Barceló Isla Canela

Room was lovely - food was very good. Breakfast excellent. Was a Ria hotel previously - you can tell. Good. Location a bit out on a limb. Local bus easy to visit Ayamonte - very pretty place to visit. Took TUI Excursions. Loved the Columbus Tour. Lots of history in the area to get out and explore. Portugal just over the bridge. Enjoyed our visit and glad we had the opportunity to explore the area but would not return for a while. Quite a few torrential downpours but also some sunny warm days. Love Spain ❤️

Travelled with TUI on half board basis with my elderly mother and have booked a twin room. The room we were allocated was made up as a double and it's location must have been one of the worst the hotel has - directly above the glass and cardboard bins and noisy side entrance/delivery bay area. Asked reception if there was a different room available but been told if we wanted better view, we would have to pay extra. I was taken aback by such a swift response and no solution without extra payment offered so we didn't pursue a room change any further, and sadly this has impacted the experience of our stay as the noise from the delivery bay and bin loading/emptying was considerate. Real shame as the hotel and it's grounds are very pretty and it's location is great, just across the street from a lovely long stretch of beach with shells in both directions. Housekeeping was sent up to re-do the room set up for twin which they have done quickly. The hotel is at a very quiet spot (minus our room) and there is very little around. One small supermarket to the left of the hotel if you exit through the gates by the pool. The restaurant area gets a bit overcrowded especially at dinner times, and there isn't much room to move around near the food displays, so expect people pushing into you and staff trying to navigate through the masses replenishing supplies, clean plates etc. As others have said in their reviews, the rooms lack storage options and has no drawers apart from a couple of shallow ones below a suitcase bench, so we too had to resort to keeping half of our stuff in our suitcases. Evening entertainment was sadly not that great and it didn't start till 10pm - too late for many guests having spoken about it with a few. Glad we took our cards so we had something to do in the evenings and on the rainy days we've unfortunately experienced.