Lyndsay R
August 31, 2024
10 day stay with kids (13,8) . Chosen as normally prefer smaller hotels , wanted A/I and reviews quite good ! Positives: Clean Rooms very nice, spacious , well equipped, beds comfy , cleaners very accommodating For an A/I the food is pretty decent ( and I’m picky ) . Breakfast and lunch better than dinner Kids in element , all day access to soft drinks , chips , crisps , fruit , ice cream , burgers , sandwiches etc Alcoholic beverages abs fine Staff in restaurants nice Shop on site right next to the pool , well stocked and convenient Didn’t use spa but looked nice . Steps .. many people would have this. As a negative , but we appreciated the 82 steep steps up to our room , only exercise we got !!! No Smoking , not allowed around pool day or night ( other than the smoking shelter ) although about 80% of guests vape around pool As so far out , you are first one dropped off and last to be collected Air con good / effective Drinking water freely available around the hotel free Pool toilets , clean and well equipped . Clean shower and place to get ready once you’ve been kicked out if your room on departure day Negative: Location.. we don’t mind being a little out of the way but this is too far . It’s actually Arona , Los Christianos and at least a 40 minute walk ( through derelict car parks and streets) to Las Americas … 10-12 euros each way in Taxi . You are very much in land ( we couldn’t see the sea from where we were , it was so far away ) Overcrowded. 200 rooms feels like 2000!! Pool areas are carnage , queues for the dinning room can be massive , the pool is like human soup sometimes . Communal areas are not enough for the amount of people Sunbeds: you do have to get up at about 6.30-7 to get your sunbed . Partly due to the pools being very deep ( Min 140 cm) in kids pool . You have to be close to keep an eye . Lifeguards: only really concerned about anyone standing on the central part of the big pool . Not about grown men somersault ing into baby pools , people vaping in the pool, swearing , getting hammered etc. Cockroaches: unfortunately, there were quite a few around the hotel , found one in our bathroom . Reception staff : pleasant enough but rarely helpful , unless you want a taxi ordering . Most questions I asked , they didn’t know the answer to and made no attempt to find out . I once asked about the vending machine that wasn’t working , I was abruptly told “ look if you don’t know how to use it , don’t “ . Other. Bits . There was rarely more than a few couples / families checking in at once . It would not be too much to ask to have assistance with both finding the room and help with bags . The place is very difficult to navigate and you were forever watching new arrivals wandering around up and down steps with several cases completely lost . Towels . To be charged 2 euros per pool towel tochange after a week is pretty pathetic and leaves a bad taste . I understand they don’t want you changing every da