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Urb Puerto de Mogan, 35138 Gran Canaria, Spain
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La Venecia de Canarias
4.5 of 5 stars 37 Reviews
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Cork, Ireland
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Great accommodation.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 September 2011

Basic, clean self catering accomodation units on blocks of two appartments. I recommend booking a second floor appartment with a roof terrace. Apart from great views, this allows total privacy for sunbathing and has a shower in place. Daily maid service except Sundays. No aircon was a small problem. For a longer stay, this would have been a bit of a problem I think. There are fans available at reception. As with most s/c places abroad, there is only a two ring hob and a microwave. We ate out every evening. The reception area is next door to the Zoo bar. NOT A PROBLEM! All these places are closed by midnight. It is a refined, sedate town/resort, scrupulousley clean. There was a wide range of age group (I stayed in mid September) It is not the resort for 18-30's and you will not find any larger louts kicking beer cans and throwing up on the pavements.

Room Tip: Top floor apparments are more private and request a roof terrace before you arrive.
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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Rome, Italy
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
“Lovely place!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 August 2011

Beautiful place to stay!!!!! If you don’t want those concrete resort kind of places, this is perfect! The apartments were nice and clean (bathroom could do with a little refurbishment) and the location is lovely, with very nice staff. It’s within easy access to everything, including the beach.

It’s really romantic and I would stay there again, however, there are a few negative points you should keep in mind: in my opinion, the beach is not great. It’s small and the water tends to be dirty what with all the sunscreen and petrol from the boats (we stayed there 11 days and I only bathed there once!) and they don’t have showers on the beach either (just taps to clean your feet). Also parking is an issue but if you look further away you’re bound to find something.

All in all a lovely stay!!!

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Cheltenham
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
35 helpful votes 35 helpful votes
“Beautiful location but nothing to do”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2011
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Nice apartment on a marina complex next to a man made golden sand beach. None of the electric items worked properly - plug on the toaster had to be held in for it to work, some sockets didn't work, fridge was useless and cooker not really big enough for a family. But there are many restaurants to choose from so you won't starve. Challenging cliff road from Puerto Rico which means everyone staying in Puerto Mogan isn't scared of heights.
The problem is apart from the beach and eating there isn't much else to do.
One final thought - the Spanish, including small children, wake up at midnight and start running around screaming and shouting which may not help your sleep patterns.

  • Stayed April 2010, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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England, Arkansas
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“A delightful place to stay at”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 March 2011
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Le venecia de Canaries is a lovely and charming place to stay at.Rooms cleaned everyday, clean towels everyday and a bed change in the week.We also had a roof terrace which is an added bonus.It is ideally situated near to the shops and restaurants, the beach a couple of minutes away.Will stay there again in the future.

  • Stayed February 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Helensburgh, Scotland
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
25 helpful votes 25 helpful votes
“Utterly dissappointing”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 February 2010
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My advice to anyone booking this accommodation is to get a guarantee that you will NOT be allocated Room 305.

This room has no area to sit out and relax in!! For the sake of clairty...NO terrace, NO balcony, NO roof terrace!! But you may be one of the lucky ones who is allocated a room which has a balcony AND a roof terrace!! How is this fair or reasonable? It isn't....AND to top it all ... all the rooms are priced the same?? Never, ever in all my years of travel all over the world have i ever experienced such an UNFAIR pricing structure.

We requested a roof top terrace room and if we had been advised at the time of booking that this wasn't guaranteed then we would never have booked it. I believe this information is witheld deliberately as they would never sell this room if people were advised of its lack of facilites.

We feel we were denied the usual holiday experience which we enjoy...eg coffee on the balcony in the morning...glass of wine in the evening...relax on a lounger in the sun...not a lot to ask....just basic normal holiday expectations.

The furnishings were extremely basic uncomfortable. The bathroom was BADLY in need of refreshing...the grout on the tiles....UGH!!! Towels were only changed twice in the week! The noise level is high...in respect that everything echos...so if you like peace and tranquitiy then this is not the place for you. The reception staff were offhand and had set answers to any of the complaints about the lack of balcony/terrace .... we can only assume that whoever has been unlucky enough to be allocated this room makes a complaint... we got the distince impression we were not the first....as if they were just waiting and prepared for us to raise the issue!!

The positive is that it is in a perfect location...handy for the beach and the marina. Its a lovely wee resort if you like to enjoy the sun and there are an abundance of nice restaurants with good quality food. The beach has golden sand, which is a bonus on the Canary Islands.

  • Stayed February 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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