A 4 star hotel near Playa Blanca town and within walking distance of Playa Dorada beach. This hotel…read moreis all singing and all dancing - and I mean that literally!! If you want to be entertained morning noon and night then this is the place for you. the staff are uber friendly and they lay on activities and shows 24/7. If you want a lazy holiday just chilling - it could be difficult as they do tend to bully you a little into joining in - its just their way!!! The other thing I found about the staff and the locals is that they absolutely adore kids . well if they don't and its all an act just for tourism then they ought to be on the big screen by rights. My son had a whale of a time, with a disco every night, they did conga style dances with the little ones all through the hotel, games and just generally madcap antics. Although the hotel was very international - lots of french, german, spanish as well as english- that just added to the appeal for me ( I also always think its a good sign if locals stay there.). Now then -food. It was the normal help yourself buffet style arrangement in a large room - but much more elegant and refined than the normal. The waiters did come to the table to check all was ok and would advise on wines and meal choices too - so it was kind of self -service - but with service (if that makes sense?). A really good choice of options including some good veggie ones too - and I was in heaven as there was loads of seafood to tempt. Location wise you could not beat it as there was a park, beach, harbour, shops and cafes all within easy walking distance. The rooms were real big and airy, with the decor clean and simple, with lots of locally made wooden furniture. 3 bars to choose from. Tennis courts and a gorgeous pool. Really good amenities in general. If you want to read and relax and enjoy your own company - not the hotel for you. If you want to have a busy time, be amused, be entertained and laugh alot with family then use this hotel.

This hotel is great. We spent two weeks at this hotel mid-March 2009. Check in was good, very…read moreapproachable front of house staff. Rooms were ideal over looking the pool and ocean. Rooms were allocated next door to each other as requested. The Housekeeping staff did a great job keeping our rooms clean. The property cleaners are also visable making sure all public areas are spotless, they always said hello and smiled. The food we enjoyed, the variety and selection great. The Restaurant staff were exeptional, very happy to serve you. The variety of fresh fish, meats and salads at dinner are outstanding and fresh fruit smoothies at breakfast are aa +. We loved this hotel, a big Thank you to the hotel for sending wine to wish my mother in law a Happy Birthday, also Cava for myself and wife celebrating our Anniversary.

Nice hotel on Costa Blanca. The hotel is spacious, has a beautiful view, several swimming pools,…read moreand a private black sand beach. The rooms are large and inviting, with a patio/balcony, comfortable beds, and large bathrooms. Everything is kept clean and tidy, and they have even tried to stop the Germans from reserving sun chairs. ;-) (Although it's working so-so since it's hard to enforce without angering guests. There is an international and an Italian restaurant which are always open, plus a snack bar with food. They also have an oriental and a Mexican restaurant, but those require advance reservations. I recommend making the reservations already at check in. The pools are nice, and the best part is an adult only pool for us who didn't bring ours. And the all inclusive beer and drinks are good. On the back side, the food is not very varied, and the evening entertainment is aimed for kids I recommend a visit to the nearby beaches. And don't rent a car from your tour operator, but rather use the one in the reception.

The hotel is a good hotel, the staff are very friendly. We went for the Royal elite room, which was…read morea good choice and the room and service does make this hotel, a four star hotel. The Royal elite room have just been updated and they are nice, but I hear the standard rooms need some tlc. The public areas need some updating the Royal elite lounges both adult only and family, felt like an airport lounge. The food was good, enjoyed eating in the Royal elite restaurant more than the main restaurant or the fusion restaurant. There plenty of rules, signs about rules, but the staff never enforced them. We soon discovered, rules were there to be broken by the majority of the hotel.

great location overlooking the ocean with views of fuertaventura, this Iberostar hotel, although…read morebased on a fairly formulaic Iberostar hotel concept works really well and delivers all you need for a great holiday in the sun for families, couples and probably singles alike. With 4 pools on site, a big on site restaurant offering full board or simply breakfast or lunch, the hotel has a great kids club so parents can get a break if they want it. nightly cabaret means that just about all you need is on site, but the beaches and town are just a short stroll away so you can get the best of both worlds. the rooms are pretty much the same twin beds with sofas that can sleep another two, a small kitchenette, and a south facing balcony. with all year sun you are pretty much assured of good weather whenever you go, but my tip is to try and avoid the key holiday periods - half terms, christmas, summer and easter and try a visit in february, march, may, june, september, october or november - flights at their cheapest and hotel rates are lower.

Not the bargain we thought it was…read more As advertised it has: * Kids club: yes but they have to be supervised so no real point in it (no break for mum and dad). There's a small play area with a couple of swings, slide and sea saw but it's not very good, not laid out very well (nowhere for parents to sit and watch) it has rubber floor but actually quite dangerous. Not to mention the horrendous sewerage smell coming from one of the drains by the entrance to it. * Gym: yes but you have to pay extra for it (not that we would have bothered with it more than once, but no kids club so couldn't have gone together). * WiFi: yes, but only for one device (had to pay extra if you want to use more than one device which is useless for a family). Also it's pretty crap when you do manage to connect to it (didn't quite reach our bungalow). * Aircon: yes if you paid extra for it, (in September it was a bit too warm to sleep well and the beds were hard and not comfy at all but we put up with it). Not even a ceiling fan or portable fan either :( Good Points: * Mini Disco for the kids (but same songs in exact same order got to you after a bit). * Nice pools & easy to get a sun lounger. * Nice and quiet little bungalow (Except when a foreign family moved in the night next to last and were banging on the separating door and very noisy and inconsiderate). * No bingo. * AI food was OK. Bad points: * Kids play area was poor and stank of sewerage. * Evening entertainment was shockingly poor. * The AI "Tropical" lager was horrible and didn't even get you tipsy. * Too hot in the room and uncomfy beds. (But we could have paid extra for aircon). * Too far from any form of nightlife. * Indoor entertainment some evenings WAY TOO HOT. (wouldn't have minded so much, but they close the outdoor bar!!!). Myself (38) and wife (36), arrived late as some numptys didn't get on the plane in time so the take-off slot was delayed by an hour. When we got to the airport we were met by a rep that advised us to follow the yellow line to the coach park. Another rep then told us which bus we were on. A few drop offs later and we were at the hotel. Only one family in front of us so didn't take long to check us in. Finding the room in the dark was more luck than anything else but the card would not go in the slot for electricity as the LED had dropped inside preventing the card to go in, after a trip back to reception I managed to get the card in myself even after that gave us another to try (which obviously wouldn't solve the problem, but a lease we could leave stuff charging when not in the room). No food left out for us even though we had only just missed service (like most other hotels we have stayed at have done for us). The kid (3 yrs, 11 months old) wasn't impressed with the attached water park she just wanted to spend all day every day in the kid's pool playing with the other children (we managed to get her around the lazy river once). So not really worth it for us but would have been disappointed if we had gone for that as it wasn't much of a "Water park" compared to others we have been to - more like what someone would have at the hotel pool. The AI food was great in fact I found it more of a chore to go to eat (got a bit fed up of it and that's saying something for me). The Mrs says she didn't think it was that good though. The thing that did let it down was that there weren't any themed nights (The welcome letter promised BBQ night etc but this never happened). The beer was self-service same as the soft drinks (you had to queue and ask for wine at the pool bar) but no matter how much "tropical" lager I drank I couldn't even get tipsy, was just up all night going for a pee! The dining room didn't have aircon and was sometimes a bit uncomfortable. Hotel entertainment in the evenings was shocking (at least no bingo). On the nights they had it inside it was too hot to bear but they close the pool bar so best off going for a walk out on those nights. The kids don't even want to stay inside and would sooner play on the sewerage smelling park but that means keep walking right the way around the pools to go inside for drinks. The resort of playa blanka was way too quiet for us (seems more of a retirement place, we stayed in porta del carmen a few years ago before we had kids and even thought that was a ghost town). No bars or anything near the hotel bit too far for the pregnant Mrs to walk so didn't get out much. The kid loved mini disco every night and loved the little pool (couldn't get her out of it some days). We only visited Aqualava splash park next door a couple of times as the kid wasn't struck by it (would have been annoyed if had paid the £20 each entrance fee). We had already done most of the day trips on our last visit to porta del carmen, but this time with the kid we thought we would do: * Rancho Texas cowboy show. (€123.) * Camel Ride. (€127.) (The rest of the tour was a bit boring). * I love PapaGayo boat trip. (€153) (long story, but do

Rubbish, food was bland entertainment was shocking customer service was slow and poor. Only good…read morething was water park but you have to wear wrist bands all the time