Paradisus by Melia Salinas Lanzarote

We had a wonderful stay at Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote, even though the weather was unusually cool. The hotel itself is beautiful and very relaxing, and the atmosphere throughout is calm and welcoming. What really made our stay special was the kindness and helpfulness of the staff. I have specific dietary restrictions, and food labelling at the buffet was unfortunately often incomplete or absent. However, Mayur and Manuel from the Guest Relations team went out of their way to help me navigate the buffet. They coordinated closely with the kitchen and arranged for chefs Armiche, Marcial, Mario or Kevin to walk me through the buffet, explain which dishes I could eat, and sometimes prepare special meals for me. Everyone was very friendly and helpful, and made it easy for me to follow my diet. I would also like to thank the fantastic entertainment team — Soraya, Blen, Maria, Erasmo, Armando, Joana, Barbara, Clara and Raquel — for the great variety of activities they organized. I joined many classes, including yoga, pilates, cycling, workout sessions, stretching, Latin dance and meditation, as well as some art workshops. I even tried beach volleyball and SUP pilates — even though I found both quite challenging. The instructors were always patient and encouraging, and made the activities enjoyable for everyone, regardless of level. The weather during most of our stay was unfortunately cooler than usual. As the hotel does not have central heating, the room sometimes felt rather cold, but the staff quickly provided an electric heater, and the entertainment team organized plenty of enjoyable indoor activities. One small drawback for us was the cold water in the pool, which unfortunately made swimming difficult to enjoy. I understand that the weather during our stay was unusually cool for the area and the season, but heating the pools would make swimming much more pleasant. Overall, we had a truly memorable stay and felt very well looked after by the entire team. We would happily return — hopefully with better weather.

Another excellent visit to this hotel, our 6th time. Every year it gets better and better. Just wanted to say a great big thank you to ALL of the staff at this hotel; from the cleaners, maintenance people and servers to the receptionists and managers you all go above and beyond so thanks again. A special word for manager Chole whom solved a sight hiccup we had within minutes. And a final word for the bar staff in the Reserve pool bar you were all fantastic thank you. We will be back.

Another fabulous week at the Melia Paradisus Salinas! From the second we arrived till our departure, we felt relaxed. It was instantaneous. We received a warm and friendly welcome. As our room was not quite ready, our first port of call was to La Graciosa for a tapas lunch. It was as delicious as we remembered it, from two years previous. Langoustines, local cheeses, wine and many other dishes. Our room was light and airy with beautiful seaviews from our balcony. It was clean and welcoming. The bed was very comfortable. During this visit we ate at each of the three à la carte restaurants in the evening, and also the buffet restaurant. As I have coeliac disease, I am always very concerned about not getting glutened and fear of cross contamination. I was helped tremendously by the chefs and staff in all the restaurants, including the buffet. In the buffet I asked for help, it did mean waiting to speak with a chef, but it wasn’t a problem. We really loved the à la carte restaurants. I was kept safe in all eating areas , thankfully. ☺️ The only recommendation I would have for the hotel buffet would be to keep the gluten free desserts totally away from normal desserts. There is a small sign, but they are just in the middle of all the other desserts, so it is not very clear or safe. That said there is a dedicated gluten free breakfast area, perhaps this area could be used for gf desserts at other mealtimes? I either avoided dessert or asked for one from the kitchen. The pool was clean and lovely, Despite not having the best weather during our week away, it was nice having the odd swim and relaxing by the pool with a book. On this trip we discovered that the spa area has an indoor jacuzzi pool and sauna area. We could rent this out for an hour at a time for the two of us. It was marvellous! A real gem. We used it twice. I used the gym, it’s well equipped with modern equipment. I also attended a meditative art session with headphones, which was run by the entertainment team- fabulous time, wish I’d gone to more. My husband went to a yoga session, which he enjoyed. We spent lovely evenings relaxing in the Ginger Bar, listening to live music with perfectly made cocktails and delicious wine. We stayed in the normal area on this trip, but stayed in the reserve area on our last trip. Love this hotel, whichever part we stay in! All the staff were wonderful. We hope to return at somepoint. Many thanks ☺️

Came here and stayed in a Garden Villa, which was not cheap. Lots of great things about the resort but also lots of things that weren't great. High points: - Villa was nicely designed with beautiful outdoor area - No annoying pool music - Was nice to be able to order room service - Enjoyed the ice cream and hotdogs at Shack bar - Frozen cocktails were nice - Canarian restaurant at lunch very good - Loved the little treats left in room - Great chocolate cake on buffet - Italian restaurant has great pizza and mussels, though some other items not so good Low points: - We arrived around 9.30pm and were offered a quick hotel tour, the person assigned to do this said actually she was going home soon and we would find it all on our own (we did, but still not great first impression) - Cockroach and other insects in villa when arrived. Someone treated the villa the next day, but this should be done before arrivals. - Air conditioning in Villa poor, worked great in bathroom but barely at all in bedroom even though they said it was fully functional, we had to keep thebathroom freezing so that some cool air would come through to bedroom - Bath was beautiful but took literally hours to fill - Sofa doesn't turn into a bed so no option to sleep separately if someone's snoring! - No apparent drinks service to Villa so had to go to bar, try and walk back and reopen Villa door while holding drinks, very awkward and led to spills - Drinks often made wrong or not with requested garnishes/salt. Reseve bartender refused to make Miami Vice which is just pina colada and strawberry daiquiri, even though he said he knew how to, because it wasn't in his "official book", despite other bartenders apparently making anything people wanted. - WhatsApp room service very hit and miss, sometimes we would be ignored for an hour and end up just ringing order in - Loved getting breakfast delivered but sometimes waffle would be freezing cold in the middle, or other issues - Lebanese restaurant just awful. Like, inedible. Went to buffet afterwards - Canarian restaurant not great at night. Rolls and butter were nice though! - Villa was next to pool and towards the end of our stay a group came and were constantly screaming, seemed to be being overserved - Beach bar not included in AI even though when we booked it was Would we go again? Yes but only if improvements were made, the most important one for us would be drinks service to the villas, which would help to justify the extremely high cost.

Had a fabulous time at the Paradisus Salinas. The hotel has great amenities, food was excellent and the a la carte restaurants were great especially the Spanish Tapas and Italian. The entertainment team were exceptional especially Barbara and Maria who always took time to go though what was going on that day, we attended the Mojo making where chef Kevin showed us how to make both red and green mojo sauce with all ingredients and utensils supplied, it was a great event. We also did glass necklace making, pilates, hotel tour and other activities. We met lots of other guests at the hotel especially in the smokers area, all were very friendly and great to chat to!