Hotel Palia Don Pedro

"The staff friendliness and the variety of foods (tasty potatoes cooked in multiple ways), meats (a few fish types, rabbit, duck, goat, pork, chicken legs, chicken breast and more), soups and salads, cheese and more compensate for the dated buildings. Every day, there was a new type of cooked potatoes, different grilled meat and fish, cheese and salad, always fresh and with great taste. Their soups are delicious, and this coming from someone who's rarely eating soup at a hotel, but this place got me happy and curious about what is next. If someone complains about food in reviews, they probably are used to only eat at McDonald's. I felt like inside a community and not a usual sterile hotel, where everyone barely interacts with each other. It is very quiet, you can hear parrots everywhere and the bus stop it next to the hotel - 20 minutes to Los Christianos. There was entertainment EACH day and each evening. The staff is doing a great job keeping the hotel, and it was clean in the rooms and the staff should be paid more. Sure, you get some insects around when you leave windows open, but it is Tenerife - lizards, ants and cockroaches are everywhere due to the climate. If the hotel managers would spend more money on maintenance, this hotel can grow a lot, and it would bring higher income to them...too bad they don't!"

"We booked the hotel through Easy Jet holidays and feared the worst when we read some of the terrible reviews. We went with an open mind and had a great 4 nights there. The town is quieter than others around but we liked that. Yes the place is basic and dated, there are some cracked tiles - however - the rooms were clean, they were cleaned each day and the beds were made, the beds were so comfortable! All the staff were friendly and very hard working, the drinks were good and there were lots of organised activities. The breakfast was great and there was a wide variety of food at both lunch and dinner. We couldn’t fault it. On our last day we were able to store our luggage in a locked room, and paid 20 euros each to continue our all inclusive band until our transfer bus arrived. We would return to the hotel again."

"I want to say DON'T LISTEN TO NEGATIVE REVIEWS. This is my 2nd visit 18 years apart, and I don't usually take any notice as I understand what holiday I have booked a 3 star . This time, I saw some reviews before that I now believe are completely untrue, and this put a dampener on my pre holiday excitement as I have a disabled family member. A relaxing holiday is so important to me . This is an outdated hotel but had a brilliant time as this does not matter to me . The hotel is clean , the staff are friendly , have a good selection of food, and have a nice pool with plenty of sunbeds . Entertainment throughout the day and night . But also what made our holiday was the lovely guests all down to earth and lots of them have returned over and over again . So if you are a down to earth person who enjoys a good time getting to know lots of social people in the sun, then this is a good choice, and we will be back ."