Aparthotel Cay Beach Sun

Hotel Sun Beach is a lovely hotel with two big pools (which are cold but you get used to it and who would want a hot pool when it is so hot outside?) which me and my partner enjoyed every day. The on site supermarket is small but there are Netto supermarkets everywhere so there is no trouble buying the foods you like.

The receptionists are fantastic: I practised my Spanish with them and they literally gave us every map and leaflet they had to help out. I ate in the cafeteria about five times and not once was my food cold; it was fairly cheap and the service was quite quick as well. The hotel bars were lovely and run by a hilarious man called Tom who is one of a kind!

They have a fair amount of activities such as volleyball but they only run from around 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Night time entertainment varies as there is a lot of karaoke, but there was a fantastic variety show, a contortionist and a karaoke session which had quizzes etc., which was good fun.
The Thomas Cook party night was alright as well.

The apartments are fairly big and clean with slightly outdated décor (but that's not exactly a problem). The bathroom is nice with the most powerful shower I have ever been in! The kitchen facilities are very good: you get two hobs, saucepans, microwave which has an oven setting, kettle, blender etc. The TV has two English channels (Eurosport and CNN) so there is something to relax to if you like your TV. You either have a little patio garden or a balcony: we had a patio garden which was lovely to sunbathe in. We rented a safe and you can rent a fan, but our room was nice and cool at night (air conditioning is, however, being installed at the moment).

The hotel is so close to the beach, only a ten minute walk! Playa Dorada is lovely and there are many bars and restaurants on the seafront: I highly recommend the Chinese 'Mandarin' (fairly inexpensive and the waiters are very attentive). It also take 25 minutes to get to the newly built Marina Rubicon which is well worth it: there are some lovely restaurants such as 'Lanis' and there is an arcade, bowling, bars and shops.

I would highly rate the excursions Thomas Cook offer: we went on the Catlanza Catamaran where you swim in the sea, jet-ski etc. We also went on the 'Southern Tour' which takes you to the National Park - on camels, to caves, vineyards etc., which was highly enjoyable.

Overall, Playa Blanca is a lovely resort (for clubs you need to be in Puerto de Carmen) and the Sun Beach Aparthotel is a lovely place to stay which is in a good location. As we left my partner commented that for a three star it is an outstanding place to stay and I agree.

Great location, far enough from the hustle, but close enough to find. If you get a room near reception, you come out of your room to the pool and children's pool, but the noise from the venue opposite plays until midnight.

Maid service great, maintenance staff fantastic, shop cheap but not very happy staff. Rooms and pools perfect, dining room is poor but ok is you don't fancy walking into town to the fantastic ?Jasmines' Chinese restaurant, daytime cafe ok (cheap and plenty). Would go back again.