Elba Lucia Sport & Suite Hotel

I has the (mis-pleasure) of staying here in February. My wife booked this as a nice christmas present. The pictures looked fantastic. Nice modern bright rooms, only downside was the distance from the "main town" (which was clearly explained by the hotel). We arrived late in the day, tired. On entering the hotel, the first view was several cats cleaning themselves, legs spread. Interesting. There was one person at reception. They were dealing with another couple in front of us. 25 minutes later we were still waiting. Eventually they got to us. Check in seemed normal, besides for the long wait. On entering our room, we realised that the photos that we saw were obviously some version of a "concept" room. It was, nothing, like, it, at, all. Drab and dark. Some of the kitchen cupboards were missing doors! Stains halfway up the curtains, and all across the bottom of the bed (including the "hanging sheet"). Disappointed, we headed back to the reception. There were only one other room available that night, and it was their "premium" room. No charge as they will need to see what other rooms were available the next night. We enter the room, expecting "ah this must be what we say in the photos". No. It was basically the same room, except where it was orange in the first room, it was now grey. The next night we eventually got a nicer room. However, im saying nicer in comparison to the other rooms. Still 10000 miles away from the photo. It was acceptable at most. Onto the hotel itself. Very strange setup. Everyone is expected to be full board. We were not (dont like the idea of having to stay in the hotel for all food and drinks). To purchase a drink at the pool bar, you had to order, get a receipt, go to the reception (remember the 25 minute wait? That seems to be the norm), pay with card only! then go back and re-queue at the bar again, hand in the paid receipt and get your now warmed/melted drinks. Messy! Night time bar finished early (which was probably a blessing in disguise). Same procedure as above. Receipt, reception, card, receipt, get drink. After 1 evening of this, we decided it wasnt worth it! The hotel offered a shuttle bus into the main town which was really great. Lots to do in the main town. There were a couple of restaurants/bars close to the hotel. All the food in them wasnt great, but better than what was available in the hotel! Would I stay in the hotel again? 100% no. Would I recommend the hotel to someone: 99% no. The 1% is for those wishing to acclimate to when the apocalypse comes.

Back from a 7 night relaxing holiday with my wife with a got what I paid for attitude. I'll break it down in sections of location, pool area, food entertainment. Location. Costa de Antigua is isolated there isn't a great deal in the vicinity of the hotel, I researched this before I went and made arrangements to hire a car which was a great idea as fuerteventura is a beautiful place to explore. The town of caleta de fuste is only a short walk away approximately 30min walk along the coastal path there is plenty of shops,bars and restaurants here. Also on the coastal path you can see the chipmunks in the rocks great for young kids to feed them nuts as they will take them from your hand. Pool area. The pool scene is lovely, water is cool so expect a shock first off but generally its lovely. The area is kept nice and clean with a good mixture of nationalities and atmosphere. Drinks served around the pool from the pool area bar and snacks at set times. The snacks however were repetitive throughout the week. Sunbeds are chained up until release at 9am ish but no issues getting a bed or space, we stayed in room 123 ground floor pool view which was great, set up our beds just outside the room. Enjoyable area. Food. Probably the only downside to everything about this holiday. The selection was poor but I did manage to find something to eat each day. We decided to eat out a few times during our all inclusive deal and found fado rock steakhouse in caleta de fuste an awesome restaurant and highly recommended. Entertainment. There isn't much in terms of entertainment here, there is a kids program which they seemed to enjoy but nothing really for mums and dads etc. I was ok as me and my wife sat having drinks on the terrace chatting to others. During the day there is games at the pool area which are fun they included archery and golf and water games in the pool. The entertainment staff are brilliant andrea ( pep Guardiola) is a top man. Overall. I enjoyed my stay as I had freedom to get around, if you have young children this probably isn't the place for you due to its isolated location and no beach area, there is a free shuttle to caleta but still hard work for parents. The staff work hard to keep everything clean and are very friendly this is certainly a 3star hotel that I knew I was visiting I have no complaints thanks for a relaxing trip. But I will not be back.

Staying here just now amazing hotel staff are fantastic and the food is fabulous the vegetarian choices are outstanding Will definitely be back here definitely a brilliant service all round. Tonight was Asian themed dinner and it was beautiful as have all the other meals been. The staff cannot do enough to help you they work extremely hard and always with a smile