Stayed for two weeks HB at sol lanzarote Lovely hotel very clean and tidy room was cleaned every day.

Staff 5 out 5
rooms 4 out 5
pool 3 out of 5 ( as all three pools were very cold)
food 4 0ut of 5

I would say this hotel is a 3 star plus but not a 4 star
but great as a cheap break.

Nice clean beach right out side hotal.

Dont bother with the transfer as it only cost 10 euro for 4 of us in a cab to the hotel which was only about 10 min from the airport.

I stayed her with my young family at easter and had a great time.
The room was huge and spotless, getting cleaned daily.
We had a sea view as requested.
The only gripe is the swimming pool.
It was freezing!
Even the baby pool which was only one foot deep, never managed to heat up.
We spent most of our days on the beach, directly in front of the hotel.
I would definaly recomend this hotel, but don't expect much from Porto del Carmen, it is full of tat.

We stayed on a late deal at the end of May till early June.

Flight was fine, transfer to this hotel took about 10 mins, it was great.

We heard the reception was slow, so as we got off the coach my girlfriend made to the reception with all our passports while i sorted out getting the bags off the coach.

took about 10 mins even though we were at the front of the que.

The hotel lobby is quite spectacular, especially the smoke on the water fountain, very nice.

Room was great, it was a good size, swipe card door, walk into a living/extra bed area, with a kitchenette, hob, fridge, minimum equipment really but we didnt it.
Bedroom was a fair size, telly that had 3 or 4 english news channels, beds were standard hard, twin, with the old Camel Hair "duvet". Sliding patio door onto a normal sized balcony.
Room was neated up every afternoon, floor swept too, no problem with the cleanliness etc, never even saw a cockroach

Pool area, this is where is all starts to go wrong, firstly, what is with the Flintstones theme that runs throughout the hotel? I mean everybody over 20 knows about the Flintstones, but to kids nowadays it means nothing, its a 1970/80's cartoon. The theme is all over the pool area, and all over the restaurant and actually all over the hotel. Cheap plastic character statues that serve no purpose other than taking the mick out of.

There are 3 pools, the middle one being 1.1 metres deep, for the kids. All 3 pools are colder than a polar bears toenails, and dont get warmer no matter how long you stay in!

Kids entertainment was mind numblingly boring and repetitive, not that they minded. Stupid kids songs were on repeat throughout most of the day round the pool, until the kids organiser nipped off for a fag, then me or my girlfriend use to walk over to the speakers and turn them off, sometimes we got a round of applause from the other ppl round the pool for doing this. Giving us all 15 mins of peace.

The standard of guest in this hotel is not unlike what i would imagine Benidorm to be like now. It was full of Irish people, most of whom are lovely during the day, well actually until about 11am, after that they start drinking and drink until about 1am. Leaving their kids to run about the hotel, swear at each other, bully some of the nicer normal kids, they also hung about in gangs, 16/17 year olds in 4 or 5 man gangs round the vending machines would be considered slightly intimidating. Security didnt seem to want to know or care, or do anything at all, ever.

The Food, we were half board so we had breakfast every day and dinner most nights. Breakfast was the usual affair with a good choice of everything. Always good to get a fresh omlette made infront of you , or pancakes. Dinner was abit hit and miss, but there was always choice of 2 meats or 2 fish ready to be grilled infront of you. I imagine most people would be able to find something every night to be happy, even if your fussy. The staff worked very hard also.

If you have skipped through most of what ive written, please take this last sentence as the most important.

This is a family hotel, do not go if your in a couple, or your over the age of 35. about 80% of the population of the UK would class the guests that go here as chav scum.

To sum it up, this hotel is CHAVTASTIC!

I stayed in the Sol a couple of years ago with friends and I can highly recommend this hotel. At the time the rooms looked like they had recently been renovated which was very pleasant. I stayed in a sefl catering room which was very handy for lunch etc. The bathroom was enormous and the room very comfortable. Our balcony wasnt in the best of locations but this did not spoil my stay at all. The pool area is incredibly well laid out however at the times the sun beds were very old and sagging and were quite uncomfortable. There is a childrens club run by the hotel which seemed very well organised. The Sol is right next to Matagorda beach and is a short walk to the shopping centre for lunch etc. Marvellous location I would defintely return.