Marieta Hotel

We have just returned from our week in Gran Canaria, what a lovely relaxing holiday it was! The hotel is excellent - rooms are clean and so is the hotel. Food was excellent with a variety of different things every meal. Breakfast was fresh and lovely, lunch you could choose from a variety of salads and cooked meals, including paella - dinner was always fresh and tasty. Staff are friendly and super helpful and every night there was entertainment, Which was good quality. The roof bar does charge for drinks after a certain time, but if you are all inclusive then it’s at a discounted rate. So for a large beer and a cocktail it cost 6€ rather than full price. Couldn’t fault this place at all - will definitely be revisiting this lovely hotel with friendly staff.

We stayed for 4 nights at the hotel. We just wanted a short get away so we could recharge and chill out. The hotel was lovely and gave us that opportunity. Rooms come with a safe and fridge, no iron. If you want a safe it’s €2.50 a day plus €10 deposit which you get back when you check out. Reception have an iron if you need one. The food is good, breakfast, lunch and dinner available if all inclusive. Nice variation from each meal and day to day. Always tables free outside and inside and they always bring out food when it runs out so you don’t miss out. The pool area had beds available all times of day really, you can’t put towels down till 10am so there isn’t the same people reserving beds everyday. The beach is a 5 minute walk from the hotel and has the option of paying for loungers with a parasol or lying on the sand whichever you prefer. The all inclusive bars have set times you can use your wristband for. After 6pm on the rooftop bar you have to pay (but less than normal price). And the downstairs bar inside shuts at midnight. You’re also limited to 2 drinks at a time. We had a treatment at the spa, a guy walks round and talks you through the different ones. You also get one free visit to the spa just to use the sauna, jacuzzi etc. Our massage was great and he even did us a discount. Overall we had a great time, the staff were friendly and always willing to help. Don’t be put off by the mention of queues (they go down quickly) or anything else. I’d definitely recommend and would visit again!

Location - 15 minute walk (and 76 stairs) to get to Maspalomas, parts pretty run down but a few nice bars and restaurants next to the massive beach. 5 minute walk to numerous Irish bars and mini golf. Taxis very cheap to get to other areas of the island. Small train stops opposite the hotel to take you on a round trip of the resort - only stops once for a photo opportunity. Restaurant/Food - This area let's the hotel down the most, food very repetitive and basic. As we were half board, difficult at times to find waiting staff to order drinks with our evening meal. At breakfast, pigeons allowed to walk around eating peoples left overs from their plate or even walk over the top of newly set tables - disgusting!! Plenty of tables inside to avoid the pigeons, and the smell of cigarettes though. Pool areas - Main pool area clean, plenty of sunbeds anytime of day. Background music can be very repetitive, especially when the aqua aerobics starts! Music played excessively loud for us which encouraged us up to the roof top chill out area. Again plenty of sunbeds throughout the day, 2 splash pools which were a lovely and relaxing way to cool down. Great sea view from the roof. Rooms - Rooms are fairly small, resulting in us storing our suitcases out on the balcony. Beds comfortable with sheets being changed at a frequency of your choice. Rooms cleaned daily and towels refreshed at your request. Small fee for a safety deposit box. Fridge free of charge. Very little surface space, wardrobes quite limited for space too. Staff - Seemed to be a lack of staff throughout the hotel, often only 1 member at reception. Also appeared to sometimes be very large queues at the bars, with only 1 or sometimes 2 staff members working. Overall a nice relaxing stay, stayed in much better 4* hotels but looking at the other hotels in the surrounding area this definitely seems to be one of the better ones.