Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica

Monica Beach Hotel, Fuerteventura

Advantages: Great hotel catering for both families and couples
Disadvantages: Don't mention the war :)

In the past my wife and I have been pretty relaxed about where and how we holiday. We've done all inclusive, B&B, Half Board, City Breaks, Beach Holidays, make it up as we go along etc. However we now have a 5-year-old boy to look after and so our holidays have to be thought through in advance. This year we chose Fuerteventura as our holiday destination and chose the Monica Beach Hotel on the recommendation of our travel agent because of its reputation as a nice family orientated hotel. The trip from Birmingham Airport takes about 4 to 4 1/2 hours. I'm not going to talk about the flight since different airlines will offer a different standard of service. Suffice to say that I travelled with MyTravel and went 'cattle class' :( After meeting other people at the resort we later found that people had travelled from airports as far ...

Soundsexciting 29.04.2006 (01.05.2006) · Read full review
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Review of Hotel Monica Beach, Fuerteventura

fab hotel choice

Advantages: activities, on beach and good all inclusive package
Disadvantages: resort is quiet outside of the hotel

I stayed in this hotel back in the beginning of November 2006 with my then Fiancé. We had a great time and so I will share my views on this hotel. Location: The hotel is set on the beach in Costa Calma which is one of the quieter resorts in Fuerteventura. It is set back from the road slightly and has a small selection of local shops just around the corner from it. The hotel: The hotel is quite large and is an all inclusive property. It is popular with German tourists and tends to be fully booked throughout the high season with coaches coming and going with guests all day! The large complex is no more than 2 storeys high and as mentioned is set right on the beach. Check in: Check in takes a little while as each person checking in has to be issued with their all inclusive band and then given a little map of the resort so they ...

frankiecesca 26.08.2007 (30.07.2008) · Read full review
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Review of Hotel Monica Beach, Fuerteventura

God bless America? No, God bless the NHS.

Advantages: Geared up for tourism; good weather; good base for exploring
Disadvantages: none during daylight!

Inn on Santa Monica Boulevard itself as the hotel was reasonably priced but didn't seem tacky from the photos. Broadly speaking, when it comes to the roads, the Streets run North to South (parallel to the beach) and the Avenues run West to East. Although I'm not the best of navigator's, this did make things easier for me when we were trying to find our way around the neighbourhood in the hire car. The heart of the town, if that's what you can call it, is the Downtown area. This is from Pacific Coast Highway up to Lincoln Boulevard. The main attraction for tourists, be it shopping, dining out or clubbing is situated around Third Street Promenade, a wide pedestrianised street where you can dine al fresco and people-watch at the same time. I can't talk about Santa Monica and not mention it's pier. This pier was built in 1909 and in ...

kevin121 21.01.2009 (31.01.2009) · Read full review
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