"I felt it would be a good idea to review this hotel as I've seen some mixed review comments of the Zel franchise at other locations. I arrived at Zel Fuerteventura two days ago and can say it is excellent. Contrary to some other reviews breakfast buffet is excellent les to choose from and lots of everything. Nice long time allowed from 0730 to 1000. Buffet dinner also is great. Plenty choices and lots of everything again. Good quality meats of various types fresh roast turkey carvery, grilled steaks, seafood. And nice pasta and paella among other things. Again plenty time for dinner from 1900 to 2200.
Staff are great welcoming and friendly and we can muddle along well enough in spite of my sadly lacking Spanish 🙄 many of the team speak perfect English and I'm sure some German.
Value wise the stay for me solo cost 2200 uk inc flights and transfers and was half board for 2 weeks which I think seems like very decent value given what you get for the money. Would definitely recommend it especially if you like windsurfing or kitesurfing. But even if I didn't do that i would still come back here. Really nice chilled place. Great for solo travellers and there are several others here this week besides me, into double figures both men and women. Place is also no kids, which many adults may also find appealing. Seems to be a complete mix of ages from young 20s to retirees. Seems popular with female groups of friends in the 20 to 40 age range, possibly because of the courses and spa and yoga etc they run and obviously the marvelous location and high quality facilities.
The rooms are really nice, clean and well maintained with nice walk in shower with rain head and normal type option. You also have a 43 inch tv wall mounted which you can cast from phones to. You cannot attach anything like USB or laptops though as the rear where you may find hdmi or USB connections is not accessible. Sound quality is not ideal from them with almost no base, possibly deliberate to avoid people annoying their next door neighbours. Access to hdmi and usb and options to attach laptops etc and headphones either by cable or Bluetooth in this day and age should be available really. It is however a small negative, the only one I could mention really. Your rooms are provided with coffee maker,and kettle for green teas (although if you like good English breakfast tea you may wish to bring some yourself or ask for it instead of green). You also have a stocked mini bar which you pay for if you use contents. And they give you a 750ml bottle of still mineral water free each day if you use it. Tap water is from desalination so has a taste to it but is drinkable.
The pool and associated bar are nice and have a surfy vibe about them, and plenty high quality sunbeds. The terrace and pool are somewhat sheltered from the winds that the island is famous for. But to be fair the constant breeze here is great in 30 degrees heat. Basically stops you from sweating at all in the heat. Ideal if you want to develop a good tan without having to constantly refresh sunscreen because of sweat.
Last but not least you are located right on Sotavento Beach. Which is a beautiful long gold to white sandy beach that stretches for over 7km and had a tidal lagoon which gets to about 3 foot deep in places for about 4km of the beach. Genuinely stunning location. I would say I've of the best beaches I've ever been to, certainly the best on offer in the Canary Islands.
The hotel is part of the Melia complex here and there is also a very high quality windsurfing rental place on site. Winds here are much stronger than the rest of the island if you are coming for wind sports you could reasonably expect at least 5 to 10 knots more than elsewhere, possibly twice the strength. The winds work on thermals and geography, so cloudy days can reduce the effect somewhat."
