I travelled with my husband and son (13 months). I really enjoyed my stay here and on the whole, the resort is very good. We were at the back on the road side, which was OK.

The majority of visitors are Scandanavian. The hotel was full of families with small children, so there were hundreds of pushchairs. If you don't like babies crying, stear clear!

The resort was immaculately clean both in the rooms and around the resort. There was never a problem getting a sunbed, no matter what time you arrived at the pool. We were self catering, but ate in the hotel several times, both at the buffet and a la carte, both of which were very good.

The hotel is well situated, but it is difficult to get on a bus. There are plenty of restaurants around and the beach is nearby.

The entertainment was more aimed at the children, but the staff did their best.

The hotel rooms are basic and could do with modernisation, but are clean and spacious. The TV is all Scandanvian and German, so Sky News is the limit.

The bad bits: the bar staff frequently short changed us. Most were very nice, but a few were rude. The reception staff were very nice, however. We were unexpectedly charged for a cot on top of our holiday price too.

The pools were freezing, including the indoor pool.

There was a wedding on on the Saturday night, and as it was raining, there was nowhere for the holiday makers to go, or for the entertainment staff do do their thing.

Key data: 2 Adults 2 children (Boy 8, girl 5). 12nights
I always gauge holidays by 'at what time am I looking forward to going home (normally only last 7 days)' - remarkably this didn't happen.
Hotel +VE:
Daytime entertainment (staff work extemely hard), facilities (5 a-side astroturf pitch, bikes, pool, table tennis), Pool (three different depths and had lifegaurd on duty, very clean), evening entertainment (Cinderalla was awful but kids still sat and watched it), staff, location (200m to beach), beach (excellent - could walk out 80m before too deep), Rooms (cleaned 10dys out of 12, new towels), grounds (spotless, cleaned everyday), can't reserve sunbeds (every morning (8:30ish) a little man removes all towels), english papers available in shop, food in hotel good (choice of 3 restaurants), lots of restaurants outside hotel (Tex mex superb)
-VE: TV is meant to be satellite (only sky news, eurosport) - didn't really watch it.
Fully recommend the hotel!!!

We have just returned from Viva Blue after 14 fantastic days. We stayed self catering as a family of 4 but you had the option of paying for breakfast or half board. All the staff were very friendly and both children enjoyed the entertainment of which there was plenty.
The room was large enough for us all and consisted of 1 bedroom with twin beds and 2 sofa beds in the lounge. There was a small kitchen area, dining area and bathroom. The sink area was outside the bathroom.
The whole of the complex was very clean and we will definately be going back again sometime soon.

We have just come home from 10 days at Viva Blue. 2 years ago we stayed at the Viva Bahia which is under the same hotel group and felt we just had to go back. We were 2 adults and 3 children both times.

Our biggest problem with the Viva hotels is anything else after it seems downhill. Especially the breakfast buffet. We are a danish family and eat a type of brown rye bread only found in Denmark. - They had it!! The standard and This company have thought about absolutely everything. There are even free washers down in the basement. A god send for a family with kids on holiday for 10 days.

The service was excellent and the cleaning top notch. We will definitely be going back again. We hope they expand their chain to other med countries.

Bwalya Sorensen