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ALEGRIA Costa Ballena Aquafun & Spa
Av. Juan Carlos I s/n, 11520 Rota, Cádiz
8.6
6162 reviews
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- ALEGRIA Costa Ballena AquaFUN 4* in Costa Ballena (Rota - Cádiz)
- Available with breakfast, half board, full board (drinks not included) and all-inclusive.
This deal is available for travelling: until October 12.
Meals & more
Full Board: make the most of every meal
If you choose Full Board, here’s how your dining experience is organised so you can plan ahead with ease:
- Your stay begins with lunch on the day of arrival.
- It ends with breakfast on your departure day.
Would you like to change the order? Simply contact the hotel before arrival and they will confirm if it’s possible. You’ll find the contact number on your booking confirmation, the team will be happy to assist you.
- Please note, this applies to catering only. Be sure to check the official check-in and check-out times to organise your stay smoothly.
Catering: Variety That Appeals
At ALEGRIA Costa Ballena, eating is part of the enjoyment. The main restaurant El Arpón features a wide and varied buffet, designed for all tastes and ages, with Mediterranean cuisine at its core and fresh options renewed daily.
A real highlight is the live show cooking, where meat and fish are grilled to order. In the evenings, themed dinners add extra flavour to your stay, with international cuisines and a more special atmosphere on Saturdays.
Prefer a slower start? Alongside the early service, a late continental breakfast in the café is usually available. The team is also attentive to food intolerances—just let them know.
All-Inclusive: Holidays Without the Wallet
The All-Inclusive option is one of the hotel’s strongest points and a firm family favourite. It includes breakfast, lunch and dinner at the buffet with drinks, plus snacks between meals such as burgers, hot dogs and fries. Check out all the details.
The open bar offers soft drinks, juices, coffees, domestic beer, house wine, sangria and a selection of local spirits and cocktails. You can enjoy everything at the Pool Bar during the day or at the Ahab Theatre Bar, the hub of evening entertainment.
As a final touch, the smart wristband identifies your All-Inclusive stay and also works as your room key, delivering comfort from morning to night.
Water parks and pools with slides
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The Aquafun park is scheduled to be open daily from June 9 to September 29, 2024.
- From March 29 to March 31 (both included) it will be open.
- From May 1 to June 8 and from September 30 to October 12, it will be open only on weekends.
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Conditions and opening hours of the park:
- Minimum height is 1.20m. A minimum height is established to use the Water Slides for safety reasons.
- The maximum weight allowed is 110kgs. The maximum weight allowed to use the Water Slides is 110kgs for safety reasons.
- Park hours are from 11:00h to 19:30hh (subject to change and weather conditions).
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Additional information to take into account:
- In the event that it is not possible to enjoy this service, we shall not be held responsible and, therefore, will not proceed to any type of refund or compensation.
- Opening dates are subject to weather conditions.
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This will be your experience at AQUAFUN Water Park:
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Why this destination is a must-visit
Rota is a charming coastal town located in the province of Cádiz, in southern Spain. Set on the Costa de la Luz, it combines wide Atlantic beaches, a historic old town and a relaxed Andalusian atmosphere. It’s an excellent choice for families and couples looking for space, calm waters, and an authentic seaside destination away from the crowds.
Make sure you visit:
- The historic old town, with narrow streets, whitewashed houses and a local feel.
- Castillo de Luna, a medieval fortress right in the town centre.
- The seafront promenade, perfect for walks at sunset.
- Plaza de España, a lively meeting point surrounded by cafés.
- The fishing harbour, where daily life still revolves around the sea.
Beaches we think you’ll like:
- Playa de la Costilla, central and very family-friendly.
- Playa del Rompidillo, quiet and ideal for relaxing walks.
- Playa de Punta Candor, wide and natural, great for long beach days.
- Playa de Galeones, close to town and easy to access.
Family-friendly activities:
- Enjoy safe swimming on long, sandy beaches with gentle waves.
- Cycle or walk along the coastal paths and promenade.
- Spend time in local parks and playgrounds near the beach.
- Try water sports such as paddleboarding or kayaking.
- Explore the town on foot and enjoy ice creams by the sea.
Make sure you try these local delicacies:
- Fresh fried fish, especially local Atlantic varieties.
- Urta a la roteña, a traditional fish dish typical of the area.
- Shellfish and seafood caught daily along the coast.
- Andalusian tapas enjoyed in small, local bars.
Make the most of your visit and go to...
- Cádiz, about 40 minutes away, for its historic centre and lively atmosphere.
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda, famous for its manzanilla wine and riverside walks.
- Jerez de la Frontera, known for sherry bodegas and flamenco culture.
- Doñana National Park, ideal for nature lovers and wildlife spotting.
Information regarding Single Rooms and Family Discounts
- Babies from 0 to 1 year old: 1st child stays free sharing bed with 2 adults in double and triple rooms.
- In case you want to travel with 2 babies in the same room, please contact us here so we can check if it is possible.
- Children from 2 to 12 years old:
- 1st stays at a 75% discount and 2nd stays at a 50% discount.
- If you travel from 14-06-2024 to 31-08-2024, the 1st and 2nd travel at a 50% discount.
- Good to know: Discounts for children apply as long as they sleep in the same room with 2 adults or 2 people paying the adult rate.
- In case you book a pool view room, children from 2 to 12 years old will travel with the discounts specified above, but paying an additional surcharge:
- The 1st will pay a surcharge of approximately 3€ per night and the 2nd will pay a surcharge of approximately 5€ per night.
- If you travel from 14-06-2024 to 31-08-2024, the 1st will pay a surcharge of approximately 5€ per night and the 2nd will pay a surcharge of approximately 5€ per night.
- If your stay crosses a period with different discounts, you will see that the most restrictive (i.e. the lowest discount) applies. Here is an example: if you travel from June 12 to June 18, the 1st child from 2 to 11 years old will not benefit from a 75% discount, he/she will benefit from a 50% discount.
- The maximum capacity of the rooms is 4 people per room.
- Good to know: The accommodation does not admit a 5th place in the same room, either adult or child.
- Do you want to book a single room? The surcharge for the single room is approximately 30%, already applied in the price that you will see during the booking process.
Pet Policy
This accommodation allows pets with the following conditions:
- Maximum weight: 8 kg/pet
- Price: 10 €/night and pet
- Only one pet per room.
- Good to know: Your pet will only be allowed in the room and reception area, as long as it is on a leash.
- Please note that you will not be able to accompany you to the hotel's main areas, such as the restaurant, lounges, bar and pool areas.
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No big issues
Odour from toilet (probably a dry sink), curtains (for the nite) very used and damaged.
Very good
Todo el personal del hotel es muy amable y simpático. El parque acuático esta genial es muy cómodo y limpio. La limpieza del hotel también genial. La organización del bufete de 10.
The buffet food could be improved. Some things are very good but others could be better. For example: the desserts. The music and evening shows feel too short. The pool bar needs more staff so you don’t have to wait so long in the queue.
La comida del bufete se puede mejorar. Hay cosas que estan muy bien pero otras se pueden mejorar. Por ejemplo: los postres. El tiempo de musica y actuaciones por la noche se hace corto. El bar de la piscina necesita mas personal para no estar tanto tiempo en la cola.
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Superb
Una experiencia perfecta, tanto el hotel, como personal, muy agradable, todo muy limpio, y en buen estado
One thing I'd improve is the food — limited variety, but very good.
Algo que mejoraría, es la comida, poca variedad, pero muy buena,
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Superb
El parque acuático y el ambiente para los niños es muy bueno. El personal muy dispuesto y agradable.
The cleanliness and upkeep of the communal areas leave a lot to be desired.
The all-inclusive is very limited; I do not recommend it.
The quadruple room is just a double with a worn sofa bed, where anyone over 30 kg cannot sleep.
La limpieza y el cuidado de las zonas comunes deja que desear.
El todo incluido está muy limitado, no lo recomiendo.
La habitación cuádruple, es una doble con un sofá cama vencido, donde no puede dormir una persona de más de 30kg.
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Very good
La comida es buena y no hay mucho tiempo de espera.
El transporte para ir a la playa está muy bien.
In the afternoon they close the water park very early, at 19:30h, and even so at 18:45 they no longer let you go on the Water Slides as they start shutting it down.
Por la tarde cierran muy pronto el parque acuático, a las 19, y aún así a las 18: 45 ya no te permiten subir a los toboganes para ir cerrando.
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Fabulous
La zona del parque acuático y el personal de animación
The quality of the food was awful and the cleanliness of the rooms left a lot to be desired, especially the bathroom.
Too expensive for the level of service. They take advantage of having the water park, but of course people from outside who aren’t staying can enter and sometimes it gets far too crowded.
La calidad de la comida era malisima y la limpieza de las habitaciones dejaba mucho que desear, sobre todo el baño.
Muy caro para el servicio que es. De aprovechan de que tienen el parque acuático, pero claro pueden entrar la gente de la calle que no esté hospedad y a veces se llena demasiado.
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Pleasant
El hotel está genial, y el parque acuático una maravilla. En general todo genial.
Flies on the restaurant terrace and on the sun loungers.
Las moscas en la terraza del restaurante y las tumbonas.
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Fabulous
La piscina y las animaciones, es lo mejor del hotel.
The meat and fish weren't very fresh; otherwise everything was fine.
La carne y el pescado no está muy fresco, por lo demás está todo bien
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Very good
La comida bastante bien.
The reception staff didn’t inform us about anything, they were completely lacking in empathy. They didn’t give us the room at the agreed time (latest 15:00h) and we didn’t get it until 15:45. We had Full Board and a very young child and the meals finished at 15:30h and we still didn’t have the room. Also they allow dogs in all the rooms and don’t reserve any for people allergic to dogs. They force you to vacate the room by 12:00h at the latest even though they didn’t give it to you at the agreed time and there were no apologies.
El personal d ela recepción no informaban de nada, nada empáticos. No nos dieron la habitación a la hora acordada como máximo 15:00 y hasta las 15:45 no nos la dieron. Teníamos pensión completa y una niña muy pequeña y la comida acababa a las 15:30 y no teníamos habitación. Luego en todas las habitaciones dejan entrará a perros y no tiene en cuenta dejar algunas para la gente alérgica a los perros. La habitación te obligan a dejarla a las 12:00 como muy tarde aunque no te la dan en la hora acordaba y nada de disculpas.
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Disappointing
Parque acuático
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Fabulous
La zona de toboganes está bien para que disfruten los niños. La animación está muy bien, sobretodo aquagym. Es una urbanización muy limpia y cuidada, la playa está en linea recta a menos de 10 min andando , además tiene servicio de traslado a la playa . El buffet no tiene una gran variedad como en otros q estuve, pero está bien .
The only downside is that the quadruple rooms would be better with two large beds, because the sofa bed is quite uncomfortable to sleep on. For the price they charge, they could provide two beds.
Como pega pondría que las habitaciones cuádruples estaría mejor dos camas grandes, xq el sofá cama es bastante incómodo el colchón para dormir. Por el precio que cobran, se puede poner dos camas.
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Very good
El hotel esta muy bien, adecuadamente climatizado y con unas instalaciones impecables.
El todo incluido es bastante completo (a nivel de aperitivos en piscina: hay sándwiches, hamburguesas de buena calidad... y respecto a las bebidas, aunque no incluye todas como pasa en todos los hoteles, son de primeras marcas y los cocteles están "muy currados")
El disponer de un parque acuático pegado al hotel hace que tus hijos puedan estar divirtiéndose mientras tu puedes relajarte un rato. Playa cercana a 10 minutos andando o con el servicio gratuito de transporte del hotel.
Los espectáculos nocturnos muy divertidos.
I had some doubts about check-in and check-out times, since the room is available from 15:00h on the first day. Coming from Madrid I arrived at the hotel at 16:15. The reception staff were super friendly and kindly offered me a complimentary meal as compensation on the last day for not having had it on the first. However, at the 12:00h check-out on the last day another receptionist told me this wasn’t the usual practice, although she honoured it. Also bear in mind that at check-out they take away the all-inclusive wristband and you can’t order anything else. That said, for the complimentary meal on the last day the manager was kind enough to keep our all-inclusive and not charge us for the drinks with the meal.
The hotel entertainment, while decent, could be a little better and more varied and interactive.
Respecto a los horarios de entrada y salida tuve alguna duda, pues el primer dia tienes la habitación disponible a partir de las 15. Yo al venir desde Madrid llegué a las 16:15 al hotel. El personal de recepción fue super amable pues tuvo el detalle de ofrecerme una comida de cortesía como compensación el ultimo día al no haberla realizado el primero. Sin embargo al hacer el checkout 12:00 el ultimo día, otra chica de recepción me dijo que esto no era lo habitual, sin embargo lo respetó. Además hay que tener en cuenta que en el checkout te quitan la banda del todo incluido también y ya no puedes pedir nada mas. Si bien en la comida de cortesía del último dia el encargado tuvo el detalle de mantenernos el "todo incluido" y no cobrarnos las bebidas de la comida.
La animación del hotel, si bien es correcta podría ser un poquito mejor y mas variada e interactiva.
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Superb
El enclave privilegiado,y espacioso!
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Superb
La piscina de los toboganes. Aunque cierran pronto
Little variety in food and desserts.
Very limited snack options.
Poca variedad en comidas y postres.
Snacks poca variedad.
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Very good
De tudo. O Hotel é muito bom, o serviço excepcional e localização também
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Superb
Tiene muchas actividades
Cleanliness is good, but it's too family-oriented, too many children.
Limpieza ,es demasiado familiar mucho niño .
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Very good
Lo mejor es el paque acuatico
The snack bar and the blonde waitress were very unfriendly. We had the all-inclusive package, but at half past one, as the dining room is already open, they close the snack bar and won’t let you eat anything there. We wanted to eat there but they wouldn’t let us because the dining room was open…
There was an unbelievable queue just to order something, and if you don’t get there before half past one, you don’t get any food even after waiting 10 minutes in the queue, because only one person is serving and the place is packed.
El snack bar, la camarera rubia muy antipática, tenemos el todo el incluido pero a la una y media como el comedor está ya abierto cierran el snack, y no te dejan comer allí nada, queríamos comer allí y no nos dejaron por el comedor abierto .....
Una cola increíble para pedir algo y si no llegas antes de la una y media no te dan comida después de esperar 10 min de cola, porque solo atiende una sola persona con todo el paque lleno
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Pleasant
- Calidad y variedad de la comida del buffet.
- Diversión para los peques.
- Personal en general muy amable y simpático.
- Los chicos de animación son unos cracks, animan muchísimo.
- Aunque está un poco alejado de la playa tiene un servicio de minibus cada x minutos va y viene.
- Crowding at the evening shows; it’s hard to find a seat if you don’t go early.
- Many spots in the aquapark are occupied all day by towels with no one there and nobody removing them, so it’s obvious they’re being “reserved.”
- The Water Slides area is next to the hotel but open to the public; if a couple of excursion groups turn up there are endless queues.
- The aquapark closes at 18:45, and the hotel’s only pool is tiny, so there’s little to do between then and dinner.
- Room cleaning on 2 of the 3 days we stayed took place between 14:00 and 15:00h when we wanted to rest for a while, despite having left the room at 08:00.
- The all-inclusive only covers the three basic cocktails; you have to pay 50% for the rest. It also doesn’t include ice cream, and there’s no fruit at the pool bar — it only has pizza, crisps, nachos, donuts, soft drinks and little else.
- It’s not worth the price, at least the all-inclusive isn’t; the only advantage is you don’t have to queue to pay for lunch or dinner.
- It also makes little sense that despite having all-inclusive and the ID wristband, you still have to carry a little slip around the dining room where they mark the drinks you don’t have to pay for.
- The wristband has a chip to open the room, which would be a pro if it worked well, but of the three wristbands we had only one opened the door, and with great difficulty.
- There was no space in the hotel car park, although we could leave the car in the aquapark car park (€10/day); but it’s only open from 11:00 to 19:30h and outside those hours you have to “sneak out” through the pedestrian exit being careful not to scratch the car.
- Aglomeración en los espectáculos nocturnos, difícil encontrar sitio si no vas temprano.
- Muchos sitios ocupados en el aquapark por toallas todo el día sin que vaya nadie ni nadie las retire siendo evidente que están "reservadas".
- la zona de toboganes está al lado del hotel, pero está abierto al publico, si vienen un par de excursiones hay colas interminables.
- El aquapark cierra a las 18:45, y la única piscina del hotel es diminuta, por lo que tienes poco que hacer entre esa hora y la cena.
- La limpieza de habitaciones 2 de los 3 días que estuvimos fueron entre las 14:00 y las 15:00 cuando íbamos a descansar un rato, a pesar de haber salido de la habitación a las 8:00.
- El todo incluido, solo incluye los 3 cócteles básicos, el resto de cócteles tienes que pagarlos al 50%. Tampoco incluye helados, ni hay fruta en el bar de la piscina, este tiene pizza, patatas fritas, nachos, donuts, refrescos y poco más.
- No vale lo que cuesta, al menos el todo incluido, la única ventaja, es que no tienes que hacer cola para pagar la comida o la cena.
- Tampoco tiene mucho sentido que a pesar de tener el todo incluido y la pulsera identificativa, tengas que pasear un papelito por el comedor donde te apunten las bebidas que no tienes que pagar.
- La pulsera tiene un chip para abrir la habitación, esto iría en los pros, si funcionase bien, pero de las 3 pulseras que teníamos solo una abría la puerta y con bastante dificultad.
- No había sitio en el parking del hotel, aunque pudimos dejarlo en el parking del aquapark (10€/día), pero solo está abierto de 11:00 a 19:00 fuera de ese horario tienes que "escaparte" por la salida peatonal con cuidado de no rozar el coche.
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Very good
A estancia ha estado muy bien!! Los peques han disfrutado mucho!!
I would improve the quality of the food
Mejoraría la calidad de la comida
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Fabulous
El parque acuático para los niños está genial. Además te ponen todas las facilidades y servicios a tu disposición para que pases unas buenas vacaciones
The food could be more varied. There were some ants in the room.
La comida podría ser más variada. En la habitación había alguna hormiga.
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