Labranda Aloe Club

December 2019 - good weather, water in pools was warm. I can recommend this hotel - clean, good food and very nice staff. I had rented car and there was free parking. If i would go againa to Fuerteventura i would choose this hotel again.

Hotel clean well keept staff excellent and hard working lovely location , free bus to beach 10 min journey 10/15 min walk to town . First time at hotel stayed for 7 nights weather warm ,there was so much choice of food and drink all day. 7 pools loads sunbeds great hotel looking forward to our next viste

We read the reviews for the past year (with a pinch of salt). It is what you pay for, a nice, clean, 3 star hotel! It you choose to look for wear and tear etc. then you'll find it, as with anywhere. We decided to enjoy our first family holiday and not dwell on things that could potentially annoy us! HOTEL - it has a lovely feel when you enter reception. It's well laid out and always clean. We did take a wonder around to find the elusive 2 pools. This part is out of the way of the action and not all rooms have decent views. The privacy of this part of the hotel would actually suit many people I think, but we were pleased to be closer to the main pools. This is quite a laid back hotel, there is an appropriate relaxed dress code for meal times with a mixture of people dressing up and not (in the evening). This is definitely a family hotel. There were however plenty of couples and towards the end a few adult groups were there and a bit louder than the general vibe we'd found in most part. STAFF - The staff were pretty friendly and worked incredibly hard. There were so many lazy, entitled holiday makers there but again we chose to ignore these too. They got a raw deal at times by people expecting a little too much. It is self service and extremely busy but there was rarely a time we couldn't get a table, and on the occasions we couldn't there wasn't a long wait. If a table was dirty then it was super easy to find cutlery and napkins ourselves to save time. The staff worked so hard and can only do what they can do. We preferred to sit outside as it's quite bright and noisy inside but that's just personal preference. DRINKS - despite not being heavy drinkers, we were on holiday and if we drank it was more in the afternoon or with meals and not late in the evening. We brought some drinks with us at Duty Free and I'm glad we did. The all inclusive drinks are okay however not once did either my husband or I actually feel like we'd had much to drink! I don't think I felt tipsy even once (oh those wasted calories!!). There is much debate about watered down spirits and (lower) alcohol beer and I think there's something to it. This is a shame but I also understand that having a resort full of drunks isn't ideal either, however we are paying for a particular service that I felt fell quite short. ENTERTAINMENT - We were mostly too tired to take part in the entertainment, it didn't really suit us so we tended to avoid it. My youngest (8) did enjoy the kids club when it was on during the day. It is limited (5 days out of 7, 10.30 - 12.30 & 3-4.45) but they do their best with what they have. WASTE - I agree with another comments about the amount of plastic they get through but it is quite tricky to avoid and I occasionally heard glass breaking near the pool when people had brought out drinks from the restaurant (which the plastic is there to avoid doing). BARS - There is beer/sangria/wine (and soft drinks) on tap in the restaurant during lunch and dinner as well the outside part of the same bar. During the day the pool bar is great and the coffee is fresh and not from a machine which was great. The cocktails aren't all singing and dancing (fresh ingredients) unless you're paying for them. I did see queues at the bar during the evenings and another member of staff would have made this much easier and less frustrating for guests who used it. We didn't make use of it often so it didn't bother us too much. ROOM - we had Room 326 on the 2nd floor which partly overlooked one of the pools and had sun during the day (through beautiful palms trees). Our room was perfectly adequate, everything worked. We had no issue with drying towels etc. and there was plenty of space. We didn't spend much time in there to be honest. The shower was really good if a little loose. Saw a couple of cockroaches but that's nothing of a surprise. We often put the sign out as we really didn't require our room to be serviced all the time but it was always ignored! Not a big issue though. Our biggest frustrations were neighbours but there isn't much the hotel can do about that! We had a pneumatic drill snorer next door with a tiny baby who cried a lot. We ended up having to listen to white noise to try and sleep at times as earplugs did nothing. This was draining but part of the holiday. The hotel could make guests aware on arrival of the noise travelling between rooms (particularly the dragging of chairs, high heels etc.). BEACH - The bus to the beach was often close to full and a free for all, it leaves the hotel around 9.45am and returns from the beach at 1.00pm. We often stayed longer and got a taxi back for 5-6 euros. It would be brilliant if the bus could take people to the beach for 1.00pm on it's way to collect those that wish to come back, then pick up at teatime. POOLS - The saving of sunbeds varied from day to day. Sometimes they were reserved stupidly early other times not. It was very frustrating to see towels on them and people not coming to use them until gone lunchtime. I did see a few heated debates about sunbeds but that's to be expected. The pools were cold (obviously!) but clean and well kept. We kept to one near our room for ease, plus it got the sun for a little longer. LOCATION - We loved the location on the edge of resort with the view over the dunes from the hotel. We chose it for this. The small shopping centre was only a 10 minute walk or 3 euros if you fancied a taxi. We walked along the coastal path one morning to the Marina, it took some time as we stopped along the way, but it's well worth doing. The market on a Sunday and Thursday (10am - 2pm) was really lovely and we picked up some lovely gifts. The shops themselves were noticeably dearer than some in the centre of Correlejo (just a note). EXCURSIONS - We booked ours through TUI however there were people on ours that had booked in a stall in the shopping centre too. Our guide for the Marina and Market was okay (but looked like he'd rather be doing anything but ferry us all about!!!). It's a bit misleading as unless you're an incredibly good swimmer there was no way you'd be spending any time on the beach as it's too far away for most people to swim too. Admittedly the weather was awful but not one person got off the boat when we anchored for lunch. There were families with children like us that were very dissapointed. Completely opposite was the Flavours of Fuerteventura. Pricey (as many of the visits are actually free) but so nice being in a small group in a minibus. We saw so much of the island and really enjoyed it. A tad whistle-stop but would none the less recommend. Our guide was also great. WATER PARK - Pretty pricey but the kids absolutely loved it! I on the other hand didn't get value for money (just water up my nose and a wedgy lol!). We ended up hiring a couple of rings as there aren't many frees ones to use if it's busy. RESTAURANT - The food was perfectly adequate for a 3T AI. Lots of food was the same throughout the 14 days which is understandable as it needs to cross many cultures and fussy eaters. It only got boring because you tended to put a little of everything on your plate at every meal time, this wouldn't happen at home. There is such a wide variety of guests from different countries that there is always going to be food that we wouldn't necessarily say have for breakfast at home in the UK. My kids had plenty to eat and particularly loved the pancake/omelette station in the morning. The island import around 99% of items, the pork is local to the island (hence why it is on offer so much), this was the best pork (at times) that I've ever eaten! Thank you to Rameses and Jenny on Reception for always being so helpful and the kids club lady (so sorry I can't remember your name and the kids are at school!). We aren't frequent travellers but when we do we always go somewhere new (country). If money wasn't an issue then I would return as we enjoyed it and got what we paid for! :)