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Ifa Faro Hotel – reviews, photos

4.0 of 5
Plaza de Colon 1, 35100 Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
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Ranked #6 of 69 hotels in Maspalomas
4.5 of 5 stars 172 Reviews
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PORTSMOUTH
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“EXCELLENT HOTEL AND LOCATION”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2012
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We arrived back on the 23rd January ' 12., having spent 14 nights at this excellent Hotel. It is situated right on the beach at Maspalomas with miles of sandy beach and dunes just a hundred yards to the right.....and it is all flat ground !!. The sight and sound of the Atlantic breakers was fabulous especially from the Hotel Terrace both day and night. We had room 1233 which being on the east side got the Sun from first thing in the morning till about 5,00pm when the Sun starts to go down in January.
We could not fault this Hotel in anyway. Our Room was spacious with a large Double Bed - albeit 2 singles pushed together, it was so big I never saw the wife for 2 weks !!. It also had both a large Bathroom and Balcony which was all spotlessly cleaned everyday.
Reception Staff in fact everyone at the Hotel were kind and friendly, and the Food was some of the best we had ever tasted. Whil'st we have seen more choice at other places, what you get here is of very high quality.
Yes, the clientele was made up mostly of Germans ( where is it not nowadays ! ), but we got on O.K. with them.
We had transferred from another Hotel in Meloronas, which was too far out for us, and in moving to the Hotel Faro, we had to forego A/I for Half-Board, but we didn't regret it.
We thought the Entertainment was good, with a resident Duo playing ( everynight ) supported by Tribute acts - Tina Turner, Elvis, Micheal Buble, the 4 Tenors, plus Chinese Acrobats (clever) and a new twist on Brazilian Flemenco with a 3 piece "classical" backing group.
The transfer time was about an hour, but only 35 minutes on return.
This is a lovely Hotel in a lovely location, and if you do go there please try the Custard Doughnuts they put out at Breakfast.....their sublime

  • Stayed January 2012, 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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Perth, United Kingdom
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“JUST BACK”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 January 2012
4
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SPENT AN Almost faultless week here. Second visit in six months.All staff exceptional. Helpful,frienndly,impressively multilingual. Breakfast excellent. Minor niggles=charges for room safe & wifi
British visitors very much in the minority but absolutely no sign of favouratism.
Sun beds booked for the entire stay is an excellent idea,other properties please take note!

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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Great Holiday”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 December 2011
5
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Had a great week here. Great staff who are very friendly and attentive to your needs. Food was good with a good variety of food on offer for breakfast and dinner. Soap, shower gel and other things in the shower area of our room. Sun bed allocated to you for the week. Not many English speakers, mostly Germans but they were friendly and many conversed in English. Great area too. Not far to walk to get to beach and if you are energetic you can walk as far as Playa de l'englise so long as you don't mind walking past naked people. Would recommend this hotel and hope to return again very soon.

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“IFA Faro - A Great Hotel”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 November 2011
6
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Just had a fantastic stay at the IFA Faro. You are welcomed by such friendly staff who speak so many languages, are very attentive and efficient. Hotel is ideally located right next to beach alongside famous Lighthouse of Faro Maspalomas. Rooms are spacious, very modern with all facilities you could wish for and some amazing views. I will definite recommend this hotel to anyone.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled solo
    • 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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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“YOU PAY FOR LOCATION”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 September 2011
5
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Good hotel - nice clean accommodation. Very little provided - no soap, no shower gell or shampoo or conditioner. Arrived to find room not available for 2 hours and charged €30 to keep room from 12noon to 7pm when leaving. Busy reception - sometimes with only 1 person attending. Have to mention Monterrat and Joaquin who were exceptional on reception and excellent at their job. Breakfast very good but dinner disappointing. Very few restaurants in the area of any worth so including dinner or all inclusive is a good idea. Area expensive so bring your suncream with you. You get a voucher for €15 off a cosmetics shop which I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy in as the staff are rude and unhelpful. The hotel location is perfect but the beach is just beginning to recover and not what it was years ago when I first saw Maspalomas beach - this was the real disappointment for me. You can choose your sunbed and book it for the time you are there but everyone is so close together and the beds are unconfortable that I didn't use it after the first day. Less beds would be preferable and a fight for one would be more preferable if more room was made available around beds. Pool very clean. Stay for location not star rating and make friends with reception!

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled solo
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: Plaza de Colon 1, 35100 Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Price range (per night):* INR5,725 - 10,560

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