I had a great holiday at Playa Park and so will you!
I stayed in room 316 from 6th to 20th December 2007. I booked the room with Travel Republic.
Here are my up-front costs:
Ryanair, Liverpool to Fuerteventura, £63 return
14 nights Bed and Breakfast at Playa Park @ £22 = £308
Transfer from Fuerteventura airport booked online with Resort Hoppa £20
Two weeks car parking at Liverpool Airport £55
Total = £446
I booked a single studio room, but when I arrived the receptionist said they were all full, and he gave me a spacious apartment instead. It was fine. The hot showers were great. Room service was good.
Food…The food at Playa Park was very good, with a reasonably priced buffet breakfast and a good choice of food. Most of the other guests were self-catering. They would come back from the nearby well-stocked supermarket, carrying big bags full of quite expensive food. I do that at home, and it was good to let someone else do the cooking while I was on holiday. I ate at the Playa Park in the evenings and the meals were good, with great service. The waiters were an excellent team, especially Maria the pretty Romanian. She was a real hard worker.
Playa Park was very clean and well maintained. The salt-water pool was a good size and the gardens were very well cared for.
Location…. Playa Park is well located for the beach and for the town. The nearby new Campanario shopping centre is worth a visit. There are great views over the town from the bell-tower. Don’t go up there when the bells are about to start ringing. You’ll be deafened. All the tourist magazines contain vouchers for a free beer at the Campanario café.
Noise…. I asked for a quiet room when I booked, and I got a quiet room, no problem. However, the rooms facing the street Calle Lanzarote are still affected by building work at the new police station across the road. I heard people complaining that the builders had left their radio playing all night, plus grumbles about building noise. I asked how long the work would continue and was told until mid 2008 at least. Also, the rooms above the pool bar can hear the telly football from below. If you want a quiet room do ask for a quiet room when you book, then if there is a problem you can say that you did ask in advance. The hotel management were very helpful.
Bike hire…. Corralejo is a large spread-out town, and a bike makes it much more manageable. Most of the roads have narrow bike lanes on each side. Most of the hotels rent out bikes owned by Corralejo Bikes. The hire bikes on offer at Playa Park were rubbish. I hired a better bike from Auto Martel in nearby Calle Gran Canaria for the two weeks at 36 Euro per week. The manager is a friendly chap and speaks good English. The best hire bikes are from Vulcano Bikes in Calle Acorazado, across Main Street from Corralejo Beach Hotel, run by a friendly young German. Make sure you lock your bike.
Beaches…. Playa Park is about a 10-minute bike ride from the blue flag beach at Corralejo Dunes. Like most of the Fuerteventura beaches away from the hotels, the beach is nudist, but it’s up to you if you want to get your kit off. You don’t have to! There are plenty of stone shelters on the beach to shelter from the wind.
The far end of the beach is spoiled by two very large ugly hotel blocks. They look like something from the 1970s Soviet Union. Corralejo Dunes are an important National Park, and these two blocks are a disgrace.
Trips out….. I visited El Cotillo twice on the bus. El Cotillo is a pleasant fishing village, but rapidly becoming over-developed. There is a large water sports beach to the left of the town, unsafe to swim when I was there; and a nudist beach towards the lighthouse, with good swimming.
I went to Isla de Lobos for a day trip and walked round the island. Well recommended. I’d planned to visit Playa de Carmen in Lanzarote, but the weather turned wet and windy.
Down side….. Not much really. Internet access at Playa Park was expensive at 1 euro for 10 minutes. It’s only 1 euro for an hour in town, or free in some bars. The sauna cost 8 euros for one hour. Why so much? Why no entertainment?
All in all, Playa Park is a good place to stay, and very good value, with excellent friendly service. It’s well located and it is deservedly very popular. I highly recommend it.








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