Excellent stay at Oliva Beach. Transfer from the airport is 30 mins with no other drop offs along the way, so not worth paying for a private taxi. Check in fast and easy. We stayed in the annexe rooms overlooking the pool which was a great room with a great view. The rooms are spacious, yes dated but this doesn't matter, they are clean, our maid Zoraida was lovely, she looked after us really well, fancy towel art and even left flowers in our room one day. Separate bedroom, bathroom then a large room with 2 sofa's and a dining table and chairs leading out onto the balcony with another table and 4 chairs. Air con wasn't the best but it was ok as the windows opened wide and gave a nice breeze! The pool opens at 8am and sunbeds cannot be reserved before then which is good as it means you don't have to get up at silly o clock to get a sunbed. We preferred the annexe pool as the hotel pool was small and sunbeds very close together. To access the beach you need to walk over through the main hotel, only a couple of minutes walk, what a beautiful beach, never seen so much sand, there are no sunbeds on the beach, but just take your towel to lay on. Turn right along the beach and you will come across the nudist beach, turn left past Tres Isla hotel and we saw lots of kites, there are sand dunes and little sunbathing areas with rocks as a wind shelter and a bit of privacy. There is no beach bars, the hotel is remote, so take your own refreshments. The only bar near by is the Banana bar which only seemed to open during the day, but there is no outdoor seating so we didn't bother. There is also a supermarket next to Banana bar which is cheaper than the hotel and is easier to access from the annex rooms through a side gate. Just outside the hotel is a taxi stop and a bus stop a little further up. The bus is 1.40 each no matter how far you want to go, it goes as far as the harbour and takes about 15 mins. Taxi from Corralejo centre is around 10 euros, depending on where you want to go. The centre is defo worth a visit, its lovely around the harbour, can catch a ferry to Lanzarote for 38 euros each. music square is also worth a visit in the evening, livening up around 8pm, lots of restaurants to dine in if you want a change from the all inclusive food in the hotel. There are plenty of bars along the strips and shops selling fake designer handbags, clothes, sliders etc all pretty much the same. We visited seven pints bar, they had a drag karaoke on one night and also Retro bar where there was a couple singing, was really good again just for a change from the hotel. At the hotel the entertainment was indoors so we didn't bother as its quite warm indoors everywhere in the hotel, especially the restaurants, they didn't seem to use the air con. The food was nice, different meats on each evening and something for even the fussiest eater! Yes my other half had a day of being sick but I genuinely don't think it had anything to do with the food as we'd eaten the same and I was fine. We put it down to sun stroke, so purchased some factor 50 and a cap and all was fine after that. The sun is very intense and with the wind its very deceiving. Drinks were good, several cocktails to choose from, my favourite was the coco loco, they had Estrella, Radleys, red/white/rose wine and spirits. Soft drinks coke, fanta lemon/orange, water and juices. We booked into the A La carte restaurant Madarin one night, which was really good but I couldn't stay in there for long as it was way to hot and was uncomfortable. Check the chicken skewers though as one of them was under cooked. There is a disco on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night which was really good, played some good tunes, again way too hot, was very tempted to jump in the pool on the way back just to cool off! Would we go again most definitely, looking forward to see what the refurb brings, but the downside with that is the prices will probably go up and for what we paid for our 11 nights stay was amazing. Get it booked, give it a go and make your own mind up about the hotel, don't let any negative reviews put you off. The staff are all lovely and cant do enough for you, we met some lovely people.…
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