Puerto Azul Aparthotel, Grand Canary

Advantages: Beautiful views, well maintained, good size rooms
Disadvantages: Location up hill

I stayed in the Puerto Azul in 2002 for 2 weeks HB. As a single traveller at the time, I looked for anywhere in the travel agents that had none or no single occupancy charge, and this was possibly the best out of what I was offered, all be it an Allocate on Arrival. The design of the complex is quite unusual I feel, and the best way to describe it is imagine rock with a hotel on the top that keeps growing downwards...ie it drapes down the sides, ...
...when I heard it was Puerto Rico, however the resort is bustling and has ample shops and bars to occupy. There are if memory serves 600+ steps down to the beach and the flat part of Puerto Rico where all the shops and bars are. It is quite a nice walk (honestly!) with beautiful views over the bay on the way. I never even attempted walking back, taxis were only about £2 at the time so hell that got chosen first!. I also found on the second to last ... Read review