Costa del Salento - CDSHotels

This was a perfect vacation in a beautiful place. We loved every second of it and are grateful that someone created and maintains this place. Let me mention some things: 1. Amazing food, every day there was something new for a dinner and always very tasty. 2. Very friendly and warm personnel. 3. Beautiful nature, starting from the pine trees behind the hotel and ending with the see where kinds love to play the whole day. 4. I was worried that using the small train to go to and from the beach would not be comfortable (because it goes only once in 30 minutes) but in the end it was very fun and nice way to go to the sea and back, kids love it. I was also afraid that if there is not enough place for everyone you have to wait another 30 minutes, but usually they send a van if not everyone got in. 5. The facilities in the hotel are not luxurious but they feel like home. Everything is very well thought about and works perfectly. 6. The hotel beach is great: very clean and nice and not crowded. You can get a drink or a snack during the siesta hours. 7. I really liked that you get your own table and place at the beach and keep it for your whole stay. No need to look for a new place each time, it saves time and nerves. 8. We also liked that it felt like 98% of all visitors are Italians. You hear almost none English which brings special flavour to your vacation. It might make it more difficult for your kids to hang out with others, but usually the animators know enough English to engage with kids. 9. Most of the visitors are families with kids which creates very nice atmosphere for children to see so many peers around. There were also couples, so do not think that this hotel is exclusively for families. 1. Be ready that there will be very loud music till midnight and there is no way to hide from it. Maybe some rooms facing away from the party place are quieter. Our room was quite far but was facing the sound so we had to be very creative to put our kid to sleep earlier than midnight. 2. Not sure why but there were absolutely no vegetables during breakfast. I guess Italians do not eat vegetables for breakfast, but it would not harm to have one plate with cut paprika and one with cucumbers. Maybe an idea for improvement? 3. It was a bit dirty on the playground and some of the wooden fitness equipment was broken. This is not critical, but clean playground would bring even more fun for kids and their parents.

Nice pool for swimming. Easy ride with the shuttle-"train" to the private beach. Good breakfast and dinner, even though the hotel was only 25% booked. We had an apartment above the pool and they played very loud music until after 23. When you have small children it's not that nice.