We are just back from a week at Sunwing Resort Arguineguin, and we are most definitely not going back there (or to any other Sunwing). We have been to Sunwing before (Mallorca) and that was quite ok, so we decided to go for this hotel in the Canary Islands when the political unrest in Egypt changed our original holiday plans.
We went there because we thought the kids would love it (age 5 and 7) and that it would be ok for us. We have been a lot to Spain and normally enjoy it - especially since it is normally quite easy to sneak away off the tourist paths. But this was just ... not good.
Let's start with what was good. The wheather was fantastic. The view of the ocean very nice. And the kids did like it (but they like almost all places we go to). Our room (1 bedroom apartment) was ok with nice big terrace facing the restaurant (and yes it is a bit noisy with the shows but that did not disturb us). Breakfast buffet is ok. Nice big pool. Free fitness classes 5 days a week.
Not so good: Hotel without any kind of personality. Mediocre service. Not good food (in hotel or in the nearby restaurants that we walked to along the broken path along the water...as a result we spent most of our vacation with someone sick - first me (most likely from eating near the hotel) and then our youngest son (most likely from eating from the children's dinner buffet at the hotel). Too cold water in the pool (according to the kids). Very crowded and stony area around the pool - sunbeds for everyone but you virtually sit on top of the next family). Noisy. Hotel somewhat run down. Very limited flowers or decoration or anything that would make it look nice. No beach close to hotel (a couple of kms away)
Just not nice.
- Sunwing Hotel Arguineguin
