The apartments are huge, cleaned regularly, housekeeping staff were helpful. We requested extra pillows and they appeared straight away. There is tea making facilities and a fridge in the room so if you like your own brand of morning cuppa bring this with you, but just outside of the hotel entrance to the right there is a supermarket to buy Tbags, cfofee, dunking biscuits, milk etc.
Plenty of varied food choice, always something to eat. Sometimes the food was a bit on the cool side, but hotter underneath nearer the hot plate, but this was only occasional. There is a microwave in the dining room at the back near the bread and toasters if needed, but this was hardly seen to be used. At breakfast one day was bacon and the next was sausage, never both on the same day, but plenty of other stuff available. The only shame is there is no omelette bar. Lots of pancakes and cerials available plus croissants pastries and continental type breakfast.
The hotel has lovely laid out gardens and paved areas, and covers a large area, and is arranged on several levels with some steep slopes. The pool bar lovely comfortable area, nice coffe, but the house wine, beer and local spirits all good, hardly ever needed to queue. Never had a problem getting sunbed in the sun. No towels were left out.
Entertainment staff worked hard getting people to join in during the day, but left you alone if you showed no interest. The same day staff are the childrens evening entertainers and the evening cabaret on most nights, so could be a bit Samey although they deserve credit for the hard work they do. Occasionally there was a small queue at the bar, but you are on holiday so waiting a few minutes is not a problem. Always friendly and polite.
Rather than pay for transfers we hired a car for the week and toured the entire island. The roads are a pleasure to drive but keep a eye out for exits because they come up quickly. Would recommend the Oasis Zoo park as a day trip, good value (1 euro cheaper if you buy from the Thomas Cook rep including transfers!). When you are at the Zoo make sure you dont miss the bird of prey show but it is right at the top of the park so worth getting the jungle bus up and taking a nice stroll back through the cactus gardens, At the top sit on the uncovered wooden seats on the left rather than the covered seats, as you can see the birds swooping in from above which those sitting undercover missed. Never seen so many camels in one place, fed elephants, stroked a giraffe, and allowed to touch baby crocodiles and snakes if you wanted at the reptile show.
Not a lot on the island, but if you want a reasonably priced restful break then you would have to go a long way to beat this. We would not hesitate to return.
Room Tip: Some apartments had patios around pool if this is what you want request this.
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