"⭐️⭐️ Honest Review: La Pared, Fuerteventura (Bakour Hotel)
I’m going to be brutally honest because I don’t want to steer anyone in the wrong direction.
La Pared truly means relax — and when they say relax, they mean there is almost nothing to do and nowhere to go without a car.
There are only two bus options:
• One leaves at 6:30 AM (impossible — nothing is open where you’re going).
• The other leaves at 10:30 AM, with one return at 4:30 PM.
Miss that return? A taxi is €40+.
On one outing, we traveled with two elderly couples and another senior woman (around 73). Once we got off the bus, two couples couldn’t continue walking and had to stay behind in a café. The rest of us walked along the beach to meet the bus pickup later. One couple eventually had to take a cab just to meet us. We waited over an hour, had tea and beer, and then took the bus back. It was exhausting and poorly planned for seniors.
Hotel rating (my personal experience):
• Location: beautiful but isolated
• Food: 2/5 at best
• Entertainment: almost nonexistent
• Games available: Parcheesi, cheap domino sets (the tiny black ones you buy at a Chinese shop), and chess. That’s it.
• Bingo happened… and that was basically the highlight.
If I hadn’t met a wonderful couple who rented a car, my stay would have been miserable. Thanks to them — and another lovely 73-year-old woman — we were able to visit other towns about four times. I paid for the gas, they returned the car full, and I was beyond grateful. Without them, I would’ve been stuck.
Best part of the trip:
A €164 day trip to Lanzarote — excellent and absolutely worth it. Full day, lots to see, easily the highlight of the entire stay.
Downside:
We returned around 7:30 PM, and the next morning we were flying back to Málaga. That meant packing, bathing my service dog Willow, getting food, and prepping for travel — stressful and exhausting.
Service Dog Issues (very important):
• I was charged €216 extra because they said I had to have my own room due to my service dog — which is not allowed. I did not request a private room.
• At the hotel, I was initially told Willow had to relieve herself in a special area — while 20–30 cats freely roamed the hotel, including the restaurant.
• After I questioned it, they said it was “okay” as long as I cleaned up (which of course I do).
Then came the airport nightmare:
• Airline staff insisted I needed a health certificate for my service dog — which is not required when traveling within Spain.
• They made me wait, panic, and stress… then finally said, “We’ll let you go this time, but don’t do it again.”
The bureaucracy is unreal, and if you’re traveling in Spain with a dog — especially a service dog — be prepared emotionally. They really know how to hit your nerves and your heart.
Final thoughts:
• I will never return to La Pared.
• I will never stay at the Bakour Hotel again.
• The photos look great, but they feel like they were taken 10 years ago.
• Reviews seem oddly perfect — my experience did not match them.
• When I called ahead, Beatrice told me “yes, there are buses,” but gave no times, no return info, no details. That missing information made a huge difference.
Many people on the same program were frustrated, bored, and disappointed."
