Gran Hotel Arona

Easy transfer from airport- Los Cristianos is fine for a resort holiday but very bland outside the hotel. The hotel has a wonderful large reception area with seating and full of beautiful planting. This is definitely not ‘an older clientele’ hotel as some reviews have suggested. We opted for a sea view room but were given a large twin room - 257 which had views of the pool and sea in the distance. Strictly this was

First time at this hotel , let's start with the good bits . As you walk in the hotel is absolutely beautiful. We also was on ground floor , which is another positive. The room was good . The breakfast was great with everything you needed . Am not really a breakfast person ( hubby is ) . The pools are fantastic, sun beds are comfy. The aqua aerobics was good , the entertainment staff are very nice . The waiters and waitress work extremely hard . Now for the negatives, the cleaner I found was pretty lazy cleaning room. Couple of times I tidied myself , woke up at 7 and there was already towels on sunbeds . Which to me was pretty sad and I did laugh. To think you want that sunbed so bad you get up early to do it. There is plenty of sunbeds . What I did like is one of the lifeguards/ towels person . He would go round and take towels off beds if they Wasn't occupied . Which left people with a sour taste in mouth . I thought was great what he did. Ok I understand if you have a disability I feel you should have first call on this . Now the evening food , gala night is great I have to say . After 2 weeks of being here the food got bit much , very similar each evening . Couple nights I never hardly eat , the desserts was amazing. Now the entertainment oh my , I just found alot of singers , sang the same songs . If I hear one night long , think I scream. Was so similar all the time . I did really like the guy on guitar. He was like a warm up act before main act . It's the same every night , why not have a comedian , something different . There was all different ages here . Would I come back , if price was right and only for a week . Could not do 2 weeks . I do think they should look at better entertainer's, and maybe do theme dinner nights . Also can I say the paella, and other food . How much salt ???

We had a good experience at Arona Gran hotel. We stayed at this hotel for 10 nights which we felt was the right amount of time. We went half board. The food was impressive for a buffet-style restaurant and also featured a gala night on Wednesday which was a nice surprise. On the whole staff were very friendly. The nights we stayed in the hotel to watch the entertainment were good. The queen tribute was great! Service when waiting to get drinks was quite slow and was a struggle to get a drink after having one. The poolside entertainment was engaging and there was always some activities to take part in. We were really impressed with the room on the 6th floor. The views were incredible and the beds were comfy and clean. The noise level was okay but as someone who lays in you can hear the maids in the morning. The floor was a bit cracked and our bathroom door didn't shut properly however all else was good. The decor of the hotel was amazing to look at and it felt like you were in 5 star hotel when in the reception area. The hotel is a 15 minute walk to the main town. We would recommend this hotel to others.