Gloria Maris Hotel Suites and Villa

There are too many things to say about this hotel, starting from the beginning, after reaching the hotel in the morning we were told first thing that we need to provide them a credit card details, like very specific (probably the PIN code was the only thing not asked) as a “warranty” for the room itself which left me baffled, and if you refuse you need to hand them 100€ in cash or so and you’ll get it at check out. After this we wanted towels for the pool, for which again we were asked to pay 10€ deposit since according to the lady from the reception they get stolen frequently, from people who afford a 900€ hotel for 5 days, but ok I understood this as well. :) Now regarding the hotel facilities, to start with, you can forget about the infinity pool shown obsessively in the photos unless you booked yourself the most expensive rooms, the only access you get is to the main pool at which after one day of swimming my white pants became blue, and you have some wonderful sun beds made out of wood which are 95% of them broken so you end up staying like you’ve just had a surgery on your side. But no worries, at least you do have a back up option since you’ve paid 250€\night, you can visit the tiny beach sitting at the bottom of the hotel, at which you can enjoy a relaxing 10 hrs/day starting from like 8:30am all the Afro hits at the moment, so you can have an unforgettable experience here in Tanzania safari, joke aside now, I spent most of my days at that beach and there was not a single day we had some normal music playing, or even better, some Greek music because we were in Greece right !? :)) Our room was not available even at 14:00, that’s after we very kindly asked in the morning if there is any chance to get our room a bit earlier since our flight was during the night and we were tired, but instead we’ve got it even later than normal, and when we entered the room, it was completely wet since they just mopped the floor 30 seconds before entering, so we had to open all doors and windows for it to dry, then just to find out we received no amenities at all, not even a bottle of water, terrible start of a vacation honestly. After calling the reception like 3 times because we found each items missing one by one they even got annoyed by the fact that we disturb them with our requests and when cleaning ladies came to bring the stuff they weren’t happy either. Now breakfast, because that’s the most important meal of the day right ? Well, not so much in this resort, since it’s starting 30 minutes later than what you are told, and if you plan any trip early in the morning you can very well skip it, because after the first day, when we noticed it was closed at 7:30 when it was supposed to be opened, we talked at the reception (again) to make sure the next day it’s going to be opened at that hour since we had a trip booked which pick us up at 8:00 from the hotel, so we wanted to eat something before going there, and they listened to our request, but just the request of “opening” since that’s basically what they did, they opened the door but there was absolutely nothing arranged there beside some croissants and some fruits, as it was probably too early for the staff to start preparing everything, since they were used to do this at 9 probably, one hour before the breakfast is closing. The Coffee machine, if you can name it this way, was a machine you find in parking lots or I don’t know where since I’ve seen only few in this state, and they prepare instant coffee only, and that if you are lucky because in our case it was broken for 3 days, and in this case you have to order it from the bar, for which of course you had to pay, because it’s your fault the machine it’s not working. One thing I also noticed regarding breakfast by mistake, was that even the chocolate which you put on pancakes was the cheapest one you could find and then you suddenly don’t feel like eating pancakes anymore :)) In summary,a terrible and expensive experience.

Enorme geluidsoverlast Het hotel heeft aan de achterkant een mooi uitzicht. Vriendelijk personeel en ze hebben heerijk eten. Wij zaten in een kamer op de bg. Wat een ramp, enorm gehorig. Elke nacht wakker geegen van de herrie. Daarnaast is ook regelmatig het warme water op en dat terwijl het voorseizoen is en het hotel nog geen 1/3 vol zat. Deze twee minpunten zijn voor ons zo belangrijk dat wij nooit meer terug zouden gaan. We zouden het hotel bij niemand aanraden.

Éviter cet hôtel J’ai été extrêmement déçue de cet hôtel vs le prix que nous avons payé. Par où commencer… nous sommes arrivés et le sol de la chambre était plein d’eau… nous avons avisé la réception ils sont venus nettoyer mais jamais ils ont enlever/remplacer le frigo qui coulait constamment. La chambre n’était pas très propres… des cheveux/poils ici et la. Les serviettes étaient sales ou tachées (doit être changer) le site indique qu’il y a un spa mais il était vide et 2 piscines mais nous avions accès qu’à une seule piscine (pas en bonne état et pas entretenue!) Les chambres ne sont pas isolées nous entendions nos voisins. Nous avons pris que des douches froides, on nous a dit d’attendre 10 minutes et au bout de 25 mins nous n’avions toujours pas d’eau chaude. Cet hôtel marquait la fin de notre voyage de 5 semaines et malheureusement on regrette beaucoup notre choix ! Le terrain est mal entretenu et les fauteuils extérieurs sont sales et trop vieux pour ce qu’on paye! Je ne recommande pas cet hôtel!