Estartit Holidays| Festamar Review - Want to know what the Festamar Apartments are like? The Festamar's food, bar, entertainment, and rooms are all reviewed here.
To review the Festamar Apartments is easy. However, as those of you that have read the articles on this site before, will know, the Festamar holds a special place in my heart. That said, I still think I can be objective. Before we start I just want to clear up a small point, some brochures will have the Festamar listed as a L'Estartit Hotel. I only mention this as it may cause some confusion if you are trying to find it in the brochure.
The building itself, consist of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments on three floors. The 1 bedroom apartments sleep 2/ 4 people, while the 2 bedroom apartments sleep 4/6 people. There are two single beds in each bedroom, and a pullout bed in the sitting room.
All the accommodation comes with a cooker, fridge, kettle, and toaster. All the, pots, pans, plates, and cups etc, are of course also included. Everything you need to go completely self-catering is supplied. A breakfast bar separates the kitchen from the sitting room.
In the sitting room there is a table and six chairs, a sofa bed, and a cupboard, useful for extra storage. A set of glass patio doors lead from the sitting room on to the balcony. The balcony itself has the usual plastic patio furniture.
The bathroom has what you would expect, toilet, sink, and a bath with shower attachment. There is a large mirror on one wall with power points for shavers etc. Note: remember you will need a travel adaptor to use any electrical appliances.
Apartment Overview
Good Points
The apartments are quite spacious, clean, and well equipped.
Bad Points
The hot water boiler does not hold enough water for more than one shower. Which means a family can have a hard time getting everyone ready.
If you are bringing young children to the Festamar, keep a close eye on them when they are on the balcony, to me, the guardrail seems a little low.
Dinos - Food, Bar And Entertainment.
Dinos is the heart of the Festamar, its where everything takes place.
Food - The food in the Festamar, to me, is its one really weak spot. The menu is all geared to what the Spanish think the English eat. This basically means chips with everything, and not particularly well cooked. If you want an English breakfast, take my advice and go next door to the Barracuda.
Dinos Bar - Dinos Bar is where all the onsite entertainment takes place. In the high season, the bar itself can get very busy, don't worry you usually don't have to wait to long, the barstaff are very quick.
Entertainment - The entertainment itself generally takes place on the patio, beside the pool. You can expect the usual mix of live acts, karaoke, and bingo. All the entertainment is organised and hosted by Roy, who seems well liked. Although, after a few visits to the Festamar, things can get a bit samey, it is worth watching out for the live acts.
During the day the main draw is the swimming pool. Although the pool is quite large, it soon fills up. At times it can be to wild, with all sorts of inflatable being used. If you have young children it might be wise to restrict them to the baby pool, as there is no lifeguard on site.
Location
The Festamar Apartments location could not be better; it's literally only 100 meters from the beach. And wow, what a beach. Two miles of wide golden sands.
Outside the Festamar Complex is a good range of restaurants and bars. There is also a supermarket on the corner, where you can buy everything you need.
L'Estartit Town - L'Estartit (to give its Spanish title) is about a mile walk along the promenade.
The Verdict
I love the Festamar, because it was the first place I stayed at in Estartit. I also know a lot of the staff. However, I do know its down sides too.
1 - It can get very noisy, especially in the high season.
2 - The seagulls can wake you up as early as 5am
3 - The food on site is not great to say the least.
4 - I know some people, who stayed on the street side of the complex, had
trouble with noise and the light from neon signs.
There are probably a few more things that people will find irritating (please feel free to leave your story in the comment section) but overall I still think it’s a great place to stay for a family holiday.
If you have stayed at the Festamar let me know what you think. For now, thanks for reading Estartit Holidays| Festamar Review