Marriott Resort & Vacation Club, Mallorca, Spain
 

Hi,

we just stayed a week at the Marriott Hotel, Mallorca (5* category). Doesn't meet expectations ! The walls between the rooms were not "sound-proof". Meaning you could easily here your neighbour snoring and talking. Seems to be a known problem and their currently try to improve the situation in a few rooms (to be rolled out to whole hotel, if effective).

Service can be improved (e.g. help with baggage was offered, but no one turned actually up; queues at breakfeast due to a too small restaurant area; no one of the Marriott employees bothered to say Hello in the aisle ... )

Compared to the 5* Westin in Marbella, it really was only 3-4*.

There are 2 Mallorca properties. Also, you did not mean to say the Marriott in Marbella, did you, as you compared it to the Westin Marbella??

Majorca
 

What has your experience been atMarriott Mallorca Son Antem Golf Resort and Spa in Palma? I am a platinum member and thinking about staying there over Thanksgiving this year. What's your opinion of the value: four nights would cost 80,000 points, or I can book for 159 euros/night. Thanks!

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DL MM/PM, Marriott platinum, Hilton silver

We have visited the resort several times and love it. The spa is fantastic and there are two golf courses, golf academy, tennis courts, basketball court, beach volley ball etc etc. It is ideally located for Palma and site seeing around the island. Although the resort is only 15mins from the airport and 20minutes from Palma, it is quite remote and a car is recommended.

One warning, it is a very quite resort, even in peak season; this is one of the reasons we like it so much. However, this has drawn criticism from some visitors exchanging into the timeshare villas, who prefer more organised activities.

The price at 159 euros is cheaper than our friends paid for a recent stay. I do believe the point value is good because the hotel is only rated as a category five, which is surprising considering the extensive facilities provided compared to other hotels of a similar or higher category in Europe. The rooms however are typically European, which are smaller than in North America (this also applies to the villas).

If you require any specific information regarding the resort or Mallorca, please do no hesitate to contact me by e-mail.

Thanks for taking the time to post such an informative reply. I really appreciate the information!

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DL MM/PM, Marriott platinum, Hilton silver

Was just there this summer and it was fantastic. It's very "American" so don't go expecting a lot of Spanish flavor (i.e. food is largely American from burgers by the pool to their restaurants and everything is in English). I will also echo the recommendation of renting a car (they have them at the hotel through Hertz) - it's really a must if you want to leave the resort (and I recommend you do, it's an amazing island to explore!).

Marriott Son Antem, Mallorca - questions
 

There are two properties on marriott.com
- Son Antem Golf hotel
- Son Antem Club

Do the properties belong together?
Did somebody stay in one of the hotels or even in both and can share some experience?
What about pool/spa? Do both hoetls have their own facilities or share the facilities?

Both are on the same site approx 15/20 minutes from Palma; Club Son Antem is a Marriott Vacation Club property and shares all the facilities with the Marriott Son Antem Hotel. The MVCI villas are located around the East Golf Course (there is also a West Golf Course). The hotel and spa are centrally located within the complex. We stay at Club Son Antem several times a year and think it is fantastic, however as owners I'm probably biased. If you have any specific questions please do not hesitate to email me.

We stayed in the hotel last summer. Hotel operates like a full service Marriott. Villa guests (owners) buildings are on both sides of the sprawling low rise hotel building. The villas have smaller pools available to them, nearly one per building. We had reserved a junior suite using points. They upgraded us to what they called the Presidential Suite. It was two rooms with a nice bath, foyer area, several balconys. It was a nice room, located at the end of the building. Nice and quite location. We used the golf course one day. (You have to prove yourself to be a really good golfer to use one of the two courses. We used the other!) Many, many guests (hotel and villa) took various forms of golf lessons. The spa looked great but was crowded compared to American standards. I believe this is due to the great number of European vacationers who seem to vacation a bit differently than we do.

We will probably return at some point. We were without our kids, but the place was full of parents with children (usually older kids, not many little bitty ones, and no problems due to the kids) The hotels pool was not giant. We did other things but the pool never appeared to be over-crowded.

Because the time-shares are there, they do a nice managers welcome once a week for everyone. It was nicely catered with finger foods and a variety of drinks. They also offer several theme dinners, buffet style, with most tables on the patio and usually a show.

There are several reviewes on Tripadvisor.com

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...c_Islands.html

Marriott resort Mallorca/Majorca offer.
 

Hi,

A few days ago I received a mailing sent by Marriott with an offer to spend three nights at Marriott's resort in Mallorca inc. rental car for £129 p/p. Unfortunately I have lost the flyer, does anyone still have it? If so, could you recap the details and inc. the reference I will need to quote?

Much appreciated,
Av

As this has nothing to do with either AF or KL, I am moving it to the Marriott board.

Jouy31
Co-moderator of the AF/KL board

Actually this offer appears to have been sent by Flying Blue as it comes on a Flying Blue letterhead and you get a bonus of 3,000 FB miles if you take up this offer.

Anyway, the details:
Phone 00800 4400 4400 to book
Quote reference: 15626
Lines open: Mon - Fri 9am-9pm, Sat: 9.30am - 4pm
Booking must be made by 30 April 2006

Price from £119 p/p (usually £400) and includes three nights accom, breakfast, complimentary car hire, a guided tour. Apparently the price of £119 applies between 1 nov 06 and 21 march 07 and it's £169 between 22 mar and 31 oct and a suppliment may be charged for Auguse bookings as that's the peak time. Only open to European residents.

Avallon

This is a timehsare promotion offer and to obtain the rate you must undertake a low pressure 90min presentation and resort tour. I own at Club Son Antem so if you want any specific information please do not hesitate to send me a PM.

I took them up on a similar offer, and the presentation was anything but low pressure. It actually took five hours, and ended with them insulting us for wasting their time, when we told them we want to sleep over it before deciding anything. Thus be warned ...

I got a similar one for JW Phuket from UA - fine print says must be 35 years old and other asociated junk. Would have done it otherwise.

Marriott Son Antem Spa and Golf Resort, Mallorca Spain-- Trip Report
 

I just came back from a 6 night stay at the Marriott Son Antem Spa and Golf Resort in Mallorca, Spain. This is a mixed location with a full-service hotel as well as MVCI villas. I've stayed at a few of these types of Marriotts and don't have anything really bad to say about it. I do like that there is always a Marketplace to buy some snacks at reasonable prices instead of $5 for a snickers from the minibar.
I had been in contact with the activities desk before I left and had received their complete list of activities. While extensive, I noticed that it seemed to lean heavily to children. This should've been a big alert to me.
When I arrived, the staff (entirely consisted of Germans, really, no joke) were very friendly and efficient. I was given my room which was very nice with a big terrace to enjoy a decent view of mountains and a golf course.
Ok, golf courses are nice. There are 2, east and west. Both are very good and by no means easy, but not exactly the most difficult. Tennis courts are plentiful. They have a full-time professional. Andres is half-Spanish/half-Swedish. Nice guy. Good instructor. I just hit around with him one-on-one just to have some fun. Decent rates. Spa is very nice. Yordan was my masseur. Very professional and excellent. Perhaps the best massages I've ever had in my life. Every afternoon, a little slip was put under my door with a "special offer" from the spa. I received a special offer of 53 euros for 90 minutes massage. I thought this was MORE than reasonable and took advantage of it 4 times. Every time I asked for Yordan and he was available.

Now, to the bad parts. The pool is large and has a separate area for children, but I estimate that 90% of the guests were German and British. For some reason, the parents were often in the bar, golf course, or tennis courts leaving the children in the pool unattended and unsupervised. One lifeguard who did not speak English or German was on duty, but he was not in a mood to control the kids. They were really out of control. Adults simply could not enjoy a swim in this pool. In addition, even though the pool is outside, it is bordered on 2 sides by buildings, and when the adults that were sunbathing were smoking like chimneys. The smoke just got trapped in by the buildings and created a very unhealthy atmosphere. It was really disgusting. The other bad thing was the food. This hotel's food is HORRIBLE. The breakfast was ok, but everything on the menus, especially for room service was just really really bad. The hotel's remote location means that unless you have a car, you are stuck eating the hotel's food. I did not bother to rent a car. I wish I had. The food was really bad, poor presentation, very very small portions and just horrible.
I did complain to the F&B Manager and he was very empathic. He did reduce my F&B bill and said he would look into things. He seemed to be surprised which I found a little hard to believe. I had heard the same thing from other guests.
Overall, the staff are really friendly, the rooms are nice, and the activities are plentiful, but if you are a single adult or couple, I do not think I would recommend this hotel. It is much more geared towards families with lots of offspring.

Marriott Son Antem reports
 

Son Antem, Spain

Having searched for this property and not found any recent reports, I wonder if anyone can give me any ideas / reviews of this resort. Perspective a non golfer and with family.

Pool? Surrounding area? Food?

Any exec club facility?

Any advantage at all in having Gold status?

Very Nice!
 

This is a lovely resort on a beautiful island. I stayed here for three nights about two years ago...enjoyed it very much. I never received any upgrades, but my room was very comfortable, clean, etc. Since there is a hotel and timeshare situation, this resort has a lot of pools for your family members and the exploration of the area is tops. There is no executive lounge offered that I recall.

Beaches, ancient cities and friendly people are your top reasons for staying here. Enjoy!:cool:

Son Antem
 

Hey PP

Thanks for the comment - I am looking forward to the visit.

The timeshares are in buildings containing 8 units. There is a pool for each of the buildings.

The resort is a 15-20 minute from the main shopping and restaurant area in Palma Majorca. There are lots of things to see on the island, but it isn't small so plan on doing some driving.

Our favorite restaurant when we stayed there was in Randa. They had some incredible spit roasted lamb and pork shanks. It was recommended by the someone on staff so I suggest you check with them for the name rather than relying on my memories of 8 years ago.

There are restaurants on site.

We stayed there on a timeshare exchange so I cannot answer questions about the value of status.

Art

We were there on a paid reservation about 3 summers ago and got a lovely suite upgrade. We booked a hotel room at whatever would have been the best view/room type offered. We drove around in the evenings and found little hillside restaurants - food was very good here and we thought prices were wonderful. Ate lunch in little town squares. Maybe we beat the European vacation crowd as I believe we went in May or early June. Wine was very good also especially for the price. I remember being invited to a managers reception with very decent finger foods. We did not use the spa - very very booked. The other side of the island had beautiful curvy drives overlooking the ocean - drives seemed a little James Bond... hairpin curves, beautiful scenery, not enough room for two cars to pass!

Done about 6 stays at this property. Very easy for PMI - about 15-20mins away. Can only comment on the main hotel and not the timeshare. Great hotel with generally relaxed and friendly feel to it. Breakfast is outstanding. Have only eaten dinner in the hotel 3 or 4 times and that was fine. Good size unheated outdoor pool with pool bar though not that cheap! There's also a heated indoor/outdoor pool in a seperate building. Great fun being able to swim in and out - used it in December last year and being in warm water was excellent. When you check in , find out where your room is if you're on the 2nd floor - some of them are above the bar/restaurant and while there's not much noise, they do start setting up breakfast from 06.00 onwards and the dragging of chairs and tables has woken me up a few times. If you've got a hire car then it's about an hour from one end of the island to the other. Loads to do.

Mallorca
 

These are all good comments and suggestions thank you. I will endeavour to track down the restaurant you mention as we like to eat off site.

If there are any other Mallorca restaurant recommendations, please add to the list.

points for presentation.
 

I have been here for half of my stay, and it is a high class resort. Perhaps not for the faint hearted if you don't own Euros.

I have managed to receive good concierge recommendations for non tourist price restaurants, but you have to press just a little harder to get those.

Staff all good disposition. Only disappointment perhaps is the offer of 10k MR points for a one our presentation pitch, I am not if I want to give up my own time for what seems quite a low return, but perhaps that is the standard for these things nowadays, it just seems a bit low to me.

Son Antem Mallorca
 

Hi. Does anyone have any recent experience on whether this property offers breakfast for Golds. Don't think it has a lounge (well, can't remember seeing one on our last trip!) but am aware that some resorts do still provide a breakfast to golds and plats.

Thanks^

Marriott Mallorca Son Antem?
 

Just heard some rumors that the Marriott Mallorca Son Antem hotel will become an Iberostar hotel. Anyone knows anything about this?

Is it already all inclusive? I think many of the Iberostar properties are.