Maritim Playa — Hotel in San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Vacation at this hotel is over.||I’ll break everything down point by point:||— There are cockroaches in the rooms!||— Expired products are being served, such as ketchup and mayonnaise (I am attaching photos).||— Very noisy. Absolutely no sleep. Because of the discos (at night) and because of breakfast (in the morning) — staff shout loudly and make a lot of noise moving things around early in the morning. And during the day they do reconstruction — repairing empty rooms on the third floor. Why they do renovations in the summer season is unclear.||— Food is à la carte. Breakfast does not always match the menu. It says “fresh papaya or mango,” but in fact everything comes from cans (canned fruit). This type of breakfast is not for everyone. Often you are afraid to take too much, then feel embarrassed to leave it, so you force yourself to eat it. But you won’t stay hungry. The coffee is bad.||— Dinner is a disaster. The cook is apparently not a professional. Everything is tasteless, poor in variety, and not always fresh. Monotonous — just a basic salad at the buffet, which is often empty. The wine is of average quality. Spoiled juices are served, expired ketchup, and so on. I’ll attach a photo of one example. Also, if in the morning you ordered fish for dinner, but in the evening you suddenly want meat, you cannot change it unless you pay extra. With half board plus you only get one drink included.||— Most of the staff are good. Especially noteworthy: a strong girl with a braid at breakfast — hardworking and polite. A tall blonde from the Netherlands — creative and attentive, works both breakfast and dinner shifts. Salvatore from Italy — works occasionally, but also at breakfasts and dinners. Sidi is also very good, he tries hard. At the reception all the men are very attentive, especially Detlev.||— Bed linen and towels are worn out. Cleaning was good only on the first day when we checked in, later it was mediocre. A couple of times they forgot to clean at all. But there were always enough supplies, and the room itself is nice and comfortable.||— Not enough loungers at the pool, because people reserve them in advance.||— There is no entertainment in the hotel except bingo.||— The price for the hotel is reasonable.||I do not recommend it for families with children or for elderly people — you can go crazy from the constant noise, both at night and during the day. It is suitable for young people looking for a short burst of fun. And for those who care more about being at the seaside than all the disadvantages listed above — since the sea is only 10 minutes away...

Vacation at this hotel is over.|I’ll break everything down point by point:|— There are cockroaches in the rooms!|— Expired products are being served, such as ketchup and mayonnaise (I am attaching photos).|— Very noisy. Absolutely no sleep. Because of the discos (at night) and because of breakfast (in the morning) — staff shout loudly and make a lot of noise moving things around early in the morning. And during the day they do reconstruction — repairing empty rooms on the third floor. Why they do renovations in the summer season is unclear.|— Food is à la carte. Breakfast does not always match the menu. It says “fresh papaya or mango,” but in fact everything comes from cans (canned fruit). This type of breakfast is not for everyone. Often you are afraid to take too much, then feel embarrassed to leave it, so you force yourself to eat it. But you won’t stay hungry. The coffee is bad.|— Dinner is a disaster. The cook is apparently not a professional. Everything is tasteless, poor in variety, and not always fresh. Monotonous — just a basic salad at the buffet, which is often empty. The wine is of average quality. Spoiled juices are served, expired ketchup, and so on. I’ll attach a photo of one example. Also, if in the morning you ordered fish for dinner, but in the evening you suddenly want meat, you cannot change it unless you pay extra. With half board plus you only get one drink included.|— Most of the staff are good. Especially noteworthy: a strong girl with a braid at breakfast — hardworking and polite. A tall blonde from the Netherlands — creative and attentive, works both breakfast and dinner shifts. Salvatore from Italy — works occasionally, but also at breakfasts and dinners. Sidi is also very good, he tries hard. At the reception all the men are very attentive, especially Detlev.|— Bed linen and towels are worn out. Cleaning was good only on the first day when we checked in, later it was mediocre. A couple of times they forgot to clean at all. But there were always enough supplies, and the room itself is nice and comfortable.|— Not enough loungers at the pool, because people reserve them in advance.|— There is no entertainment in the hotel except bingo.|— The price for the hotel is reasonable.|I do not recommend it for families with children or for elderly people — you can go crazy from the constant noise, both at night and during the day. It is suitable for young people looking for a short burst of fun. And for those who care more about being at the seaside than all the disadvantages listed above — since the sea is only 10 minutes away...

This was just as lovely as holiday can be. ||We had arrived slightly past 2 a.m. and had nicest welcome at the reception, were immidiately told that because we have missed our dinner that day they have put the food in the fridge in our room so we have something to eat after our arrival. Just sweet. ||The apartment wasn't newly furnished or so but was perfectly clean, equipped with hairdryer, coffeemachine, two TVs and air conditioning. ||||After just asking for gluten free bread at breakfasts the night we arrived the staff themselves kept track on what dinners have I chosen and made sure I got the gluten free version - without having to ask anyone. ||||The half board system was also very lovely. We chose our dinner menu in the morning and in the evening we just came to the restaurant and the three-course dinner was served by waiters - no mess around buffets and crazy queues like in other hotels. ||||The pool area is also clean and very nice, there were a lot of sunbeds available at all times. It is kept nicely quiet and relaxing. ||||The staff was as nice as can be and made sure the guests have best stay possible. ||It is a family hotel owned and run by Germans so naturally a lot of stuff is in German but most of the signs were easily understandable with basic germans knowledge and the important information including the dinner menu was in English as well. ||||Excellent services for the price (70EUR/room HB in August, booked through TA website).||||Our room was slightly loud - there was some kind of club underneath the balcony but once we closed the windows and turned on the AC we were able to sleep very well. ||||It is about 10 min walk to the beach and you have to take stairs of lift. I recommend not staying at the overcrowded "city" beach full of sunbeds and walking a little bit closer to the dunes. It is a nice beach walk and you get to be on the beach almost just by yourself if...