Paradise Park Hotel

We’ve just got back from what I can only describe as a fantastic holiday!! I travelled with my partner and my two children aged 15 and 10 and can say that it completely exceeded our expectations! Food I’m our opinion the choice and variety of food at every meal meant that there was always something to please all of us - we did hear a number of people saying that they thought it lacked variety but I can’t see that that’s a valid argument as there really was so much choice! As we were AI we also took advantage of the snacks and drinks available at the snack bars during the day, which kept my 10 year old gannet full of chips and fizzy drinks whenever he decided to take a break from the pool! Room We had a premium junior suite in the annexe and were pleasantly surprised that the room was split over two floors - each with it’s own bathroom which meant that the kids could share one bathroom and us adults had the other to ourselves.....perfect! The living area that had the sofa bed had a kitchenette as well as a table for dining, a tele and also a balcony that had a table and two chairs that overlooked the main pool. The bedroom also had a tele and another balcony that had two sun beds, which we never took advantage of as we were usually by the pool! Pool areas I used to find it most amusing to see everyone queuing early to grab the sun beds early in the morning and would often find that when we went for breakfast at just after 9am that the majority of sun beds had been claimed by a towel at the main pool but very few times were there actual occupants on these towels....the ‘do not reserve sun beds’ memo had obviously not reached a lot of the occupants of the hotel! I had heard rumours that the lifeguards removed said towels if the remained unoccupied for a couple of hours but never actually witnessed this myself. We always used the pool across the road which had plenty of sun beds and we always managed to get at least three together. The use of inflatables and balls are not allowed in the pools - for our first four days we had been allowed to use a ball but apparently someone complained about people using the balls and so we (along with about ten other guests) were told they were no longer permitted. This did seem a bit ridiculous as there were two adult only pools that were usually under occupied and if I use a hotel with a majority family presence I’m going to expect to be splashed a bit sitting by a pool, but perhaps that’s just me?! I could go on but what was going to be a short review has turned out way longer than I’d intended but just thought the hotel and staff (who all work tirelessly) deserved a big thank you for giving us a fantastic holiday - would definitely return and have started looking at dates for next year already!!

A lovely hotel with all you could reasonably want. We went half-board and never really tired of the buffet. There is a lot of choice each meal. People complain about things like "no free drinks with dinner if you're not all-inc", but that's every hotel!! You do have the luxury of changing free dinner to free lunch on any day you choose. The family apartment room was nice, with kids put-me-ups in the lounge. Every where I've been, there has been one small snag with the room, so I'm not fussed with a single blown lightbulb etc. They come out quickly. Reception and in fact all staff are very friendly. Evening entertainment in the family bar (Yaiza bar) was typical for Tenerife - some acts very good indeed. The Animation Team (as entertainment and miniclub staff) are very friendly and work hard. There is a useful free bus to the beach but it might be full before you get on sometimes. The pools are nice, not little rectangles, but if you MUST have an enormous sprawling pool with bridges and swim-up bars, you do want to be elsewhere. They don't care for ball games where the ball leaves the pool, but who needs that? It's also next to a major pick up point for excursions which is a real convenience. As I often say on here, the people doing the bad reviews must have reviewed the wrong hotel!