Rafa Nadal Residence

I came to the Rafa Nadal Academy expecting a nice place, maybe a few tennis courts… but no, it’s so much more than that. The food is absolutely fantastic — healthy, tasty, and with international-themed menus. The SPA and hair salon staff provided outstanding service! I personally used the SPA after swimming: it was beautiful and relaxing. My husband took part in the adult sports school and was extremely pleased. The rooms are beautiful, modern, and quiet. A special mention goes to the staff — from the cleaning ladies to the front desk — all professional, friendly, and truly attentive to our needs. A dream place that I leave with regret… but I’ll definitely be back next year.

Terrible service and lying reception. Unethical scam for $$. Poor quality clay courts could do with upgrades (lines weathered away, bagging doesn’t work due to hardness, definitely inferior to many Spanish clay courts around). Terrible service, reception that lies, unethical & money scam grab at its finest. Paid for 3 nights stayed for 2 and just left! Paid half board €100 approx / day, 1 lunch or dinner per day, chose lunch. Today (Sunday) when booking court and taxi via reception, was told that the Wimbledon restaurant was closed for lunch today. Was offered to swap to dinner instead which we agreed to. We paid for our lunch ourselves as normal. At dinner, was told we had to pay again for it as they wouldn’t honour our prepayment, we explained what reception lady told us about the swap and they couldn’t do anything so they charged to room as we didn’t bring enough cash down. Went to reception (different staff) and was told we missed our “prepaid” lunch so we have to pay. I explained what we were told, the fact we PAID approx €100 for our lunch as directed at the time, and they said it doesn’t matter pay them again more $$$$$. Why lie to your guests?! Their English was great so not a communication issue. Just unethical staff. Other comments: museum 4/5 really interesting food 5/5 hotel 5/5 style and size and cleaning staff clay courts 2/5 rock hard, difficult to bag, old and need of repair, lines weathered away. hard courts 5/5 service sports desk 1/5 service reception 1/5 We booked for our teenage son a private 55 min lesson for €85 & received confirmation email, however when we went day before to confirm time & pay cash, booking was deleted and not in their system. And now they don’t have availability at that time either (on day we leave!). They don’t allow pro-junior kids to join groups, yet looking at the groups it’s just average moon all touch tennis / pickleball style play. I understand they may not want actual tennis players to play with beginners and that’s fine, but surely there’s someone than can rally more than 5 balls? Clay courts terrible quality, honestly think so many would sustain injury when sliding eg. Even when bagging raking the court, it barely does anything. Lines weathered away. Plus people don’t tidy their court after use, never bagged, gross stinky towels left lying around overnight, rubbish (napkins, choc wrappers, those sport slide circles etc all dumped on court). Overall if they remove their unethical and scammy staff, employ kind and friendly and honest people and fix their quality of clay courts, this resort has huge potential to be a great destination. Can’t speak for the group lessons as we didn’t do them (they allocated us a lesson on the checkin day BEFORE we arrived in afternoon, and checkout day after we left. Sport desk staff rarely there so difficult to find help. Tried to get information but their app is crap and nothing on it. They set up a group chat where anyone there that week can try get help from other guests because the sport desk and reception staff are utterly useless. We did do court hire, was originally told we had to pay for it in the booking app. Hot tip- court hire is actually FREE if you book at sport desk in person, good luck trying to find the staff at sport desk to do this. Again a money grab $$$. Prepaid transfers (don’t do this, just get a taxi on the day- cheaper and actually reliable - again another $$$ grab as it’s outsourced to taxi’s anyway with their extra money grab $$$ on top). The lady failed to meet us on time, we waited an hour. I tried phoning reception & left messages at various extension numbers, but no reply and never a call back. With all the staff buzzing around, I don’t think it’s an understaffing problem - it’s just lazy, poor reception service. Also don’t use the coffee pod machine in the room! Trust me- run a cycle water only and see the filth & bacteria smell that comes out of it. Overall - huge staffing & service problem. Plus clay courts are terrible quality. Surprised Rafa would put his name to this.

Went to padel camp + infrastructure - coaches: showed little enthusiasm - value for money: 1.5h class, 1h fitness and 1.5h match with little coach Input is not enough. Museum, spa, pool, fitness etc costs extra if you want to use long waiting time - bad or no communication about schedule in advance

Absolutely! Here’s a review in a conversational, parent-to-parent style, as you might say it: We’re staying at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca with our almost 9-year-old, and honestly, it’s been a fantastic experience so far. If your kid loves tennis or just being active, this place is pretty much a dream come true. The facilities are super modern and clean—tons of tennis courts (both clay and hard), a big gym, pools, and even a really cool Rafa Nadal Museum that’s surprisingly fun for both kids and adults. Our room is comfortable and practical, nothing fancy but perfect for what we need. The tennis program for kids is really impressive. The coaches are friendly and seem to genuinely care about the kids’ progress and making sure they’re having fun. The groups are small, so our child gets a lot of attention, and they mix in other sports and games so it’s not just tennis all day. Our kid comes back tired but happy every afternoon. Food here is good—lots of healthy options, and the prices are reasonable (which is nice because you’re kind of a captive audience). There’s also a spa and gym for adults, though some things like the spa cost extra, so just something to keep in mind. One thing I’d mention: while supervision is generally good, I’d still keep an eye on your child, especially during any off-site activities. We haven’t had any issues, but I did hear about one kid getting lost on a field trip (he was found quickly, but still). It’s not a super social place for adults—most parents are here for their kids, so don’t expect a big nightlife or anything. But if you’re looking for an active family holiday and your child is into tennis, I really can’t recommend it enough. It’s not cheap, but you get what you pay for. Overall, we’re really happy we came. Our child is having a blast, learning a ton, and making new friends.

Great tennis vacation ever! Clean rooms, incredible fantastic food with highest variety of dishes and deserts. Amazing facilities: tennis courts, gym, fitness classes. All the staff persons are nice and cheerful. We had an amazing time!