I stayed in Hotel Sol Principe for 4 nights in January.
The hotel has some positive things about it: nice location close to the beach, though not that close to the town center; decent food at breakfasts, lunches and dinners, polite staff at the reception and cleaning rooms.
Maybe the hotel deserves a higher rating, but I would give it a 3-star for the following reasons.
1) I lived on the top 10th floor, and because the heating system was probably going from the ground floor up to the top, it did not quite reach my room, and I was freezing at nights (January nights are quite cold), even with air con turned warm. Same problem with water in the bathroom - most of it was cold. The room itself was quite simple and maybe would look better after some refubrishment
2) I mentioned that hotel staff was polite. It it true, they were helpful and friendly, but they were also sometimes absent-minded. On one occasion a reception manager kindly offered to check available tennis courts in the area and book the time. But she forgot to do it during her shift (!) and it took us some time the next day to explain what we want to the next desk-manager (not everyone at the reception desk is fluent in English). To be fair, the were crowds of people at the hotel at the time, and the staff were really busy all the time. But still the rule is simple: you promise something to the guest - you do it.
It is a decent place, overall, maybe I would not complain much if the room was warmer :-)
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