I stayed at the Bitez Life Aparthotel at the beginning of October 2008 with my boyfried for a week. We arrived at midnight and there was no-one there at reception, until eventually the barman appeared. He carried our cases up two flights of stairs and showed us into our room, which was reasonable enough. The bathroom door wouldn't shut though (ok for a couple, but not 2 couples sharing) and it flooded everytime we had a shower! Kitchen was reasonable - limited cooking utensils though. No balcony furniture - so we moved our dining table outside - as did most other guests. No TV as advertised! The pool was a good size - but no gradual slope to the deep end - just a big, steep step. Freezing cold as well! Bar was lively enough - but there was a power cut twice throughout the week - we just went down to the restaurants but felt bad for the people still in their rooms!
The main strip of restaurants was where we spent most of our time - all very nice and reasonable. The 'beach' was non-existent - just rubble covered with sunloungers! Would highly recomment getting a cheap taxi into Gumbet for the night life - much more happening there - as the restaurants in Bitez seem to wind down at 11.00pm. Despite all of this we had a great holiday - i believe your holiday is what you make of it. I'd recommend this holiday to young, able bodied, open minded couples!
- Life Apart Hotel Bitez
