I stayed at La Ceiba for a week at the beginning of September. It was a last minute decision to get some sunshine, after looking out at the grey clouds of England nearly all summer! I'll write my review with pros and cons so as to keep it short, but to the point.
Pros:
In a very quiet street, no more than five minutes from the restaurants and shops.
Very nice, helpful staff, especially the owner Nati, who is lovely.
Very clean.
No loud music round the pool.
Homely.
Bed not too hard - unusual in Europe.
Area round pool never crowded. The most I saw was five at any one time.
Very near the Marina.
Near two beaches; one three minutes away, and the other about twelve.
Nice powerful showers.
Water always hot.
Cons
The towels! So hard I couldn't dry myself with them, and ended up using my beach towel!
The beach that is three minutes away has about 30 steps to go down, so no good for people with poor mobility.
Food. They will cook you either a pork or fish meal if you order it the day before. I had fish the first time, which was lovely. However, the jacket potato (only thing they will do) was VERY hard. Despite telling the cook, it happened again the second time I ate there, and I didn't eat there again.
No balconies or terraces.
Bottles of water very expensive (2 euros for 1.5 ltre), and supermarket too far away, unless you're strong or have a strong partner!
The height of the hangers in the wardrobe - I could just about reach them, so if you're under 5'2", you'll have a problem...... Be aware you only usually get six hangers, but they will give you more if you ask.
All things considered, I really enjoyed my stay here. I went for some sun, and that's what I got. I don't really rate Cala D'or however, so probably wouldn't go back. I only saw the beach that was twelve minutes away, and it was really, really small. The nearer beach is even smaller apparently. Small beaches packed with people - not my scene. But it may be yours..... :o)
