Just back from a 5 day break to the don fully inclusive. We travelled with 10 friends who went last year and recommended it. However, after reading some reviews in was a little worried. I travelled with my husband and little girl aged 5. We travelled by Ryan air and therefore had to get a taxi to hotel. It was fine, so cheap only 10 euro plus no waiting on buses etc to go to hotel. When we arrived it th reception was busy and only had 1 guy dealing with us all but he tried his best. We got rooms together beside my friends and it was beside the pool. Went straight to the restaurant which was massive and so so clean, the food was good. Remember you are in Spain so it does taste and look different! Nevertheless it was really good and had lots of choice. In the morning breakfast was the great, fruit, cooked breakfast, cereals etc. Again, restaurant was spotless. The outside pools was closed off but far too cold to go in anyhow. The bar was good, although the token thing for drinks was a pain at first, you get used to it and saves glasses lying everywhere. The hotel was brilliant value and I can't wait to go back some point this year.

We went here as a family of 4. 2 adults 1 child and 1 infant.
upon the arrival to the hotel we did get a bit of a shock at all the derelict ground to the front of the building, so are first thoughts were very much along the lines of "oh no what have we booked"
bare in mind the type of country it is, so you wont see much grass! But it was a pleasant surprise once you walked into reception with nice features and granite floors!. the receptionist was a little obnoxious and probably needed some lessons in customer communication, as she didn't inform us of; where the beach was, where the complex shop was , or the bar, as she said was how to get to our room! so when she gave us a map we hung onto it!! in fact she was quite useless unless you were checking in or out. the night porter appeared to by similar to her.
there are ALOT of apartments so make sure you remember the way around because they are split up into sections with their own pools, so it all looks the same! its very secure and the gates are locked on a night, so after a certain time you have to ring the buzzer to get in.
The bedrooms were more than sufficient with ample room and spacious wardrobes.
The bathroom was clean and tidy with a powerful shower!
The lounge, the sofa bed was a bit hard but manageable. If you want to watch TV its 3 euro per day and if you want a remote (you have to cos they removed the buttons from our TV!!!) then its a 10euro deposit and 2 euro per day.
The kitchen... if you plan on going self catering, i can tell you now, you get a kettle, a fridge and 2 hobs....very hard to cook with a family of 4 so be prepared to eat out quite alot.
plenty of restaurants,bars and shops 5 mins from the apartment.(so is the beach)
We would highly recommend the Waikiki bar, lovely food and the owners and staff are very pleasant and the food is excellent! especially the fajitas and the lasagne! ...also try paddy's paradise, its owned by the same people.
The cleaners didnt really have a timetable, sometimes they came two days in a row then you wouldnt see them for 2 days!
Its definitely worth the 1hours walked to puerto del carmen old town, with lovely views and nice cafes on the way!
if you walk in the other direction you can go to Matagorda, which has a nice cafe/bar called Aussies on the way. takes about 20mins from the apartments out the front door.
if you planning a winter trip, the pool isn't heated, its so cold its beyond words!
we would return again, but with having children we would probably go in summer so they could use the pool the you dont have to go out everyday to entertain them!
over all, it was a nice holiday!

My wife and myself have just returned from a week all inclusive in the don paco and what a lovely week we had. Can't see how or why people would complain about this hotel. Room consisted of sitting room,kitchen and bedroom with balcony looking over the main pool. What more do you need. it was cleaned 5 days out of 7 with towels and sheets changed. food was served as a buffet and was plentiful - eat as much or as little as you want. main meal at night was particularly good with a chef cutting either roast beef,roast turkey,roast lamb,chicken escalope,tuna etc - different every day. drinks were also plentiful and covered all types. Staff in both restaurant and bar couldn't be more helpful. the complex has its own supermarket,hairdresser,souvenir shop and is literally a few minutes walk to shops,pubs and the main beach. defo will return to this hotel and lanzarote.

booked this all-inclusive for family of 5 ,kids 2,9,14..been to lanzarote b4 .stayed in sol lanzarote on matagorda beach.so wanted this time to be in centre as taxi expensive as u need 2 with a family. when we arrived we found that this apt is in near matorgda beach or urbanization area as they call its.20-25 mins walk in centre of resort.so we were disappointed.it was so far away.yet nobody stated this on tripadvisor.matagorda beach is beautiful and quiet.cant beleive how a year can change a place.b4 the beach area was rockin and full ot tourists,now its quiet and closes early..the apartments were good and clean.the problem here is the food is not great or to hot.the brekie at bar @10.30 was a bit better .but not covered as was stated b4.the evening meal u mite get sumting u like twice a week.kids hated it..they sell pizza and burgers but not include in all-inclusive.which is a joke,so we ended up eating out .great irish bar down where the spar is.food fab.owed by a irish man who couldnt do enough for us.drinks are seved in plastic cups u give children this is day and night .they just rince them out .yuck....pool beds all sunk .would only stay here self catering.oh 4 got the worse thing u q up in a seperate line if u all inclusive,people who are not are served b4 u and given real glasses. u are made wait.kids loved it as great pools,pool table.made great friends .who the chat to on facebook now.iv been on all inclusive b4 this was the worst.love lanzarote .wiil be back agin in 2012.but wont be stayin here.