My husband and I stayed at Reina Isabel during January 19 - 26 and we were very satisfied with our choice of a hotel. We had a sea facing room 575 and could listen to the soothing sounds of the sea while enjoying the scenery.

The hotel staff - especially the two blonde ladies at the reception - were always nice and helpful. The room was cleaned every day to our complete satisfaction. I have no complaints whatsoever, our room was spacious and well, a little bit outdated, but who cares!

The breakfast was fabulous, we did not have any other meals at the hotel. Instead we picked up the restaurants in the Las Canteras avenue. I could specifically recommend restaurant Gallo - I just loved their "stroganoff", which was heavenly. The other restaurant to recommend is "The Laughing Pig", the only minus was that our waiter could not speak one word of English, still we got exactly what we ordered.

There was a carnival at Santa Catalina park during our stay and it was nice to look at the beautiful dresses and watch and listen to the samba dancers.

Las Canteras Beach was clean and even though the water was quite cold, we were able to swim anyway (well - we come from Finland, so the cold waters are not unfamiliar to us ;)

Anita and Pentti Virta, Vantaa, Finland

My husband and I were going to a wedding in Las Palmas and booked this hotel for a couple of weeks over the Christmas and New Year period.
It is big but friendly. I think it is in the best position of all the other hotels as it is near the centre but on the beach. It has its own bit of the beach and the sunbeds are free if you are in the hotel.
There is free computer access which is always a bonus I think.
The staff are all friendly and helpful.
Although we only had breakfast there which was excellent and the options were many, the other meals looked really good.
The pool is on the roof and has a view one one side of the beach and sea and on the other the town.
Try not to get a town side room as the locals seem to stay up all night and get up at about 4.0am. Very very noisy.
That is my only complaint.
Just walk out of the hotel and within a minute there are lots of bars and restaurants along the front.
I will definately go there again. Probably around the same time as the sun was great and temp around 22 c average.

Our last trip out to Las Palmas was twenty years ago in the late 80's,
so we were anticipating a shock to the system and our memories. Not so, it was meeting a dear old friend again. Splendid setting on Las Cantaries beach and recently refurbed promenade,surrounded by great bars, resturantes and of course an easy stroll from the bustling heart
of Las Palmas city center. An added bonus at this time of year Christmas was the very pleasnt lack of screaming and uncontrolled children. Ideal for that winter top up of sun with clean safe beach, medium flight time and excellent staff on hand. Go on spoil yourself

As said before, sitting on the downstairs terrace by the bar with a drink watching the world go by to the sound of the sea is a terrific experience. Las Palmas really is the promenade and beach as rest of town not so wonderful as say, Funchal, or Palma.

We had a small room facing the sea but low down. Others on city side of hotel suffered noise trouble.

Staff were very helpful but we did feel that the housekeeper may have been on holiday. Our terrace was not cleaned at all during our stay. Rooms generally could do with renovation, but we did sleep extremely well as so quiet except for the soothing murmur of the sea.

Food was good with cava and vodka available at breakfast to go with smoked salmon etc if wanted. However, not as good as at The Regency Palace in Funchal or Riu Bravo in Palma.

I particularly enjoyed the three free internet terminals and was able to introduce other guests to Tripadvisor.