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Indoor area with heated pool and hot tub in a hotel setting, surrounded by plants.
Set outdoor area with tables and chairs next to a garden.
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Illuminated restaurant with wooden walkway and garden at dusk
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Modern hotel room with two beds, balcony view, and light wooden flooring.
Balcony with two white chairs and table overlooking a green golf course under blue sky.
Modern hotel room with double bed, desk, and ceiling fan.
Buffet with various small snacks and drinks behind a glass display.
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Children happily play on a slide with a dolphin mascot outdoors.
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Indoor area with multiple hot tubs and swimming pools surrounded by stone flooring and plants.
Spanien (Festland) ∙ Costa de la Luz ∙ Costa Ballena

Playaballena Hotel ****

XRY024
Fitness
Wellness
WLAN
Pool
Beach
Family
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Location

Located directly on the beach, approximately 2 km from the Costa Ballena golf course, on the coast of Cádiz between the towns of Rota & Chipiona. Bars, restaurants, and shops are a few minutes' walk away.
Luxury hotel with pool, palm trees, and sea view at sunset.
Hotel pool with palm trees, sun loungers, and multi-story buildings under clear blue sky.
View of a hotel pool with blue sun loungers and palm trees by the sea
Hotel complex with multiple swimming pools, sun loungers, and palm trees under blue sky.

Facilities

Hotel pool with palm trees and white buildings under a blue sky.
Indoor area with heated pool and hot tub in a hotel setting, surrounded by plants.
Hotel complex with multiple swimming pools, sun loungers, and palm trees under blue sky.
Set outdoor area with tables and chairs next to a garden.
Pool area with slide, waterfall, and palm trees in front of colorful hotel building
Illuminated restaurant with wooden walkway and garden at dusk
Pool area with palm trees and lounge chairs in front of a hotel building under sunshine.
Hotel pool with blue loungers and palm trees under a blue sky.
Hotel building in warm colors behind a fountain with water jets and palm trees.
Pool area with palm trees and blue water pools in a sunny hotel garden.
Large hotel pool with palm trees and many blue lounge chairs under clear sky.
Path leading to a blue hotel building surrounded by palm trees and flowering bushes under a clear sky.
The 4-star hotel, with a total of 324 rooms, features a reception area with a front desk, 5 elevators (2 of which are panoramic lifts), the buffet restaurant "El Arpón", the à la carte restaurants "Terra" and "Nao" (open during high season from 15/06 - 15/09 for dinner), a lounge bar, a theatre bar, a pool bar (open during high season from 15/06 - 15/09), and the sports bar "Legends". The outdoor area includes two swimming pools (open only during high season from 15/06 - 15/09), a children's pool, an aquapark, a splash area (open only during high season from 15/06 - 15/09), a heated indoor pool (closed in summer), and a heated indoor whirlpool (closed in summer). Pool towels are available for a deposit, with a charge for exchanges.

Accommodation

Double Room

The double rooms are equipped with a bathroom/WC and a bathtub with an integrated shower, hairdryer, two single beds (twin, each 1.35 x 2 m), satellite TV, telephone (for a fee), minibar (for a fee), air conditioning/heating (depending on weather conditions), ceiling fan, rental safe, Wi-Fi (included), and a balcony or terrace (D). Also available as a double room for single use (DE) with one bed (1.80 x 2m). Also bookable as a double room type A (DA) at a special price.
(Also bookable under XRYA13 as double room type B (DB) and double room type C (DC)).

Modern hotel room with two beds, balcony view, and light wooden flooring.
Balcony with two white chairs and table overlooking a green golf course under blue sky.
Modern hotel room with double bed, desk, and ceiling fan.

Double Room Superior

The double rooms Superior, with otherwise similar amenities to the double rooms, offer additional comfort such as bathrobes, slippers, and coffee/tea making facilities (DSU).

Double Room Superior with Garden View

The double rooms Superior with garden view have the same amenities as the double rooms Superior and feature a small private garden and access to the pool area (2GS).

Double Room Superior with Partial Sea View (XRYA13)

With otherwise similar amenities to the double rooms, these rooms offer bathrobes, slippers, and tea/coffee making facilities (D2S).

Double Room Interconnecting (XRYA13)

Consist of 2 double rooms with a connecting door (D22/CI2).

Junior Suite (XRYA13)

Fantastic room for 2 people equipped with a king-size bed. It also includes a circular bathtub in the bedroom (JS2).

Meals

BB/HB/FB/AI

Breakfast buffet.
Dinner or lunch (choice depending on season) with buffet and live cooking. Drinks not included.

Buffet with various small snacks and drinks behind a glass display.

FB (XRYA13)

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet.

FB + (XRYA13)

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet.
Selected drinks during meals included.
(valid only in the summer season)

HB+

Breakfast buffet, dinner or lunch buffet (choice depending on season).
With booked Half Board Plus, drinks are included with meals (soft drinks, wine, beer, or water).

All Inclusive

All Inclusive

Includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet with show cooking, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks from the menu until midnight (or until 1 AM during high season). From 12 PM to 3 PM, enjoy "Tapas" of the day at the bar or pool bar with daily changing snacks, chips, and various ice cream flavors at the bar or pool bar. Buffet snack from 5 PM to 7 PM (special drinks, special beers, cocktails, etc. available for an additional charge).

Not included in All Inclusive.

All drinks and meals in the Beach Club, cocktails, cakes at the bar, special beers and ice cream flavors, minibar in the room, safe, telephone, parking, room service, sun loungers on the beach, and separate drinks/snack menu with an additional charge.

Sports included

Fitness room (accessible from age 16), table tennis, and mini-golf (subject to availability, with deposit), bocce ball, large area for boules, shuffleboard.

Sports for a fee

Bicycle rental.
The "Costa Ballena" golf course is approximately 2.2 km from the hotel (third-party provider).

Children's program

Children's pool. Mini-Club (ages 3-6), Junior-Club (ages 7-10), Teen-Club (ages 11-14), Ado-Club (ages 15-17) (open daily from 15/06 - 15/09, otherwise on weekends depending on the animation program). Babysitter available on request and for a fee, as well as stroller rental for a fee.
Children sitting on a yellow slide next to a person in a dolphin costume outdoors.
Pool area with bridge and two hippo-like sculptures in front of a colorful hotel

Wellness

Indoor area with multiple hot tubs and swimming pools surrounded by stone flooring and plants.
Indoor area with heated pool and hot tub in a hotel setting, surrounded by plants.
Indoor pool (closed in summer). Spa area (entry for a fee) "Senzia Spa" with various water jets and "Health & Beauty" treatments (for a fee).

Entertainment

Daily animation program during the day and in the evening (during high season from 15/06 - 15/09).
During the off-season on weekends.

Hotel service

Wi-Fi (included throughout the hotel).
Daily cleaning and linen change 3 times a week.
Pool towels available for a deposit plus a €1 exchange fee.

Hotel contact

Playaballena Hotel
Urb. Costa Ballena, Crta. Rota-Chipiona. Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n,
11520 Rota (Cádiz)
Spain
Phone: +34 950 335 335

Hotel features

  • Bicycle rental
  • Golf
  • Children's pool
  • Wi-Fi
  • Spa
  • Animation
  • Fitness
  • Kids club/Mini club
  • Air conditioning
  • Sauna
  • Internet
  • Shopping facilities
  • Sandy beach
  • Family friendly
  • Enhanced hygiene concept

Notice

Dogs up to 15 kg are allowed on request (for a fee).

Seasonal information

Additionally bookable under XRYA13.

Country category

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Last updated: 22.02.2026 09:07