What People are saying

August 2017

290chlojon 15/08/2017 00:00

The reception staff not very helpful and closed at midnight? Not even a night watchman! Only stairs to drag your suitcase up... no one to help with luggage.. 2 young girls lifting 2 25 kg suitcases up 2 flights of stairs and no one wanted to help at reception! No room to change in with late check out- just a 28 degrees Celsius box room by the squash room with a dirty shower- Was disgusting and I nearly passed out in there. No one wanted to help! Obviously great location to the beach and the rooms are nice and clean - shower not good though- water flooded the bathroom. You have to leave a 50€ deposit for a remote control for the air con which obviously in the heat you need- not really acceptable for the money! Also the Steps leading from the gate- the main entrance- we're broken and chipped. I tripped and cut my foot on this but would of been so much worse for maybe older people or young children- very dangerous!!! But just very disappointed by the unhelpfulness of the staff

lovely hotel

Christopher Con 04/07/2016 17:43

I stayed here a few days ago for 1 week the hotel is very clean the apartments were great I was in number 25 were I had a fantastic sea views the hotel is about 5 mins from porta Rica were all the shops are and restaurants amadros beach is took away nice and quite the is a kitchen with cooker microwave and big fridge and freezer I will be back soon the staff and fantastic and work hard

Win some, lose some

Richard Fon 15/11/2014 14:12

My first bit of advice is if you're coming to Puerto Rico 'proper', don't. Go to Amadores to avoid noise, traffic (but see below) and the usual congestion of tourism gone wild. Walk the pedestrian path along the sea if you need night life, bigger shops, more restaurants, etc. that Puerto Rico has to offer. Among other things, the beach in Puerto Rico is a postage stamp compared to the one at Amadores, with lots of harbor traffic to boot.

We stayed in Apartamentos Amadores Beach 1-8 Nov 2014. The location near the beach (3 min walk) is fantastic. And the beach is superlative. It has proper sand (not volcanic gravel) and is kept clean and well managed (no radios blaring or peddlers). As Amadores has been carved out of the end of a ravine like all the other resorts on the southern coast of Gran Canaria, all the other hotels in the area are as far away from the beach vertically as they are horizontally, which means if you leave your clifftop hotel, you have to make a day out of it on the beach. At Apartamentos Amadores Beach you can go for morning and evening swims, a nice run/walk to Puerto Rico for a second coffee, etc.

Do some serious street- and satellite-view googling. We got lucky as to the location - great picture of the beach - without googling

Another plus was that Amadores in general and Apartamentos Amadores Beach in particular have no night life. Soundproofing is negligible, especially when everything is tiled, so it's nice not to have neighbors coming home at 3 to crash or continue festivities. After varying luck in Greece, we also appreciated the fact that Apartamentos Amadores Beach has no pool bar or restaurant, with plinky music and increasingly loud/inebriated Brits under the balcony from 9 am-10 pm. There are plenty of restaurants out of earshot along the beach and in Puerto Rico and a great Indian restaurant across the street (Memsaab Fusion). Btw, this last was the best deal we found: reasonable prices, spectacular service and even live music.

BUT there were several disappointing things that we would weigh against the ideal location if we think of going back.

The first is the noise from the road (GC-500), which is a very busy two-lane highway. It peels around the cliffs right opposite the hotel and "boom", you get the noise on your balcony. It then goes right behind the hotel, with the buses, trucks and cars all shifting to lower gear for the hill. This was 10-20 meters from our room, which was on the left-hand end of the second (top) tier of apartments, no doubt the worst location. The traffic dies down at night and I was able to sleep with ear plugs but the noise is pretty much constant from 6 am to 9 pm. But maybe I am just old and crochety and very sensitive to noise... In any case, this was enough to make me wonder how on earth our tour operator (Finnmatkat) could possibly have given the place a four 'F' (= star) rating and charged the corresponding price. Also, the air conditioning (not needed fortunately) and wi-fi were not free, which is ridiculous in a hotel with such a rating. There was free wi-fi in the lobby but they didn't have the bandwidth for Skyping.

The apartment itself was ok, but in the mornings there was a distinct smell of chlorine/sewage and perhaps smog?. For whatever reason, it seemed worse at our height and was not confined to the hotel property, since I noticed it at a bus stop and minimarket just across the highway. The kitchen appliances had seen better days The shower stall had no curtain and a very sahllow bottom, so the bathroom floor was flooded (and slippery).

These shortcomings are sad, because the people (staff) were all great and very helpful.

Relaxing

Peter Bon 15/10/2014 01:37

Excellent, modern, clean self catering apartments overlooking Playa Amadores. Despite reports otherwise, kettle and toaster are included. The balconies all have sea views and are ideal for watching the sunset. The resort, however, has no real nightlife, there are no bars and although you can drink in the restaurants, most shut at 11pm. Puerto Rico, which has plenty of bars, is a 10 minute taxi ride costing around 4 euros.

Beautiful Beautiful Amadores

nvqon 14/04/2012 18:19

Stayed at these apartments for 1 week at the beginning of April, husband myself and 17 year old son. The rooms are well equipped for a weeks self catering holiday, the kitchen area is more than adequate and so good to find a freezer available to use and a toaster too. The room on the first floor was light and airy and kept beautifully clean. Our beds were very comfortable as was the sofa bed. The balcony overlooked the lovely beach of Amadores and got the sun from around 11 am until sunset, we spent happy evenings watching the sun go down whilst enjoying a glass or two of Sangria. The reception staff were incredibly helpful and friendly and treated you as a friend which was lovely. The pool area is perfectly adequate for the size of the Apartaments, (there are only 49) and again kept beautifully clean and never getting too busy. The gardens are tended with care (as the lawn was cut, the gardener then went on to sprinkle fertilizer down) and hoovered up all grass cuttings etc. The only negative aspect about the place was that the Wi-fi connection was fairly poor, although the pc in reception was free so said 17 year old was able to Facebook for a short while in the evenings for no cost. Would we go back there? You bet, already thinking of booking up for next year. Love the place. Thanks to all the staff who maintain a wonderful place.