THB Gran Bahia Hotel and Apartments

It was a great solo travel experience. The staff was super kind, especially the ladies at the front desk. I

This was an amazing property right on the beach. On a beautiful beach, the morning breakfast buffet was amazing, as was the dinner buffet. We basically parked our car and left it for three days while we stayed there. There was no need to drive anywhere. All the restaurants, bars, and beach outlets were all very, very close. Felt very safe for the kids to wander around and do their own thing. The rooms were very nice too. The staff were friendly. For us, it was three days of just amazing beach time. And the area is beautiful.

Cleaning staff works very hard. Gran Bahai is clean, clean, clean. Early in AM, staff are outside washing lounge chairs by the pool, sweeping & cleaning everywhere. Every day they replenished towels, TP, cleaned sinks & toilets & whatever needed doing. Small, efficient fridge was in room (non mini-bar stocked) to fill with your cold drinks. Pool was lovely, but quite small for a hotel of this size (2 buildings). There was also a lifeguard/attendant from 9:30am-6:30pm, who handed out towels. Some didn't care if there were towels on chairs with no one on them for hours on end, while others did and removed towels after about half an hour. It was usually challenging to get a chair unless you went out bright & early before lifeguard arrived. 6:30pm way too early to close pool when it's that hot (35-40C). Excellent breakfast buffet - pretty much anything you could want, except for oatmeal (or a hot porridge of some sort). They also offered a dinner buffet at 15 Euro per person. Each day they had a different roasted meat + cooked fresh fish for those who wanted it. It was a nice break from all the heavy fried stuff along the Boardwalk. Our room was right at the front facing the beach. We had a huge terrace which provided a lovely cool and welcoming breeze - worth the splurge. Staff very nice and accommodating. 4 Star? Not in my opinion. Our room had 1 uncomfortable molded plastic chair in it. We were there for 2 wks, so not ideal. Dresser for clothes would've been nice.

Great stay and great location. Breakfast buffet is amazing and the Diner Buffet also Amazing for the price. Will be back