Calma Hostal Hotel, Puerto Alcudia

• Access: family friendly, lift to all floors provided
• Room: Air-conditioning, en suite, TVs, safe.
• Reception: Open 8am-2pm 5.30pm – 10pm.
• Car-parking: Free public parking nearby, large covered parking garage next door.
• Cleaning: Housekeeping service every other day
• Entertainment: Small drinks bar, Lounge, Free Wi-Fi, TV
• Kitchen: Fully equipped self catering communal kitchen (closed when reception is closed)
• Activites: Bike hire on site, activity booking and information available at reception.
• Storage: Luggage storage available on day of arrival/departure, garage for bike storage available during stay.

Reviewed by Anita Gait - SeeMallorca Reporter May 2015

“A one star hostel with five stars of personality”.

Bright, cheerful, cheap and friendly, Hostal Calma in the centre of Port de Alcudia is a bargain of a budget hotel. This hostel has thirty rooms of one, two or three beds, all spotlessly clean and painted chirpy shades of blue, yellow and green, all rooms are en suite with air con, safes and TV’s. Some rooms have balconies or access to shared terrace areas. There is free Wi-Fi all over the building, housekeeping service to the rooms every other day and a lounge area down stairs with book exchange and board games.

A continental breakfast can be had in the hostel until 10am if you don’t fancy going out, alternatively there is a fully equipped communal kitchen and dining area for self-catering. Also in the reception area is a small bar and big screen dedicated to showing any and all sporting events.

The reception is manned daily by the multilingual owners themselves and having run the place for four years they are a wealth of information about the local area and all of Mallorca, they don’t seem to take any days off and are definitely where the hostel gets its five stars of personality from. More than willing to help you with any plans or activities you have in mind they will help you to organize anything you need and also rent bikes out themselves at the rate of €10 per day.

The hostel itself is situated a two minute walk from the marina and 12km beach of Port de Alcudia, it’s surrounded by bars, cafés, restaurants, supermarkets and all the necessary amenities close by. An easy fifteen-minute walk away is the old town of Alcudia and frequent local buses connect Port de Alcudia with the rest of the island making Hostal Calma a great base from which to explore the area.

Worth noting before booking, not all rooms have access to a balcony so it’s worth requesting one when booking if it’s important to you.

Definitely more of a budget hotel than a hostel in facilities and atmosphere, you need not look much further for an affordable stay in a great location, the owners are about half way through refurbishing all the rooms so this place is only going to get better.