hi ma and a friend are travellin on the 15 th aug to napa and stayin at pambos magic!! heard a few reviews...one is to neva use the hidden pool!!! but cant really find nethin else about the hotel.....if uve already stayed there thn plz give us a bit mre info bout the hotel n wat its actually like!!! recommend ne clubs or restaurants!!!
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Hiya, we stayed there last July.
Its more 18 - 20%26#39;s that 18 -30%26#39;s! We stayed there on an allocated on arrival, so were not pleasantly surprised! lol
Firstly for the positive points. It is a few minutes walk to the square, has a shop next door and a moped hire shop on the same street.
Now for the other stuff, we were greeted with the chaos that was Pambos Magic for our whole stay!! Noise, wet floors, people running about having water fights and a drunk guy welcoming us to the hotel (another guest) telling us how mad it was, and not to go in the pool because people keep getting ear infections.
The corridor to our room was lined with wet water and a plant pot that I think had been stolen from reception and was upturned soil and all.
The room was extremely small, and there were only two of us in there. We found it difficult to fit two open suitcases in the room and still have space to move about. The decor was very dated, to be fair this is often the case with basic accommodation in Napa, and I have been there five times now, so seen a few rooms via friends and my own stays.
The rooms were very hot and the air con wasn’t worth paying for, as im sure a hand fan could have done more.
Our shower head would not stay in its holder, so you had to shower holding the shower head.
The toilet smelt.
Their was only one half mirror in the room which wasn’t the best for getting dressed, and the best point was there was only one socket in the room (which was cleverly situation between the beds, nowhere near the mirror, so you had to choose between the hair straighter, iron or stereo!!! Bring your own extension lead!!
this is open from about 3 -6am, so as long as you can sleep through noise you will be ok.
Later in the week we found out what people meant by the pool, we came home from clubbing at about 5 am to see 3 different couples blatantly having *** (the site would not let me write the word) in the pool!!! And no we were seeing things, it was quite clear.... we found it hilarious, so much so that we filmed it on our camera (so if that was you, you are lucky you are not on YOU tube by now....but it is never too late!!) but I can imagine many people not finding this very funny at all.
It is the only hotel I have ever stayed in that are so lax as to allow people in the pool in the middle of the night, and also clothed or unclothed. I%26#39;m not sure if the staff were fully aware, but nobody seemed to be doing these things in private....
There is another club across the road from this hotel that used to be called niche, but is now called play and is where the niche dj%26#39;s play at, which is convenient.
I did not stay around the hotel much, so cannot comment on the staff, food etc. There are three pools, but again I never went in any of them.
If you want a loud, young, basic holiday, this is probably it!!
All of that said, it didnt really bother us too much, because we paid a minimal price, we did see a set of younger girls there who had paid quite a bit more and were not at all happy!! We did get a good few jokes there tho, this is just one example of the antics there ....the guys in the room next to us hhad an apartments just outside a lime tree, they would collect the limes, put theri beachh towels on the railings, hide behind them.....and throw them at unsuspecting passers by or people in thhe pool....I%26#39;m sure it wouldnt be thhat funny if one hit you, but as an onlooker it was a bit amusing!! (sorry)!!
We didnt spend too much time in the hotel other than sleeping and getting ready. Sleeping wasnt a problem, but getting ready in the heat witha small mirror, was a touch irritating.
As for clubs, it depends what you are into, but just head up to %26#39;the square%26#39; which most clubs are located and you will be bombarded by reps telling you what is on and asking you to buy tickets from them.
Dont listen to all of the ones asking you to come into their bar for free shots (unless you really want to) as nearly every bar offers similar deals, if you listen to them all you will end up never actually getting to the main bars and clubs in the sqaure, and you can only drink so much!!!
Sorry if its not quite what u wanted to hear, but its best ure prepared. Hope it helps anyway xx
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thank u very much for givin us feed bck.....were actually quite scaqred on what weve got our selves into as its our 1st holiday togetha n wanted a good break away...i guess if u jus sleepin n usin the room to get changed in its ok.......dnt think a lng mirror wld fit in our luggage though!!! thanku again n ill keep u posted on hw our stay at this random hotel was wen we gt bck....
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Pretty much everything Candy said is very true, me and my girlfriend went there last year for our first holiday away together and admittedly when we arrived we really did wonder why we had paid so much.
The room was boiling hot, smelt faintly of cabbage and we really did feel robbed, but once we had slept off a bit of the tiredness from the journey (being rudely awoken by the nearby Church, as happened every morning after that), we relaxed into the Club 18-30 atmosphere and genuinely had an amazing time.
We are going out to Cyprus again on 23rd August and again staying at Pambos.
We will again sign up for everything that Club 18-30 has to offer, and the hotel will in its unique way satisfy our needs.
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Hi
me and one of my girlies are stayin at pambos Magic on Aug 29th 07, we have read that you are there at the moment, just wondered if it was possible when you retern if you could let us know how it was and if it really is as bad as some of the reviews?
I am getting a bit worried at the moment for spending what we have to have what it looks to be a rubbish experience of an 18-30 holioday!
many thanks x x x
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