Hotel Port Jardín Milenio

Among palm trees, south of the Huerto del Cura

The Port Jardín Milenio is beside the Elche Palm Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at number 17 Calle Curtidors, south of the Huerto del Cura. The hotel stands in a palm orchard and much of your stay is spent outdoors: the outdoor pool is surrounded by greenery and relaxation areas, and the restaurant has a terrace onto the garden. It belongs to the Port Hotels chain, which in Elche also runs the Hotel Huerto del Cura.

The rooms

There are four types. The Confort is the basic room, with air conditioning, free wifi, television, minibar, safe, bathroom set and hairdryer. The Confort Familiar is on the ground floor and adds a sofa bed for children. The Superior, recently refurbished, has the same equipment, and the Junior Suite Zen is the most spacious, with a bath depending on availability; the hotel says this last one is sold only on its official website. Breakfast is a buffet, with seasonal produce.

The website does not publish the number of rooms or check-in and check-out times, although it allows online check-in before you arrive.

What it has

An outdoor pool for all ages, a gym, a new massage room called Jardín Zen with its own treatment menu, parking, an electric-car charger, free wifi and rooms for meetings and celebrations. Pets are not allowed.

For non-guests, the hotel sells a day pass at €60 per person, booked and paid online: it includes breakfast, a Balinese bed by the pool with towels, €45 per person to spend in the café or at La Taula and a 10% discount on massages. The website gives hours of 9:15 or 10:00 to 20:00; it is best to confirm when booking.

Eating at the hotel

The restaurant La Taula serves Mediterranean garden-and-sea cooking, with rice dishes for two, fish such as turbot or corvina and grilled meats. It also hosts special dinners, such as literary dinners with guest authors.

Who it is for

For a quiet night in the Palm Grove without sleeping right in the centre, for families who want a pool after trudging round the city and for business trips by car. The Huerto del Cura and the Palm Grove Museum are a few minutes' walk away, and the basilica of Santa María about twenty. Bookings on 966 612 033 or at [email protected].