Aluasoul Orotava Valley - Adults Only

“A nice hotel in a great area.”

This is a nice hotel with lovely staff and absolutely gianormous rooms, with a separate TV and seating area. The pool is quite small for the size of the hotel, but is heated and was rarely full in January. Outside restaurant hours, food is available down by the pool, which is great for a late lunc… more

This is a nice hotel with lovely staff and absolutely gianormous rooms, with a separate TV and seating area. The pool is quite small for the size of the hotel, but is heated and was rarely full in January. Outside restaurant hours, food is available down by the pool, which is great for a late lunch, after a morning out and about. The hotel is clean and the staff are friendly. The food, at breakfast and lunch, is fine, but a little lacking in variety at dinner. The entertainment is varied but fun. It would probably be a bit tame for younger guests. The one thing of note, is that the hotel is high up overlooking Puerto de La Cruz, so any walking into and back from the town, involves a lot of steep uphill and downhill walking ( good for all inclusive guests’ waistlines!) However, there is a shuttle bus to ferry guests up and down to the town centre. We had a hire car ( easy, fee parking on the road or nearby car park, but expensive in the hotel car park) and we were able to visit lovely towns nearby- Icod de Los Vinos, Candelaria, Santa Cruz etc and we highly recommend the organised trip from the hotel to Orotava on the bus, led by Ana, the animación. She took us to all sorts of places in Orotava, that we wouldn’t have found ourselves. The bus station isn’t far from the hotel, and buses go to lots of places from there, if you have no car. Lord Parque is within walking distance, as are the lovely botanic gardens, although it’s a big uphill walk to the latter. You could get a bus from the top Road instead! The ‘Dragon Tree’ park is good in Icod de Los Vinos, as is the banana plantation. Candelaria is interesting and a great place for a local seafood lunch. Disappointingly, the beaches in the town were all closed due to sewage pollution,, although this didn’t seem to stop the surfers. Ther3 was also a mysterious and unpleasant drains smell by the pool area on a couple of days.

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