Barceló Fuerteventura Thalasso Spa, Antigua

A HAVEN FOR THE EXHIBITIONISTS AMONGST YOU

Advantages: Some nice apartments, reasonable food, plenty of swimming pools, a village in its own right
Disadvantages: pools not heated in winter, some terrible apartments

. The Barcelo website claims that one of the swimming pools is acclimatised, although we established that this is not actually the case. You are however, permitted to use the facilities of the Barcelo Fuerteventura hotel next door which has a very large and warm swimming pool, although you will need to arrive early to secure your sun-beds. There is one spa bath at the hotel, although, unlike most British outlets, it was not heated and was absolutely freezing. There are also windsurfing and related activities available within the hotel complex for an extra charge. Our view from the balcony was of the ample car-park which was nearly empty for the duration of our stay, but we were literally a stones throw away from reception, the shopping centre, the breakfast restaurant and the beach, so not too bad. The complex is ideal for the disabled ...

sue.51 27.12.2003 (03.01.2004) · Read full review
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Review of Barcelo Club El Castillo, Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura - Wonderful family destination

Advantages: Great weather all year round. Gentle cooling breeze, lots to do.
Disadvantages: You have to come home!

I have just returned from a fortnight long holiday on the gorgeous sunny island of Fuerteventura - one of the Canary Islands. I travelled with my 2 children ages 10 and 7yrs old, and we all had a wonderful time. I will try to do some justice to this beautiful island in this review. I travelled there on an all inclusive package deal from Thomas Cook at the end of June, and stayed at a 3* hotel - The Hotel Costa Caleta (which I will review at a later date) During my time there the weather was around 38-42 degrees most days and was only slightly breezy most days. As you can imagine this got a little bit too hot at times and you really had to get yourself out of the heat by jumping in the pools. I would advise plenty of suncream and plenty of non alcohol fluids! We actually had a sun care advisor who advised against using a factor ...

missy0303 15.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Fuerteventura (Spain)

Winter escape

Advantages: Beautiful beaches, relatively undeveloped, quiet
Disadvantages: windy at times, monotonous landscape

Desperate for some winter sun we scoured the internet and holiday brochures for a destination. We wanted it to be no more than 4/5 hours flight time, a reasonable temperature, good hotels, nice beaches and not too expensive. We usually arrange our own holidays and this would be about the 3rd package tour we had ever been on so we were hoping for some improvement on our last experiences. We were also looking for somewhere pretty last minute, which as we all know isn't easy. Eventually we found a deal that was to Fuerteventura, staying at the Hotel Barcelo in Caleta de Fuste. This hotel had just opened the previous year and was reputedly 4* standard. Now we have stayed in quite a few 4* hotels around the world so our expectaions were pretty high. The downside of the package was that we had to travel on an Airtours charter flight ...

sdwill 21.04.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Hotel Barcelo (Fuerteventura)