Hotel Ciutat Jardi manages to be grand, opulent, and homely all at the same time. We stayed for a…read moreweek and we felt welcomed the moment we walked through the wrought iron gate. The quietly efficient service was of consistently high standard and the staff treated us like "guests" instead of "customers." Firstly, the hotel consists of only 20 rooms, something to keep in mind when planning a holiday there. The hotel was meticulous in it's appearance and the area it's located in more residential than the touristy parts of Palma. Our sea room was well furnished wiv lots of wardrobe space, great for the girls. I just basically need a drawer, and I'm quite content. The shower in the bathroom along wiv the jucuzzi tub added some a really nice touch to our room, The rooms in general are certainly not large, their just the perfect size. .
Some of the restaurants on the island are virtually on your doorstep if you don't want the bother of going into Palma constantly. You can walk to Poritxol, a very trending, upscale area, within about 15 minutes, where there's a nice selection of bars and restaurants. There's some amazing restaurants serving incredible fresh seafood, within metres of the hotel. Fusion was a restaurant the we frequented alot over our stay there. There's also a pretty cool club, wiv some wicked fun atmosphere called Forvm, which was a fun spot to hang out. I even tried me skills at DJaying, what fun that was (see foto). Although the music I was trying to mix was mostly in Spanish, so that certainly turned out quite hilariously to the locals.
Hotel Ciutat provides toiletries, bath robes, and slippers, although me never leave home wivout me flip flops, although, I thought the pink or fuschia slippers were more suited for the girls. We ended up actually getting two rooms because there were seven of us. The rooms come wiv double beds, but it's kinda hard to cram more than two people in one bed, it was fun trying. The patio doors in the room lead to a small sun terrace that was furnished wiv a table and chairs. It was an absolutely wonderful spot to just kick back and chill, while looking out over the beautiful ocean views. The hotel has a beautiful garden where we were able to kick back and check out the ocean views and beaches, while relaxing on lounge chairs, and getting plastered wiv all sorts of killa drinks. The more you drink, the more beautiful everything and everybody looks :P Hotel Ciutat Jardi is about 10 minutes from the airport by car. It's nice that it was close, but the noise from the planes constantly flying over can become a wee bit of an annoyance, so jus drink more, the noise will eventually go away :D
The hotel is well located for a beach holiday and within walking distance to the centre of Palma along the beach promenade. Well this obviously meant one thing, shopping. Time for the ladies to have at it, go spend money on a bunch of crap, in which will inevitably have to buy extra suitcases for, in order in bring all this shit back home. It never fails! For you shopaholics, the stores literally go on forever, so prepare to spend several days jus shopping. However, the Palma shopping district was truly amazing wiv alot of small shops and boutiques, and some really upscale, high end stores. So whatever your budget is, there's definitely something for you. Although, I didn't have a bloody clue what the budget was after seeing the dozens of bags of merchandise the girls had. Obviously, if there was a budget, they completely blew it out of the water. Well, time to buy a few more suitcases. There were frequent buses going to the centre and the hotel offered us the use of bicycles, at no additional charge, nice amenity.
Obviously when in Palma, the beaches are an absolute must. The waters were warm and absolutely beautifully clean. However, during the high time, the beaches do get obviously crowded, so prepare to fight for a spot :) There's definitely alot of beachfront for all, jus have to look and find the perfect spot. Another absolute sight that must be seen is the La Catedral de Mallorca (in English, Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma, or also referred to as Le Seu). What an absolute magnificent sight. This place is wicked large. It's a Gothic-Style Roman Catholic Church, truly one of the most amazing sights I've seen (see fotos). I would highly recommend Hotel Ciutat Jardi if your looking for a more relaxing, less touristy place; but still want easy access to the beach of Palma. Wonderful experience. Cheers!