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I, along with my wife, daughter and 85 year old mother spent 6 nights at the Maribel Apartments. As my mother is disabled we'd asked for accommodation with as few steps/stairs as possible. So obviously we were allocated a duplex apartment with all the bedrooms upstairs. Other than that the apartment itself was fine, nothing special but as expected.
Our apartment was in a block of 5. Unfortunately the other 4 apartments in the block of 5 were occupied by what seemed to be about 30 French students celebrating the end of their university studies. Good for them I say, but what possessed the management of the apartments to allocate a family with an 85 year old disabled lady an apartment in amongst a load of partying students is beyond me. Not surprisingly, the students were extremely noisy late at night and into the morning, despite the complex rule that guests should be quiet after 9.00pm. After 2 very noisy nights, when our neighbours partied into the early hours, we asked to be moved to a quiet area of the complex.
We were duly moved to an apartment that we were assured was in an area for families only and was very quiet. Our new apartment was in a block of 8 of which 4 others seemed to be occupied. There were 3 families, so far so good. A couple of hours after we arrived we noticed that the other apartment was occupied by a group of 5 young girls going through their Instagram routines. Hmm not really a family I thought but it turned out it our first night was their last. There was some late night noise from them, presumably moving their gear out. A bit annoying, since this was, we were told, a quiet part of the complex for families only, but the girls were a lot quieter than the crowd of students.
Then at about midnight we were awoken by a complete racket coming from the pool area. The management of the complex had allocated 2 of the apartments in the quiet, families only, area to a large group of about 15 teenagers with a couple of adults who were presumably in charge of the group. The pool apparently closed at 7.30pm but at midnight and beyond our new neighbours were having a pool party. In fairness after that first night they were pretty well behaved, but still a third consecutive night with little sleep was beginning to grate.
The next day a group of French 20 something lads moved into another of the apartments. This was beginning to get silly. Half the apartments in the quiet, families only, area were now occupied by groups that weren't families and thus far some of them had been far from quiet. The French lads turned out to be very well behaved, quiet at night and respectful of their neighbours. Which was fortunate. With what came later, in the apartments next to them, I actually felt quite sorry for them.
The next two nights passed without incident. At last we thought the quiet stay we were promised by the apartment managers, despite the families only area being a myth.
So it was more than a little surprising when the next day two apartments, including the one directly beneath ours, were occupied by a hen party of 9 Spansih girls and 1 boy. An odd combination for a hen party but maybe they do things differently in Spain. So somebody at Maribel Apartments had thought I know what would be a good idea, let's give 2 apartments in the quiet families only area to a Spanish hen party. By this time 2 of the apartments in the families only area were occupied by families with the rest occupied by groups of largely young people who were very clearly not families.
Night came and we went to bed with some trepidation. Sure enough around midnight the hen party pool party was in full swing, shouting, screaming, music blasting. Terrible music at that. Hang on though, the complex rules state that the pool closes at 7.30pm and there should no noise from guests after 9.00pm. Apparently not on both counts.
The racket continues for a couple of hours before the noise dies down. At last some sleep I thought. Until 3.45am when the pool party starts up again. The following morning there were empty condom packets at the pool side which explains why there was a boy with large group of girls in the hen party. The hen party had evidently brought their own escort.
The noise and the idiocy of putting non-family groups in the quiet families only area, particularly the hen party, was raised with management. They offered to move us again to another quiet area, but their credibility in being able to deliver a quiet area had been detroyed by the moronic allocation of apartments in their quiet families only area.
We chose to put an end to the ordeal and leave the Maribel Apartments and move elsewhere.
I have no objection to young people enjoying themselves but it is more than obvious that those intent on a partying into the night and early morning holiday should be allocated together and away from those that are seeking a more quiet and tranquil holiday. Apparently this is not obvious to the management of the Maribel Apartments.
My Magaluf and Benidorm days are long behind me. I've visited Menorca many times. I like that it is a quiet island with quiet resorts for quiet holidays. Just why a quiet resort like Cala Blanca is a magnet for the party set in early May is beyond me. Maybe it's just that the Maribel Apartments has a reputation amongst the party set as a complex that is very happy to take the money and allow rowdy, noisy behavious late at night and into the early hours of the morning. Maribel Apartments is the noisiest place I have ever stayed.
Would I stay at the Maribel Apartments again? Absolutely not. Never in a million years. It is an extremely noisy complex with management that seems to be too stupid, disinterested and complacent to care.
Would I recommend Maribel Apartments to others? If you love a noisy holiday with a racket late at night and into the early hours of the morning, or your deaf, then yes the Maribel Apartments is probably for you. If you value peace, tranquility and being able to sleep at night avoid the Marivel Apartments at all costs.
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