- Gran Canaria Holidays
- Playa del Ingles
- Akeah Broncemar
This beautiful hotel is locate at a walking distance from the sandy beach Playa del Ingles. Links to the public transport network are to be found only about 300 m away. Las Palmas, the capital of Gran Canaria, is approximately 55 km away while the Gran Canaria airport can be reached by car in about 30 minutes. Guests can sample the culinary delights of the onsite pub and café. Guests may select breakfast, lunch and dinner from a buffet. The wonderful outdoor pool area will be everyone’s favourite place since it is perfect to sunbathe or have a refreshing swim. The rooms are decorated with soothing colours and are equipped with the essential amenities needed to have a comfortable and memorable stay.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services and a television in a common area.
What a lovely 10 days we had a Akeah Broncemar. We we welcomed by the most friendly front of house staff and we're impressed with the reception area. Our room was not ready but we were invited to have lunch and drinks while we waited. Being used to this from other holidays we were prepared with suncream and swimwear at the top of our suitcase so enjoyed a lovely couple of hours by the pool. Everywhere was clean and tidy.
Our room was very spacious with twin beds, a good sized bathroom, lounge area with a kettle and fridge, and a large balcony overlooking the lovely pool. Everywhere was spotlessly clean.
We had no issues getting a sun lounger.
We found the buffet food very nice with lots of variety. We booked a budget hotel and feel the food exceeded expectations.
The hotel is quite quiet, perfect for relaxing by the pool. The animation team kept people busy with fun adult activities. Evening entertainment was ok... nothing bad.
The pool and main bar staff work their socks off being on their own. We never had a long wait for drinks. I must give a shout out to Sheila who worked the pool bar, she was so busy but always served with a smile making you feel valued.and welcome. We made a couple of enquiries about the nearby area and staff were more than happy to help.
Only one slight negative is the paper cups that drinks are served in.(so a good idea to take a plastic beaker). I fully understand the ethos behind it, safety and the need to employ further staff to collect.
The beach is just a 10 minute flat walk to the lifts that take you down to a lovely beach with loungers, restaurants and shops.
We cannot wait to return.
The service is brilliant, we arrived late 11pm so missed our evening my meal, but one salad (not 2) in our room which we didn't eat as not in fridge. Reception staff were really helpful as were maintenance when our room door stuck and we couldn't open it. I don't believe this is a true 4* hotel the food let's it down, plenty of choice but pretty much basic As for location yes it's easy access to shops etc but not the beach which is a fair walk with steps to get to main level square for shops there. Would not advice for people with mobility issues to use. Pool is quite large and surrounded with loungers but there is no shaded areas, except sun canopies between loungers, none near snack/pool bar. Overall had a lovely stay in this hotel, and give special thanks to the reception and bar/pool bar staff. Don't think I'd revisit though. Entertainment was provided every evening, you can rate this yourself as everyone has different tastes.
Ill start with the good points of this hotel:
Things that have made sure that we won’t be returning:
Food was cold no matter what time you got to the buffet and stale which meant we had to eat out every night which was a waste of our all inclusive. There is not enough seating round the entertainment which meant we couldn’t even make the most of drinks in the evenings either.
Nice looking hotel and spacious rooms. We felt it was not geared towards British guests. The food was lukewarm at best and although there was a good selection of individual foods they were not well matched to make a meal. For example there was pasta or spaghetti but no sauces to go with it. The bar often ran out of glasses in the evening and so guests were served in paper cups. Understandable round the pool through the day but not at night. The tv in the room had no English channels and reception confirmed this to be the case. The fridge in our room was warm inside. We reported it 3 times but nothing was done. On the 3rd time reception said it was a minibar not a fridge and so wouldn’t get cold. Not much use when the weather was over 30 degrees. On our last day we took a courtesy room and guess what, the fridge in there was cold ! The WiFi was very poor and we kept having to switch back to 5g which quickly ate up all our overseas data so we had to buy some more. There were broken sunbeds and broken umbrellas round the pool.
