Bungalows Barranco Apartments

guard that was on he walked round on the roof terrace and would let on, there was only one who wouldn\'t let on but he was only there one nite, the worse problem we had there was on are last nite at 3.30 in the morning we flushed the toilet and pipe burst on the tap in the bath and flooded the whole apartment which took about an hour to mop up, Oh and the hotel opposit are room gets noisy as it is groups of people. I wouldn\'t go back here as it is not a place where you can just relax especially by the pool and have a quite dip, but all in all the rooms are ok and ok if you don\'t care about where you stay.

in the apartments, a security guard walks round all night and at reception if they dont recognise you they ask for your room number and they look at photocopies they have taken of your passport! So if you want to take strangers back you might not get to!

Overall fantastic accommodation!

always very busy, but with the beaches so close it wasn\'t really a problem. The apartments were basic but fairly clean, with a maid service every couple of days. The spiral staircases were very rickety, and I wouldn\'t recommend them for people either with children or on a booze holiday, as can be problematic to the young / drunk. Also the apartments were incredibly hot, as only one window per floor. It was like walking into an oven, so we took the risk of leaving the window and door open at night, which paid off as our security was never threatened.

The only real problems we encountered were the late night arguements over the passports (where school-girl Spanish was useful as the staffs English isn\'t perfect), and a run-in with the Sunset travel reps. The reps were supposed to book us onto the Dolphin spotting Catamaran trip (an expensive must) but when the coach arrived we were told another one would be along for us later... which never arrived! The reps didn\'t really seem that concerned, which was a shame.

Over all our holiday was very good, the last day was a waste as we had a 2am flight and had to be checked out at mid-day, which meant an unpleasant and sticky day. The apartments were basic, but for the money we felt probably a little TOO basic, and the success of our holiday was more due to the resort and luck, as we were told ours was the only apartment without cockroachs (lucky number 33!) If you\'re looking for a basic pad with good location then the Barranco will do, but its not the height of luxury, but more a base to build a good holiday around.

we had no problems getting ours back at the end of the week. The apartments weren\'t cleaned that often, nor were the towels changed, and I don\'t recall the bedding being changed at all during the week. Although on a positive note we didnt see a single cockroach during our stay.

There was improvements being made to some apartments, and the work on these started very early, sometimes from 8am! Although when we complained to the rep, the hotel manager denied this and said it didnt start until after 10am, this was a complete lie!

The apartments were small and had a spiral staircase to get up to the bedroom, this was fine for us but would be no good for elderly people or young children, you also couldnt get your cases upstairs at all.

They say you get what you pay for and ours was a last minute deal, and we thought it was value for money. I dont think I would go back as they arent welcoming at all, it would seem they dislike young people and instantly brand you all the same, thats a shame as due to its location and price they are going to attract groups in the summer season, and we arent all noisy thugs!!!
Excellent location, value for money and reasonably clean are the plus points...the minus are tiny pool, not enough sun loungers and the attitude of some of the staff.