We went to this hotel end july/aug and the hotel was busy.
On arrival we were greated ok.
We had a room at the front of the hotel with a view of the entertainment stage and pool.The room was small clean but very warm.Yes it does need air con and my hubby stated it was the worst two weeks sleep he had ever had due to it being warm.The house keeping was good clean towels and sheets regular.
The room we had was noisy when the entertainment was on which finished by 11 but an advantage as we could sit out there watching the entertainment if we wanted with our own drinks.The entertainment was kids disco and bingo the brought in acts were a bit poor but we watched a couple of times.
Drinks ice creams at the pool bar were very expensive a can of pepsi 3 euros and us included in the day we were walikng to the shop a 2 min walk away a few times a day to stock up on beers water and ice creams for the kids.
This is frowned upon and someone did say once to us and another couple you shouldnt do this. If they looked at there prices and made it a bit cheaper i think this would make people stay in the hotel more because as soon as the entertainment was done or came on everyone judged if it was worth staying and the place emptied to find a cheaper beer.
The hotel food was very good and always warm which can be a problem in some places, but the dining room did get busy and could probably have been improved by longer opening hours.
The hotel was generally clean and tidy but there are a few things that they really need to address. Like the kids park the green astro turf matting was all broken and rolled up with concrete under it and a disaster waiting to happen.
The pool area at the front was ok but there are fewer beds that side. You have to line up a least 9.30 to gain entrance to the back pool when there is a dash to get the best beds that dont go in the shade. Its a nice sun trap and nice pool.
But the pool(outside) toilets are at the back and in front of them a large puddle gathers from pool water mixed with everyones dirty feet in and out of the toilets.This put me of the back and we always went out the front.
The hotel should do more activies for the kids and open the kids entertainment room every day at the hot times so they can go out of the sun they wouldnt have to have to organise anything just maybe put out some books or crayons and colouring pages or put on a dvd.
The major issue we heard about while we were there was that four rooms had been broken into not the first time we were later told. One family lost all ther money but this is a reminder it is sensible to get a safe. Security cameras would be a good thing at the hotel and maybe a security guard walking about.
Overall we had a nice time but found that with the money we spent even being sensible and not going overboard we will be going all inclusive again as it works out the same next time so we feel we can have icecreams and drinks etc when we want.
This hotel was a bargain but this is reflected in star rating and the issues it has.
- Anfora Playa Es Canar
- Anfora Playa Hotel
