Review date: 14 April 2006 a HotelStreet visitor from Greater Manchester wrote:

Review Subject: Horrorvieja
Review title: "Horrorvieja"
Travel date: April 2006
Avoid this place like the plague. We arrived on Sunday, unpacked and went to bed at 11 p.m. I awoke at 4.30 a.m to find that someone had got in through the balcony door (first floor) and taken all our money, bank card, my watch, three mobiles and my husband's Oakley sunglasses. We didn't hear them because we had been sprayed with some kind of gas so they could do what ever they wanted without being disturbed. Apparently, this is rife all over Spain now but especially in Torrevieja. It's not called the criminal capital of Spain for nothing. We had rented a private apartment, and it was in a mainly residential area.

We were walking the streets at 5 a.m. trying to find someone to help us. I rang the police on 112, but they did not want to know. They told us to go to the Guardia Civil station. How could we? We had no money for a taxi or a bus. We went into an all night cafe, told them what had happened, and asked could we use the phone to get hold of the English housekeeper. The answer was 'no' because we had no euros. I offered English coins, but it was still no.

Bear in mind, I am 69 and my husband is 80. We eventually got hold of the man who picked us up at the airport and he kindly booked us a flight home on his credit card. I never wanted to get out of a place so desperately. We have been going to Spain five or six times a year for many years now, but I will forever regret the day we went to 'Horrorvieja' Be aware!

Review date: 24 April 2007 a HotelStreet visitor from Holland wrote:

Review Subject: El Dorado
Review title: "Looking Forward To Going Again"
Travel date: September 2007
This lounge bar is the coolest bar I have been in. The food, ambience and views with the best chill out music restored my faith in bars. Am looking forward to going back this year.