Laguna Park 1 in Adeje

Like many of you, I read all the bad reviews and thought, what have I booked! BUT.......it's not that bad in my opinion. Location is spot on. Walking distance to everything, including Siam Park. We stayed in E106, ground floor apartment. The apartments are very spacious, clean and well laid out. But there isn't any shampoo or shower gel supplied, which wasn't an issue as we take our own. The beds are firm, and could do with some better pillows or just supply more. We went all inclusive. The breakfast was your standard selection with an egg station for fresh omelette. Lunch was cooked outside by the pool on a grill/ bbq which was nice in the sun. Evening meal was ok, selection was minimal though. The buffet restaurant is small and i can imagine it getting very busy in peak summer months. Round the pool is nice, plenty of sunbeds but again in summer I bet it's a different story. Cockroaches! I read they are everywhere! I saw 2. Both at night and both in the walkways round the pool. None in the apartment, so not too bad. Overall, as long as you bear in mind it's a 3 star for a reason, we would go back.

I don’t understand why this place gets the bad reviews it does. We are very seasoned travelers and have stayed in 5* luxury and 2* basic accommodation in the past. For me this was a typical 3* Spanish hotel. The hotel is spotless and is constantly being cleaned and maintained. Our room and bedding was all clean and comfortable. We stayed all inclusive and although there is not a vast choice of food we managed to find something to eat for each meal. We did eat out for a few evenings but that was always the plan as I like to get out and about. The beer on tap is Amstel which was fine. The wine in the restaurant was drinkable- typical Spanish wine. I have had much worse in 5* turkey and the Dominican Republic. There aren’t cocktails to choose from just the cocktail of the day. I liked the mojito and pina colada however the strawberry daiquiri and blue lagoon were a little sweet for my taste. The pool area was sound and we never struggled to get beds. The pool is freezing but so is every pool I have ever been in in Tenerife - be brave it’s refreshing and wakes you up!! The only down side I would say is the lounge area on an evening. There is not much ambiance- there are three pool tables but two of them don’t work. There are no signs up so they just swallowed our euro. We watched the parrot show which was good but other than that we had planned to go out anyway. I would say for what we paid this hotel was very good value for money and I would go back for the right price. We did only stay for 4 nights and I think it would get a little monotonous if you were there for a two week holiday.