Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel

If every man's home is his castle then this hotel is a royal home away from home!   From the minute you step into the hotel the entire team work as one to make you feel completely comfortable and welcomed. It's quite a knack to make everyone feel like a VIP, yet right from the Porters to Housekeeping through to the MD, everyone treats you like an invaluable guest, who's every need should be met. Then on top of that there are those who go above and beyond their duty, and the number one person on my list is undoubtedly Alejandro Dominguez, the Public Relations Liaison! If you ever wanted to know what it was like to "rub the lamp and let the Genie out, so that your every wish could be granted" then this is your go-to guy! It was hard to get out of the super comfy king sized bed with an aside pillow menu, but please Do Not skip breakfast...from an entire block of honeycomb which looks as if it was taken fresh out of a beehive every morning...to the vast array of  yummy items on the breakfast buffet topped with a Made to Order breakfast menu, this might well be the only meal you need every day! Pity breakfast isn't served till at least 11am every morning...after all one is on holiday! Having said that you would do yourself a great disservice if you didn't, at least once, try their main restaurant Poemas, for dinner. It's well on it's way to winning a Michelin star and was truly a sublime experience...a delicious way to end the day! Somewhere in between all of the above I also treated myself to some much needed down time at the Wellness Spa/ Outdoor Pool! After having travelled to and had massage treatments on all the other Canary Islands, I can hand on heart say that their masseuse, Nieves, is simply, the very best. With most hotels I leave feeling that I've met some nice new acquaintances but I left Hotel Santa Catalina having met wonderful new people (staff and guests alike) whom I now consider as friends, with the possibility of them being so for the rest of my life.  Muchas, muchas gracias a todos!😘

Everything exceeded our expectations, even down to the number of TV channels in English! Staff are all friendly and welcoming and couldn't do more for their guests. Breakfast is fantastic. Service is second to none, grounds and gardens beautiful, easy walk to town and the beach

We felt wellcomed from the beginning. The staff was very kind and the room super comfy and the breakfast had a great variety of very tasty food. Also the dinner in the Bodega restaurant was very good, Next time we probably would stay longer - definetely worth it.