Overview

• A British guest named Ben filmed rows of sleeping holidaymakers before dawn over several days and posted the clips to TikTok.
• The hotel’s stated rule allows loungers to be used from 9 a.m., with towel reservations forbidden and unattended towels removed.
• After the footage spread, security patrolled the pool area, woke people occupying beds overnight, and cleared towels to reopen seats.
• Former visitors described persistent scarcity, saying they had to be at the pool by around 7 a.m. to find a spot.
• Reporting frames the episode as part of a recurring “handtowel war” across Spanish resorts, with ad hoc measures such as taped-off rows proving inconsistent.