Arena Beach Hotel

My husband and I have just returned from a 5 night stay at Arena beach. We feel very relaxed and had a lovely holiday. Room: The room has everything you need ( we were all inclusive, so can’t comment on self catering facilities) It was clean and maid came in to clean daily. Bedding and towels were changed twice.Simple accommodation, but we didn’t need anything else.Only feedback I have is that the double bed was 2 singles pushed together, they did tend to slip away from each other. Would be nice when we return to have a proper double bed 👍🏻. Nice patio area outside our room where we enjoyed playing cards in the evening as well. Restaurant/bar:The restaurant is clean & well maintained by the waiters/waitresses. It’s a no thrills restaurant with modern chairs and tables. If your looking for posh, then it’s not for you, but if your happy with simple and clean then it won’t disappoint. The food is hot and plenty of selection, I always managed to find a combination that went well together. My favourite meal was Tuna steak with roasted Mediterranean veg. The Aubergine in particular was very delicious and creamy. The drinks, again a good selection. The wine is obviously not the most expensive, but we are talking 3* so I enjoyed what was provided. My husband drank the beer & again it was fine. I mainly drank the Pepsi and 7up during the day and filled my water bottle with drinking water! Sorted! The evening entertainment was a bit hit or miss, but it was a bit of fun and we went into town if it was a bit naff. First evening we had 3 girls singing Motown songs and they were fab! Pools: 2 adult pools were clean, lovely for a quick dip to cool off. We always found 2 sun beds together, not always with an umbrella, but there’s always the bar area for a bit of shade if you need a break from the sun. They probably could provide a few more umbrellas. Rooms are really close to the pool which was handy if you needed to pop back to go to the loo etc... Resort: We really liked Corralejo and went in to the town a few times over our stay. 10 minute walk to a small shopping court with bars and shops and then a further 10 minutes to the main shopping area. We enjoyed the harbour area, some lovely bars and restaurants. Nice place to sit whilst the sun goes down. We are out on our last night here. We enjoyed cocktails at a tiki style bar called Swami. We noticed that the streets were also kept really clean! We would stay at this hotel and this resort again. Thumbs up from us! 👍🏻

Stayed here end of August. When booked we paid to have a room next to the main pool and was not advised of the small children's pool towards the back of the hotel. On arrival after being up since 3am we waited 20 minutes to be acknowledged by the receptionist as she gave her attentions to a Spanish family. After finally getting eye contact we were advised that our room was not ready but to come back in 30 minutes. We came back after 90 minutes after having some food and a walk around, the same Spanish family were now getting the full delights of what the Island had to offer. After another 15 minutes I interrupted the conversation to be told to wait! Losing patience after being treated so rudely I went and got the desk manager who apologized and told me the room was still not available but could go in and leave our cases there. Finally the room was released to us at 4.45pm. As we were situated above the small pool we had to endure everyone else's screaming kids running around by the pool to 11pm whilst their parents sat in the lobby bar unaware that their kids were running around a pool unattended. We only ate in the restaurant 3 times due to the noise but the food was ok. Would not advise you pay extra for All Inc unless you take noise cancelling headphones with you. Food is cheap and plentiful in the town and food court in the nearby shopping centre. The pool was lovely and clean. The usual idiots standing by the chained to sunbed an hour before they are unlocked is standard for a place like this but the signs saying beds with towels on them left unused were to be removed never happened. The hotel itself is well looked after and clean but a bit away from the main town, why it's called Arena Beach is anyone's guess as it's no where near one! Although this was a last minute break the area of Correlejo is stunning especially the beaches. Well worth a visit but next trip will involve renting a villa where we don't have to endure the chain smoking, 10am vodka drinking idiots spoiling our holiday.