Iberostar Papagayo, Playa Blanca

Advantages: Staff, cleanliness, rooms, food etc
Disadvantages: n/a

...If there's one thing I looked forward to all year, its a summer holiday. We try out best to make sure we go away every summer, and to date we haven't had very many bad experiences with the hotels we have picked. Last year, our choice of Holiday was to Tenerife. We booked our holiday at the very last minute. We were due to fly on July 6th, and at the beginning of April, we went into the travel agents and booked. Our choice of hotel, was the Iberostar Torviscas Playa, Costa Adeje, Tenerife. ** Travel Agents Recommendation/Booking. We started browsing through brochures and searching online for a summer holiday in around January. We came to the agreement that Tenerife would be our choice of hotel. We studied the prices in the brochures and haggled online, however although the offers online looked very good value for money, we... Read review

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Advantages: Great location, Near beach, Attentive & happy staff and good food.
Disadvantages: Cold Pool, Built up Area, Noisy Road, Dinner gets packed

...We have just returned from the Torviscas Playa (September 2007). On first impressions, I wasn't sure as the building looking like it needed a little paint. However, once inside the hotel is clean and well kept with shiny marble floors everywhere. The Reception staff are efficient and really friendly. On arrival the Hotel supplies a small token orange drink, which we thought was a nice touch. The Hotel is in Costa Adeje and is very near to shops, bars, restaurants and a pharmacist. Playa das Americas is not that far away but you would need a taxi. There is even a Pharmacist across the road. Its very close to the beach and there are steps from the hotel, so not good for prams but you can get to the beach another way, which takes an extra 5mins. The Reception and bar area on the ground floor is very spacious with comfortable sofas... Read review

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Advantages: All inclusive
Disadvantages: Miles from anywhere

...taken and we couldn't get on, but 20 minutes later and the driver was back with an empty bus. On the opposite side of the hotel to Playa Blanca, the land was completely undeveloped, no roads except in the distance, with just bare rock, and it looked very much like a moonscape. Across this bare land, and down towards the beach (you have to be pretty sure-footed to get down there), and you could reach the first of the famous Papagayo beaches. A word of warning here though, as these are nudist beaches, and there are some strange sights to be seen there! The hotel had its own semi-private beach at the back of the hotel just beyond the fence although this wasn't up to much, mainly black rocks with black sand. Also near this beach was what looked like a private 'house' with chickens, and a rooster, so not much chance to sleep in on a morning if... Read review

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