Advantages: everything about the place is an advantage. Disadvantages: the non smoking policy (for some)
With the exception of Tenerife I usually tend to holiday places only once, preferring to try new places rather than return to ones I have already visited. I have been to torremolinos twice now though and a large part of the reasoning behind that is this wonderful hotel (Sol Principe).
This hotel is situated alongside the beach of Playa mar approximately 2km outside the city of torremolinos. It is served by Malaga airport which is a little over 4 miles away and takes only a 15 minute transfer by coach to reach.
On approach to this hotel the first thing that caught my eye was the size of the grounds it stood in but it soon became apparent why. This hotel is actually part of a complex which includes as well as the hotel itself the Apartments Sol Principito, a fairly large private car park, a sports area, gardens, a supermarket ...
Advantages: fantastically huge balcony, nice rooms, next to beach, friendly cleaning staff Disadvantages: reception staff fairly unfriendly, luck of draw if you get a good balcony, choice of food
she went to the travel agents and finally chose the Sol Lanzarote in Matagorda. As the last three holidays I have been on have covered the other main Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura) and we had made a daytrip over to Lanzarote and liked it last year (the trip left from Fuerteventura, not from Scotland!), this was ideal for me!
My mum told me that the Sol Lanzarote hotel was right next to the beach, and my dad and brother, who went to Lanzarote the month before us (and had worse weather, funnily enough) also stayed in Matagorda and confirmed we were indeed right next to the beach. This was great news as far as I'm concerned, as I generally prefer lying by the sea to lying by the pool (which turned out to be a good thing, as I'll explain later). I was extremely excited about going and when we finally arrived ...
Pmshack99 25.11.2007 (06.11.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sol Lanzarote Hotel
Advantages: Great value, clean, great helpful staff. Disadvantages: Rear facing rooms are small, food was adequate but not exciting.
amenities. No hairdryer or TV but fridges rentable at reception. The room was cleaned every day and staff were all friendly and helpful.
Food & Drink
We were Half Board so took advantage of the buffet restaurant. Hotel also has a lunchtime cafe bar which we never tried and a pool bar - closed when we visited.
The main restaurant generally had plenty of tables and format is the usual package holiday hotel buffet. There was always plenty of food and waiters were very friendly, serving drinks to your table. Very occasionally the restaurant got very busy and a short wait was needed for a table - no great hardship. Generally the food was adequate but not as good as other Solhotels in Costa del Sol or Canaries.
Entertainment
The hotel entertainment staff work hard. They have a few professional shows but keep the nightly format the same ...
