Sol Dunas Resort

Other than the weather i thought this holiday was fairly decent! Myself, my girlfirend and our 2 daughters aged 5 & 11 months visited cape verde for 10nights. We all really enjoyed the holiday without wanting to rush back! Mainly due to the poor weather we got whilst we were there, nothing to do with the hotel. The hotel is perfect for kids/families. The restaurants cater for all really. The main restaurant 'spices' was your basic buffet style restaurant. If im honest this was the worst restaurant as there wasnt always much for kids and it was fairly similar foods every night. Ive been to other hotels that do themed nights.. i.e chinese, mexican along with the generic foods that everyone eats. This would have made a massive difference to this restaurant. The other restaurants were a grill and an italian which were brilliant. The grill opened for breakfast and lunch was a typical pool side snack bar. It was part buffet and part a la carte. You could either pick the basics or order from a fairly good menu. At night the menu had a good selection and the quality of food was brilliant. We were there for 10nights and we did 4 nights at these restaurants(2 at each). However we did venture to the melia dunas which is the sister hotel for food on a couple of occasioans. This cost a little extra which had to be paid at the end of the holiday but was well worth it. The indian and the grill restaurant were brilliant. Quality of food and dining experience were much better. The prices werent too expensive either with the 4 of us being billed just under 40euros extra per night for 3 course meals with drinks. The pools were great and is the main reason i would recommend any family going to dunas to choose sol dunas over melia dunas. The pools catered for all. Slides and activites for kids and enough room for adults at the same time. Around the pool was cold during the day due to the island being very windy but for the last 2/3 days the wind died down and was really hot! If we would have got the weather majority of the 10 days i would recommend this to anyone. The activites around the pool were great and often. The kids club were fantastic. My child prefers not to go but from what i could see the kids club were great. Plenty going on and really welcoming. The shows at night were also entertaining and plenty of room for everyone to sit. Lastly i would like to add that the cleanliness off the rooms were brilliant. I wiuld highly recommend the 'going green' option. The hotel would not change towels of bedding for 3 days and they would give you €10 per night for this. (Making our meal as per above €10) All in all this was an enjoyable holiday which i would have been raving about had we got the weather.

We were looking for the next Egypt for us for shorter breaks and we have found it. Apart from being as far from the sea as you could get we loved this break. It took about 15 mins to reach the sea as you have to walk through the Meila Dunas to get there and we were at the far end of the hotel. The food in the main restaurant wasn't bad at all for a buffet service and the "al a carte" restaurants weren't bad either. Drinks were good from the coffee to the cocktails. I particularly liked the mojito's. The room was pretty large if a bit sparse with furniture. The beds were comfortable and we had a good pool view. Everything here is laid back and you have to get used to the customer service that comes with that. Pretty good value overall and nice and quiet. Going back for Easter.

Every year as single parent book a inclusive holiday for my self and my 6 year old daughter , on arrival TUI rep great , nice transfers, checked in at night , unable to find room , not immaculate in any way shape or form . Never ever had hotel towels but this time due to as many pools collected 2, to have had lunch then to leave a towel on a sun lounger to come back after a 15 min walk to find it had been removed,,,, went to reception to be told I had to pay 20 euros for a sun bleached towel , asked to speak to someone in charge , told the same ,,, asked to see cctv , wouldn’t allow me to see but still wanted 20 Euros, told to take my 6 year old into town & report it too the police . Rude staff , not clean in pool area , food average, had too request clean bathroom towels, had spoken to TUI reps have logged a complaint and had no contact . Principal of a stupid hotel policy !!!! Moral of the story ,,, if your a single parent, either leave a towel unattended or your child in a pool ??!!!!!