Arena Beach

This is the worst hotel we have ever stayed in! This is our 8th year returning to corralejo and this hotel has left a stain on a beautiful place. The food is bland baby slop at best at worst it makes you unwell so be prepared to go out for a lot of meals. The amount of flies and bugs is disgusting! The rooms are tiny full of trip hazards and although we saw several maintenance people everyday our room was in desperate need of repair two door handles broke leaving me locked in the bathroom and my child locked in the bedroom and traumatised for the rest of the holiday, the air con never worked and I was aware of others also not working. The pools were the only positive but there’s no life guard at the children’s pools. The cocktails were undrinkable just pure syrup non of them tasting remotely like what they claim to be. I wouldn’t return to this hotel if I was paid.

Well, I am not sure how this hotel has 4 stars on here… The hotel is clean, I cannot fault that. Our air conditioning did not work from day one.

The food, certainly not up to any standard of anyone in our party ! It seems whatever they do here, it’s all bland, no flavour, no spice! They have set themed nights like oriental and Mexican, but the mixed veg from the Mexican night, seemed to be the same, just with pork in it for the oriental night, again with no flavour.

The coffee, DO NOT EXPECT TO GET A NICE ONE, they have plenty of machines, but their coffee is like dish water. Even the espresso is watered down. Literally the worst coffee I have had in Europe! This was from all of the machines on site.

Evenings Entertainment Well Mondays is Bingo it started at 9:30pm and that was that!!! Tuesdays was a reggae evening, again starting at 9:30pm, one guy occasionally signing along, it was more like he walked in with his karaoke machine and tried his best! Wednesday, acrobatics, well they did the best they could with the very limited space at the side of the pool and all there electrics only about a meter away from the water omg!

The rooms, NOT SUITABLE FOR DISABLED WHEELCHAIR USERS.(neither are the ramps in and out of this hotel, unless you have someone with you to help guide you)

The doorways inside were all much smaller than you would get anywhere else. The room around the bed is extremely limited to maybe 2 foot or less, if you struggle on your feet, be warned!

The pool is good, the children enjoyed it a lot, the so called life guard barely looked at the pool, so make sure you do keep an eye on your little ones, he could not see half of the pool from his position tucked in the corner with a brick wall in the way, oh and his back to the pool while queuing for his lunch as well !!

The food from the outside snack bar, hotdogs, burgers, chips and pizza. Hotdogs are chorizo, boiled ones (not something that I liked) the burgers, no idea what meet it was but tasted awful, 3 in our party could not eat them. The chips were ok, but slightly under cooked and that just leaves the pizza, which looked home made and was very nice.

The atmosphere was ok, but every body looked as out of place as we felt, as you do you make an effort and put your nice clothes on for the evening lol, but then what!!! No entertainments area as such, a glass green house with a stage at the back, which you can imagine was extremely hot in 27 degrees heat. There is literally no where to go for the evening!!

The kids mini disco, this is a pre recorded effort with some images on an over head projector and the same songs every night it starts at 8pm and goes on for an hour.

Would I recommend this hotel NO…

External adventures The nearest cafes and local shops are a good 8-10 min walk away, it’s a hot walk, so be prepared. But it is worth the walk because this will be your days entertainment and the only good food and coffee you will get lol.

We’ve just finished a week’s stay at Arena Beach Hotel and had a fantastic time!

The hotel is a little out of the way, but it’s only around a 15–20 minute walk to the main strip in Corralejo. If you don’t fancy the walk, the hotel staff are more than happy to help arrange a taxi for you. All of the staff were fantastic throughout our stay — friendly, welcoming and always happy to help.

The food was great, with very few complaints from either me or my partner. There’s a different theme each night, which gives you a good variety throughout the week and stops things from getting repetitive.

The entertainment/animation team were brilliant. They’re always around during the day, organising activities and making sure there’s something fun going on by the pool. They really help create a great atmosphere around the hotel.

The rooms are spacious and well thought out. They are a little dated in places, but they have everything you need and we found ours perfectly comfortable for our stay.

Overall, I would 100% recommend Arena Beach Hotel to both couples and families. We had a great week, really enjoyed our stay and would definitely come back again.

Great hotel, fantastic staff and a brilliant holiday!