber enjoyed the mini disco each day and we joined in with a game of bingo where it was possible to win over 150 euros on some occassions. We chose to go on a number of excursions whilst at the Clumba Mar and would recommend them all...

Pirates - a show full of acrobatics,thrills and excitement. Definitely worth a visit, but if taking children, just be aware of the never ending range of 'goodies' being brought round to buy - it can get expensive!

Moonlight Riding - riding for all abilities and ages on a ranch. Those complete non-riders taking a ride on the sangrea (can't spell that!) express wagon! Followed by bbq and line-dancing. Just take plenty of insect repellent! A really good, if dusty experience!

A Day trip to Palma - we visited the Cathedral, modern art gallery and shops, a nice day out. Amber was facinated with the 'living' statues in the gardens.

A Family Fun Boat trip - a glass bottomed boat trip around the coast from Alcudia, getting in close to the pirate caves and landing for 1 1/2 hours on the beach on an island where the stars all holiday (begins with an F but the name escapes me!). Very clear water, we enjoyed throwing food over the side of the boat and watching the fish fight over it! Champagne diving in one of the coves on the way back. A nice, relaxing experience.

Would we visit the hotel again? Definitely - don't let the previous year's bad reports put you off!

The food was nice, however Emma got sick from the minging orange juice, and we can only presume it was undiluted squash. Also stay away from the 'tomato' juice.

The hotel was very clean and even I, the most cleanest of people, had no complaints. The entertainment was ok, we passed the time away by staring at Jordan, the best looking person we'd seen all through the holiday.

The drinks in the hotel were extortionate but our vodkas and coke were mainly vodka so Emma was very wobbly after just two.

The pool was always clean but ice cold and found that the younger kids in the hotel always seemed to manage to throw their ball so it hit me n Em on the head.

Overall a nice hotel with friendly (and beaut) staff and we will be returning next year. Young kids beware; we will be armed with our own ball next time!!!!!!!!!

The hotel was great, it was clean and in a great position being only a few minutes from the bars and the beach.

The entertainment was not very good as it was aimed to the younger generation(up to age 10)but the staff were very friendly especially pedro, gabi and manuell, they were great and I highly recommend the hotel to anyone and to order a cheeky vimto because they are lush.

We are going back to the hotel this summer with more friends as we had such a good time last year.
Nic Helz

i went to cluba mar in june and it was fantastic.Iwould go again.the entertainment was great with paul and jordan. if u like bingo there was a bingo every nite at 8:30 and i won 40 euros BARGAIN!!!
i would recommend this to any one

The Hotel was brilliant and Paul and Jordan (sai-vern) were good at making things more enjoyable around the hotel.

This hotel and holiday was excellent. We were extremely impressed with the cleanliness and friendliness of the staff and the hotel. The food was good, did become slightly repetative, but overall there was always a decent choice. The location was excellent, 2 minutes to the beach and to the friendly bars. The hotel entertainment was also good, with a wide variety of groups and singers, some of very good quality. Look out for the 4 tops tribute - excellent!! The hotel was rocking!!
Overall, this is a very friendly, well organised, clean hotel. We had a great time and have already booked to come back this year!

Arrived mid-day and thought'oh my god-what have we done!'Hotel was clean enough but the rooms are 'stinking' as my son quotes! Not much room to swing a cat! 3 beds squashed together and the bedside cabinet in the bathroom! Only 1 electrical plug socket, so when we hired a fridge we had to unplug it to dry our hair! Rooms situated along a corridoor which can only be descibed as resembling a tower block.As for noise, well you can hear everything- the walls are paper-thin and teenagers running along the corridoor at 4am not really my thing. Hotel entertainment terrible,tacky& smokey. We did suffer it on two occassions but only for the sake of my son joining in the mini-disco which was the only good part. The food was ok but a bit repetitive and all the adults stole the chips put out in the children's buffet only. Typical 'Brits Abroad' will love this place, but if you have a bit of taste or are used to a better class of hotel(as we are) then forget it!!
Just one last moan, the reps - as usual - crap! We had to book flights home 3 days early to a family circumstances and ended up booking it all ourselves as the rep couldn't even book us on the correct coach to the airport(luckily there, were spare seats on the coach). Staff on Portlands' helpline were very helpful and deserve a mention.

i went to this hotel last year with my mum.i thought the hotel was clean and tidy.altough the food was a bit repetative it was gorgous and had a huge amount of choise from chips,nuggets,eg for the kids salad,vegetables,a good choise of meat which is very nice.and the cakes are lovley!!! we have booked again for next august and i cant wait the hotel staff are very helpfull especially leslie behind the reception.the dinning hall where every1 is eating has a very good atmosphere.

first and last time at the particular hotel! rooms a bit cramped as there were 2 adults and a child in one room so they put the bedside table in the barhroom to make room for another bed! food was good though but the entertainment didn't start for the cildren till 9 pm and that was a mini-disco which was for a whole half hour! the entertainment was done by 'Carl' who did everything the highlight was the bingo roung the pool twice a day at 12.30 & 3.00 whoopee!


if the weather in bad which it was one day there is absolutely nothing to do for the kids as the kids club is 4-6pm so very bored children all day the staff didn't even lay anything on to keep anyone amused which was very poor.


If you didn't get up early to get a sunbed forget it! guests were scaling the wall from the road in order to bag the best spots. If you left it till 9am forget it!so people guarded their beds in shifts while the others went in for breakfast it was laughable! NEVER AGAIN! it was like hi-di-hi . Carl even had a catch phrase and at every opportunity he used it 'TOP DOLLAR' it was awful never again it was like a week at butlins in the 1950's.And whatever you do don't use the lifts unless you a lift engineer it kept getting stuck and was only 3 foot square (nightmare!)


GOOD LUCK to anyone going there!