Zafiro Palace Palmanova

Standard of the all inclusive food and drink excellent, more like a cruise ship buffet/ main dining restaurant level. Most bars made the cocktails from scratch. Premium branded drinks such as Bombay sapphire gin and some lovely bottles of wine on the AI list. Had a good Choice of restaurants even on a mini break so not just if you stay x number of nts etc. loved our penthouse hot tub. Excellent yoga and aqua teacher Enjoyed a very self indulgent 80 min massage for a good price (50% discount that day) Lovely atmosphere as everyone enjoying and no different lounges/better beds etc for certain rooms, everyone treated the same, although it did have a lovely adult only Bali bedded balcony area with adult only pool if that was important to you. Cool pool bar in one of the pools Staff were all great We arrived v late and it was a lovely surprise to see a table set up with some delious salad/red wine and cheese/hams with a choice of desserts all v nicely set up for us.

Not a problem in Sept but could imagine at fuller times there might be a Q for bars as not that many of them and no waiter service around the pool like some 5 star resorts. Free self serving water stations around the resorts would have been v handy. I assumed the Italian restaurant was the best as seemed more difficult to book in to but many we spoke too including staff rated this much lower than the Japanese/Thai , Mediterranean or the pool side BBQ. It was the only one some of us were disappointed in- depended on your meal choice we thought. We did arrive late but we didn't have that much information given at check in, ie nil re towels card and then no daily information sheet in our room so missed the first morning of yoga. Also f we had known there was fireworks by the beach that Friday at 10pm we would have wondered down the beach to view them ( although we did have a v good view from our apartment block)

Food and drinks much better than usual AI. Yoga and aqua aerobics instructor also of high quality. Loved our penthouse room We were a party of 6 girls , we had a lot of fun and relaxation and all the staff were wonderful

More information about the hotel/ resort would have been helpful as we checked in v late. Our cold meal waiting for us however was most welcome

All inclusive was amazing. Definitely the way to go. Daily quiz is a great way to get people to interact in evening.