Hotel Gala, Playa de las Americas

The Hotel is very well presented. The Dining room however operates a policy of Gentlemen having to wear long trousers to enter, this seems very restrictive when you are holidaying with young children and you do not intend to pack formal clothing as you intentions are to enjoy a relaxed holiday with your children and do not see the need to dress for dinner. The choice of food was varied, but if you're not there at the start of Dining then you were faced with cold food (the fact that there was Microwave's doted around the Dining room says it all). The Hotel only has 2 average ( I would say on the small side) pools. If you require sunbeds you have to get there early, although there are notices around the Hotel saying that sunbeds may not be reserved. This is not the case, we watched numerous German Holiday makers putting down towels and then not returning for several hours. You have to pay for the hire of a mattress, and you are then given pool towels. The evening entertainment leaves a lot to be desired if you're not German. The Holiday brouchers say that there is plenty of activities for children, this was not the case. The best entertainment was a bar right opposite the Hotel Entrance called the Wigan Pier. The rooms were clean when you fist arrive, but you're bedding is not changed daily as would be expected from a 4* Hotel. We found cockroaches every morning on the balcony, due mainly to the foolage out there. Luckly we only found 1 in the room.