- Lanzarote Holidays
- Costa Teguise
- Melia Salinas
This hotel is located in Costa Teguise. The hotel is set on the sea, lying off the Playa de los Charcos y de las Cucarachas. Guests will find themselves surrounded by ample opportunities for exploration and discovery. A wide range of exciting activities can be enjoyed nearby. This spectacular hotel is the work of the architect Fernando Higueras, and the famous artist Cesar Manrique. This hotel offers a veritable museum, featuring works of art from different artists, including Pepe Damaso and Paco Curbelo Molezun. This wonderful hotel epitomizes style and elegance. The guest rooms exude character and poise. Guests are sure to be impressed by the broad range of first-class facilities and services that the hotel has to offer.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 2 outdoor swimming pools, outdoor tennis courts and a 24-hour fitness centre. Additional amenities at this property include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services and wedding services.
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
Just back from a very chilled, relaxed week here. If you want lots of noise and activity, its not for you...we wanted relaxation. First the positives: food was great. Not too sure what the negative reviews on food are about, possibly from the chicken nugget brigade! Ate in the Malva main buffet restaurant, breakfast a delight, smoked salmon, poached egg and hollandaise, my own eggs royale ! Lunch was fine and themed evening dinners with 2 seafood nights while we were there, lobster, shrimp, prawns...fantastic. The app for the al la carte restaurants was at the beginning a faff but reception was happy to book 1 night in the Capella and i managed to book another night there myself. The food in Capella was lovely...one of the best pizzas ive had! We went to La Graciosa for lunch a couple of times for tapas which the waiter guided us with. Perfect and 5 dishes ample. The small whole chicken was very tasty. The Ginger Bar in the evening with live music (hits & misses as usual) drinks ordered with waiters which was fine, not too long a wait. Staff on the whole very friendly and pleased to help. Few negative niggles which made it not quite a 5* experience. Hotel is a bit tired around the edges - our room was a pool view basis id say. Cleaned daily and comfortable but probably needs a re fresh. The pool surround is actually painted not tiled and is showing signs of a long summer season with paint chips & cracks. Pool it self if salt water but clean ( a few black marks on the bottom, not too sure what they were?) The beach bar is a puzzle. Assume part of the hotel. Reception at check in explained its not all incl but hotel guests get 20% ! not too sure who would pay when youve got AI at the hotel ?? when ever i looked, there was 3 people in there. Easily policed i would say, AI wrist band, you dont pay !! Hotel missed a trick as with a bit of music in the early evenings, might attract more guests. A few shops, bars & restaurants within walking distance but it had the look of Benidorm about it, so we only ventured once there. Overall, a nice time and if it wasnt for the food & staff might have marked lower. A lot of people return here numerous times...dont think we will.
This is our second visit here. We love the hotel, the staff and all the facilities on offer. It’s the perfect place for a decompression break. Totally relaxing and everything is catered for. The restaurants on site are wonderful and have to shout out La Graciosa - that produces top quality Spanish food and has a tasting menu in the evenings. A special shout out to the staff there - Michel, Toni, Sarmite, Virginia and Xueling.
Good, bad and indifferent! No-one there on arrival for us but another driver for different couple called the hotel and we had someone turn up half an hour later ❌ There is very restrictive booking process for the limited number of restaurants, so you need to book at 12:01am and can only reserve up to 48 hours in advance and this does not guarantee a space. ❌ We did benefit from trip to La Geria vineyard and an excellent tour guide ✅ It was also my birthday and one of the Silver Melia Rewards benefits is a birthday surprise - however this was overlooked and having raised a complaint with Carolina (one of the customer relation managers) she arranged a special meal with lovely wine and a late check out - many thanks Carolina this was much appreciated 🙏 ✅ The hotel is impressive architecturally and whilst the bathrooms have been refreshed and the facilities are very well maintained it shows its age and who wants a deck chair on their terrace instead of a sun lounger??? The pools are lovely, however we prefer a livelier atmosphere where you can have music, an inflatable and a drink in the pool in the afternoon. I know this is not for everyone but other Meliá hotels we have been to allow this ❌ The food has been impressive from the team at Le Graciosa with both Michael and Adrian being a credit to the hotel ✅ Whilst there are other classes such as pottery and candle-making available this is perhaps more suited to 65+ year crowd who want a very relaxed atmosphere as opposed to those who like more of a party vibe. Would visit again for the food alone but maybe when we are 10 years older - but please get some proper chairs in La Graciosa as sitting in a canvas directors chair (even when offered a cushion) is not a 5 star luxury destination ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautiful hotel and most staff were exceptional, Room clean but balcony on the small side. Deck chairs on balcony no good for anyone with mobility issues. Bars stocked Macallan 12yr and Glenfiddich 12yr which was magnificent. We were in the Reserve which seems to be the way to go but in reality you only got cushioned sunbeds, same rooms and same service as non reserve. Seems to be a big push from management to get guests to upgrade to reserve, the reality made it overcrowded around the pool area and long waits for a reserve breakfast, we ended up going to the buffet brekfast as it was quicker and more choice. Entertainment at night was quite good and great service from David at the Ginger Bar area. Had an issue with the smoking areas seating and spoke to management and a Brand ambassador but nothing done about it, I published some photos on trip advisor and it was rectified next day, so since removed photos (the power of social media). The smoking area beside the Ginger bar was excellent for meeting people and some great laughs were had there. Location was great for going into shops, bars etc. All in all probably no need to upgrade as non reserve pools were larger and quieter than reserve pool.
Just returned back from Lanzarote from a holiday that we by and largely enjoyed without really wanting to rave about it and that pretty well sums this resort up. Was it worth the money, maybe, is it somewhere we will go back to, maybe again.
We decided to do the premium Reserve and I would strongly recommend this option if you are thinking of going as the queues at the bar area by the main pool was 15 people long with only one staff member on duty and the pool area itself resembled a sea lion colony. The Reserve pool facilities were much better, though again still had to queue for drinks, not something I believe you should have to do regularly at a 5 star resort. There was no poolside service unlike other resorts we have been to. Once you have got your head around this then the cocktails were worth the wait and the queue.
On arrival we were impressed by the beautiful well kept garden area inside and also by the service for check in. We upgraded the room to sea facing and despite the room being very small it was clean and well serviced.
The food was mediocre overall in the general buffet area as was the reserve breakfast which had a tiny buffet area. There was a bookable Italian restaurant and a Tapas restaurant which were both very good, but why such a limited wine menu?
Special mention to the Spa, avoid this at all costs would be my advice. My fiancée has regular spa treatments on holiday and she ended up completely covered in bruises despite opting for the soft massage. In addition a rather sexist and rude gentleman patrolled around the pool touting for spa business, it was hard sell and very inappropriate when everybody was relaxing. I ended up telling him to go away. Please stop doing this it’s extremely naff and very annoying.
Most of the staff though were very friendly and courteous.
The entertainment in the evening was varied but the rock night comes recommended.
If you judge this resort on a value for money basis then it’s good, if you judge it on being a five star experience then you will be disappointed
