Catalonia Punta del Rey

Naprostá spokojenost. Pokoj čistý,prostorný a každý den dokonale uklizený. Strava při polopenzi pestrá a chutná. Personál příjemný vše bez problému. Naproti hotelu půjčovna aut za super cenu. Pláž je trochu dál ale my stejně pořád cestovali. Brzy se vrátíme ;-)

Jidlo, personal,vse na dobre urovni ochota v recepci vse v pohode ale vecer si nedalo sednout u baru stále plno a venku u bazenu chladno. Také nebyl vyhrivanej bazen.Silvestrovska vecere bohata ale na vecerni zabavu se opet všichni nevesli a od stolku se clovek ani nedostal jak to bylo narvane na sobe.

Tento hotel jsem navštívil až koncem listopadu, takže počasí už bylo chladnější a chvílemi jsem měl pocit, že v okolí "chcíp pes" Hotel je pěkný, dobře vybavený. Jediná výhrada byla na bouchající francouzské okno na balkón. Jídlo bylo dobré. Pokud nemáte all inclusive, nutí vás si k večeři objednat placené pití (voda za 1,30e), ale pokud si nic nedáte, je k dispozici alkoholický koktejl zdarma. Bazén je krásný, ale v listopadu, kdy už je slunce níž, je brzo celý prostor kolem bazénu ve stínu. Vstup do moře poblíž hotelu není moc použitelný, ale cca 500m od hotelu je příjemná pláž s vlnolamem.

Můj dojem z hotelu je dobrý. Hotel se nachází v oblasti, kde jsou často mraky, což někomu může vadit, ale my zde moc času netrávili, tudíž nevadilo. V okolí hotelu pár tmavých oblázkových nepříliš hezkých plážích. Ovšem kdo by chtěl trávit čas válením se na pláži, jeďte např. do Las Americas či Los Cristianos. Teď více k hotelu: strava - pestrý výběr, snídaně i večeře v pohodě, také se to různě obměňovalo, ubytování - mramorová koupelna, LCD televize, balkon s bočním výhledem na hory a moře, přímým výhledem do zahrady. Čisto, uklizeno. Pouze menší kosmetické vady - jako např. obité dveře, apod. Hotel jsme volili jako bod na cestování, do hlavního města cca 10 min. jízdy, na Letiště - Jih cca 30 min, do oblastí Los Cristianos a Las Americas cca 40 min jízdy autem. Tenerife je nádherné, doporučuji procestovat a nebát se jet trajektem i na okolní ostrovy - např. La Gomera, La Palma, atd :)

⭐⭐⭐⭐ — 4-star food, 3-star hotel, 2-star guests… and we’d definitely go back 😂 We booked a week all-inclusive at the Catalonia Punta del Rey for an absolute bargain and, after reading some of the reviews beforehand, arrived wondering exactly what we'd let ourselves in for. Seven days later, we were genuinely sad to leave. My partner summed the hotel up perfectly: "4-star food, 3-star hotel and 2-star guests." 😂 And I can't really improve on that. Let's start with the food, because this was probably the biggest surprise of the holiday. It was excellent. Steak, lamb chops, ribs, salmon, fresh prawns, loads of salads, cheeses including Stilton and enough desserts to destroy any good intentions you arrived with. Breakfast deserves a mention too. Proper thick bacon, good English-style sausages and eggs in abundance. None of that sad little rasher that disappears when you put your fork into it. If you want a full English breakfast, you'll have absolutely no problem constructing one here. And here's a useful tip we discovered: use the back entrance to the restaurant. At busy times people would be queuing at the main entrance while we quietly wandered in through the other door like we'd discovered the Punta del Rey VIP entrance. 😂 It can save you a fair bit of waiting. Just outside the restaurant is the waterfall, which is delightful. It's one of those little features you don't necessarily expect from the photographs, but it creates a lovely atmosphere around that part of the hotel. The staff are fantastic. Friendly, cheerful and incredibly hardworking. Housekeeping was excellent as well. Our room was cleaned properly and the towels and bed linen were changed daily. We couldn't fault them. Now, the hotel itself. Is it a gleaming, ultra-modern luxury four-star resort? No. Does it have character? Loads of it. It's a large, older hotel and some areas are showing their age. During some spectacular Tenerife rain our air conditioning even decided it wanted a second career as an indoor water feature. 😂 But our room was comfortable, we had a lovely sea view and the balcony became our afternoon headquarters for drinks and increasingly competitive games of UNO Flip. The pools The main pool area is quite small for the size of the hotel. If your idea of a holiday is spending seven days fighting for the perfect sunbed, that's worth knowing beforehand. However, there's a much better-kept secret: adults can use the adults-only area across the road, which has an infinity pool. So don't assume the main pool is your only option. We barely used either because, somehow, we managed an entire week on Tenerife without even getting our feet wet. 😂 Entertainment — and the guests! Downstairs is a nightclub/disco that feels as though you've accidentally discovered a secret holiday club from another decade. Naturally, I ended up doing karaoke and singing Sweet Caroline. Nobody requested this. Nobody particularly needed this. But Tenerife got it anyway. 😂 There was entertainment most nights and we had some genuinely funny evenings. As for our fellow guests, the vast majority were perfectly pleasant. Others appeared to regard the words ALL INCLUSIVE less as a board basis and more as a personal drinking challenge. At times we weren't entirely sure whether we were in Tenerife or had accidentally wandered onto the set of Benidorm. 😂 But it gave us something to laugh about and certainly didn't spoil our holiday. Get out and explore The location actually suited us brilliantly. Las Caletillas is quieter than the big southern resorts and it's really easy to get around by bus. We visited Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Candelaria, explored churches and museums, learned about the Guanches, watched mysterious ships from our balcony and walked considerably further than either of us intended. We're clearly not very good at conventional beach holidays. So, would we go back? Absolutely. The Punta del Rey isn't perfect. The main pool is small, some areas could do with updating and occasionally you'll encounter someone who's been enthusiastically investigating the all-inclusive drinks menu since breakfast. But the food was excellent, the staff were lovely, housekeeping was superb, the beds and towels were changed daily, our room was comfortable and we had a fantastic week. For what we paid, the value was astonishing. We arrived wondering what the catch was. We left wondering when we could come back. And I can't give it a much better recommendation than that. One final piece of advice: find the back door to the restaurant. You'll understand why when you see the queue at the front. 😂