With a stay at Elba Costa Ballena Beach & Thalasso Resort in Rota, you'll be on the beach, within a 15-minute drive of Naval Station Rota and Costa Ballena Ocean Golf Club. .This family-friendly hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Playa Agua Dulce and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Ballena Beach.
What's nearby
Costa Ballena Ocean Golf Club - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
Ballena Beach - 6 min drive - 2.6 km
Playa Punta Candor - 7 min drive - 5.8 km
Playa de la Costilla - 15 min drive - 8.1 km
Naval Station Rota - 30 min drive - 19.5 km
Getting around
Puerto de Santa María Station - 21 min drive
Jerez de La Frontera (XRY) - 34 min drive
Restaurants
Takiko - 10 min drive
McDonald's - 9 min drive
Restaurante el Picadero - 8 min drive
La Gaviota - 10 min drive
Pink Pepper - 10 min drive
About this property
Elba Costa Ballena Beach & Thalasso Resort
Beachfront hotel with 2 restaurants and a full-service spa
Elba Costa Ballena Beach & Thalasso Resort offers 234 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies. 24-inch LED televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
This Rota hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Guests can play rounds at the 27-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including a health club. An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
Children under 13 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or health club without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Elba Costa Ballena Thalasso Spa. Services include facials, body wraps, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including hydrotherapy and thalassotherapy. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 234 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LED televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. After practicing your swing on the golf course, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including a health club and an outdoor pool. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
Grab a bite at Gades, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service. Snacks are also available at the 2 coffee shops/cafes. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Gades - This buffet restaurant overlooks the golf course and garden.
Beach Club - This restaurant is located on the beach.
Room service is available.
Languages
English, German, Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
Uncovered self parking on site (EUR 12 per day)
Food and drink
Free buffet breakfast available 6:30 AM–10:30 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM–11:00 AM on weekends
2 restaurants and 2 coffee shops
1 poolside bar and 1 bar
Room service available
Restaurants on site
Gades
Beach Club
Things to do
Arcade/games room
Billiards/pool table
Children's pool
Fitness centre
Full-service spa
Golf course
Golf driving range
Outdoor pool
Playground
Sauna
Shopping
A hot tub
Steam room
Family friendly
Arcade/games room
Children's pool
Laundry facilities
Outdoor pool
Playground
Conveniences
Lift
Front-desk safe
Guest services
24-hour front desk
Concierge services
Daily housekeeping
Hair salon
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Tour/ticket assistance
Business services
Business centre
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Beachfront location
Garden
Pool sunloungers
Terrace
Spa
Body treatments
Body wraps
Facials
Hydrotherapy
Manicures and pedicures
Massages
Spa open daily
Thalassotherapy
Turkish bath/hammam
Accessibility
If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Lift
Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)
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Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Bathroom
Bath or shower
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Private bathroom
Towels
Entertainment
24-inch LED TV
Digital channels
Food and drink
Minibar
More
Desk
Phone
Safe
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before noon
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Renovations and closures
The following facilities or services will be unavailable from December 9 2024 to December 22 2024 (dates subject to change):
Spa
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Uncovered self parking fee: EUR 12 per day
Housekeeping is available for an additional fee
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Children under 13 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or health club without adult supervision
Property is also known as
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Elba Costa Ballena Beach & Thalasso Resort Reviews
Reviews
8.4
Very good
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We stayed at the resort because we have friends who live nearby. The location to the beach was fabulous. Pools were nice. Room was very spacious. We will return.
We stay at this hotel at least twice a year. The food is amazing, and the staff are really helpful and friendly. We've been coming here for the past 10 years, and Tirio is always fantastic. Isabel at the pool bar was particularly helpful. The only thing I can fault is the lunchtime opening hours and the queue to get food. Perhaps you could consider extending the lunchtime to, say, 13:30-15:30 to help prevent the current rush hour.
The hotel itself is fine--polite staff, decent rooms (we were actually upgraded to a better room when we found that ours had two single beds instead of the requested double bed), and a good range of food choices at breakfast/dinner. The location is absolutely lovely, and we thoroughly enjoyed renting bikes and riding along the oceanside bike/walking path. Downsides? It's odd that you have to pay to use the safe in the room. Most disappointing however was the 'couples healthy back massage' that we booked in advance. The young woman who gave the massage was very kind, but she was alone in providing the 'couples' massage, which meant that for half of the time, one partner was left lying face down on the massage table with just some warm gel on their back. Given that the "hour"-long massage began with 10-15 minutes in separate bath/jacuzzis, and the remaining 40 or so minutes was divided between the two of us, the total 15-20 minute actual massage we each received was disappointing to say the least.
Never offered an upgrade nor the benefits of being Expedia VIP. I was traveling with my sisters that has a condition in her foot and they gave us a far and uncomfortable room.
First off I juat want to say how amazing Sonia from reception is. She was so helpful on all the questions we asked. And she went the extra mile for us in recommending places to park in Jerez where we were going to a wedding. Staff like her are really what makes a hotel great!
On the hotel itself: Great facilities, great food and backs onto a golf course while overlooking the ocean on the other side, so every room has a great view. There's a separate adults only pool with plenty of loungers (the swim up rooms are on this pool which faces out onto the ocean). The beach itself is only a 5 min walk. They have secure underground parking, but there is also available parking on the street or a parking lot across the street.
Cant fault this resort. Highly recommend a visit.
The hotel is great and the beach and location (Costa Ballena) is amazing. Nevertheless the heating devida at our initial room did not work at all. They managed to hance our room around 23.00hs but as the new room had its working turned off (being a vacant room) it took hours for the new room to get temperature and thus we had a very rough cold night... Apart from this problem (which we understand with a good and diligent maintenance should not have occurred and at least have passed unoticed by hotel staff) the hotel is very good and the staff is very friendly). Breakfast is great by the way.
We stayed in one of the swim up rooms attached to the adults pool. The room was lovely but I don’t know why it’s called an adults pool when there are more children there than adults. Other than that, the hotel was very nice and in a great location
Hotel was nice, however, with our room being placed on the ground floor, we were able to hear some event that involved some man talking into a microphone and children running up and down the halls, laughing and yelling until almost midnight. The room was clean, but there was no comforter on the bed so it got cold through the night having only a single sheet to cover up with.