Alondra Villas

Second family holiday in these wonderful villas. All staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful. We stayed in the villas again. We got a 3 bed 2 bathroom grand deluxe villa with sea views and amazing private pool cleaned every morning. From the balcony off the upstairs bedroom there was a lovely seating area where you could sit and look at the sea and mountains. On arrival there were some fresh flowers in the bathrooms-a nice touch. Bath and pool towels are provided. Regular cleaning service by a team of 2-3 maids who were friendly, quick and efficient. Bath towels changed regularly. You can request change of pool towels. We preferred the grey towels which didn’t get as hot as the navy ones in the sun. Reception has a selection of leaflets on tours, activities, shopping etc on the island. You can book a taxi at Reception or on the tablet. There are 45 units in total and include villas, suites and grand suites. There are also 4 casitas. Obviously the more you pay the more luxurious the furnishings. There are 5 grand suites with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Grounds are well kept with pretty flowers. We had no issues with security. We were conscious of locking doors and windows as always. Loved breakfast by the pool. Good selection with different fruit every morning. The juicing machine where you can squeeze your own orange juice was very popular. Wide choice of breads with toaster available. Fried food section beside ham/cheese/pate. 2 Nescafe coffee machines. Choice of sitting out by the pool or inside. We chose different food every morning so never got bored. The Arena restaurant for evening meals gets good reviews on Tripadvisor so must book next time. The tablet was handy with lots of additional information on hotel and local area. You can email reception with any queries with a prompt response. It also contains the hotspot with password. Wifi could be slow at times, especially if there was more than 1-2 devices in use. 5 can be used at a time. Turning on and off the hotspot usually sorted any issues out. If you place the tablet right beside your device it worked far better. We plugged in as close as pool to possible just insider the windows when lying out, and this improved speed. We had a dishwasher and they left a few tablets to get us started. We got the welcome basket for 50 euro which was worth it so we didnt have to gallop to supermarket straight away. We got 5 litres water, coffee, sugar, salt, olives, fruit, lovely local white wine, washing up liquid, milk, juice etc. We like a quiet peaceful location and didn’t mind the walk down to the old town or Biosphere shopping centre. The walk back up hill a bit tougher but helped work off the holiday excesses. Its not a long walk to the Superdino-wine far cheaper here than it was in Duty Free on the return home. Just down from Superdino was one of our favourite restaurants Vue with the best steaks we had during our stay. Booked taxi at reception to get to Rancho Texas which is very close. There were lots of taxis in the rank outside to return us to the villas. A short free bus ride away to submarine. Also walked to the smaller beach where there were water sports. Great location for family holiday Will be booking again. Such a tranquil relaxing complex.

Been to these villas before, but have not been for a few years after a bad stay then. We decided to give it a try again and we were not disappointed. Yes the villas are a little dated and could do with a bit of a refresh, (but they are currently working on this, they replaced the sun beds and patio table and chairs during our stay. The villas are very well maintained and the pool and surrounding areas are lovely. I have seen a few negative comments about being a little out of town and up a big hill, it’s only a 5 min walk to the Superdino which is a little expensive compared to the Hyperdino by the airport, the walk down the hill is OK and going back up is some exercise, (if this is a problem get a taxi as they are all over the resort and are very very cheap, for example from the old harbour up the hill was 2.4 euros). We have now booked to go back in September.