We arrived 3 hours late at about 22.00 hours local time and were allocated 205.
There was a distinct musty smell thro` out this apartment. We were very tired and went to sleep almost at once.

First thing the following day we changed to apartment 656 because the smell of 205 was overpowering.

656 overlooks the heated pool which has its draw backs i.e the
`noise` of the teenage entertainment team from 10.00 in the mornings. The loud music, did I say music (?) would be fine if one wanted to commit suicide but we wanted a quiet break.

Our apartment had its faults
1 the bathroom door would not close properly
2 the bedroom door needed a hefty shoulder to close
3 the wc smelt awful in the late afternoon and stayed that way for hours.
4 The tilt and open windows didn`t operate correctly and the handy man attended on 5 or 6 occasions.
5 The handles on the saucepans required tightening.
6 maid service not available on saturdays and tuesdays ( Our maid spent about 4 to 5 minutes `cleaning our apartment)
7 insufficent containers for the storage of food.


I used the bar a couple of times and it appeared that prices were at the whim of the bartender. One day a beer would cost 4.5 euros the next day 2.8.

I must congratulate the staff in general, they were very friendly and helpful.
The complex does require refurbishment as it is looking very tired


horace

Just returned from a week staying in the Sun Royal apts at Playa Blanca. It was a last minute deal, great value with Thomsons. The apartments are clean and quite good although they are quite a 'step' from the beach/promenade/town areas. The complex is well laid out with reasonably good facilities and a fair priced onsite super market for the essentials - more on offer down the road at Nettos (but dont waste your energy carrying water that far its not a lot of difference on site).
The food on offer in the hotel restaurant is adequate and reasonably priced at 6e for breafast and 12e for dinner, self service and eat as much as you like but paying for drinks. We used it a couple of times. There are plenty of good places to eat at reasonable rices, give the Tipico Espaniol restaurant a try in the street leading from Nettos past the Yaiza hotel towards the town. Good value, cheaper than tose on the front prom and have generous helpings. Also good value red house wine mmmm.
As we had a great deal on the price of the holiday, Im not sure that I would want to pay the full price for these apartments when you could have half board in the nearby H10 Princess for just a little more.
Playa Blanca is just great for a relaxing break (long walks along the prom if you want them). We hired a car and visited some of the areas around the island which is cheaper than taking the trips I feel. P.D.Carmen is not my cup of tea as it is quite old and very much a 'seaside' holiday Hidehi sort of place. But Costa Teguise does have my vote as it is clean and quite new and sort of built around 3 areas which tends to keep it more intimate.
Take care when hiring a car as we found when needing to take it back with a half full tank of petrol. The guy in the fuel station placed the nozzle in the car and walked off. It was only when I went to the rear of the car that I realised he had clipped the trigger on and the car was filling up. The result was that I paid 15 euros more than I needed to return the car half full. Too late it was my fault apparently, car company nor garage would refund.
But it was a cheap car with air con at the lower price so it all evened out in the end I suppose. Car was hired from SunRoyal reception area.
Weather was great but the wind did pick up on times during the week.
I will go back to Lanzarote again.

we have just got back from staying in the sun royal in playa blanca the apartments are very clean with a maid service everyday,you are near to the beach and shops ,there is a cheap netto supermarket near by,the swimming pools are lovely ,one is a heated pool in which was straight outside our apartment,the apartments have everything in them including microwave and grill,toaster,kettle,etc.we all found staying here for a week was very enjoyable and we would stay here again

Just got back from Playa Blanca and was amazed at how lovely it is the Sun Royal was a nice place to stay clean not packed and cheap
Bar/Supermarket on site Didnt see much Entertainment but most evenings we spent eating out ,maid service in apartments bit hit and miss but room was nice
Quite a strool to beach/town loads of restaurants(but avoid lanis by marina like the plague)
All in all a very nice place definatly going next year