My first choice for a week in the sun! (Panorama ApartHotel (Tenerife))

Member Name: vickitoria10

Product:	Panorama ApartHotel (Tenerife)
Date:	29/08/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: Location, quiet, clean

Disadvantages: No air con

We've stayed at these apartments twice and are going back again in a few weeks as we like them so much! So why do we like them?...


Firstly, the pool area is lovely and has a few shaded areas, we have never a problem with sunbeds while we've been there, you could get them at any part of the day. The maintenance guy is there from 9-10.30 and 12.30-1 for you to get mattresses and umbrellas, these are 1euro50 each but definatley worth it! I think it was actually better being able to pay for these, it meant if you wanted an umbrella you got one, whereas at other places it can be a bit of a of a fight at early doors to get one of the few umbrellas. The sunbeds are free but the mattresses definately make them a lot more comfortable!

Secondly, the pool is lovely and has never been too crowded when we've been (Both times ere at the beginning of October), there are signs saying no balls and inflatables in the pool, however this wasn't really enforced but didn't cause any problems, these apartments aren't really for the lively crowd! It was only ever enforced if people started messing about. Although it did depend on the lifeguard that was on duty at the time.

Both times we have requested a ground floor apartment which is very unusual for us - we like sitting out on a balcony in the evening, however we find that the ground floor apartments here are ideal, instead of walking up and down steps throughout the day we could pop back quite easily to get drinks etc! This is also saves money too as you don't have to buy drinks from the bar!


The apartments themselves are clean and comfortable, we stayed in a studio and found this perfectly adequate for 2 people. A nice sitting area with tv (included bbc, itv, sky sports etc). You used to have to hire a kettle and toaster, however these now come as standard in the room.

Only downside was no air con! There is a fan over the sitting area but this would be better over the bed - even better, install air con!! We did find it quite warm in the apartments but found once the temperature dropped at night with the fan on and the patio door on the latch (brilliant idea - can only be opened from the inside) we didn't have a problem sleeping.

Unlike normal gound floor apartments, these do have their own patio area with a wall round it, other places i've been to your patio would just merge into communal areas whereas here it is clearly seperate which is nice.

One thing we found out during the week, a lot of the apartments in this complex are privately owned/timeshare apartments, This didn't cause any problems to us, most people in the private ones were there on long stay holidays and had got to know each other, which did make a mostly friendly atmosphere around the pool, however there were a few cliques!

Overall it is the location that makes these apartments, a 5 min walk to puerto colon, 2 mins to san eugenio shops, 10 mins to torviscas playa/playa de fanabe and 20mins to the main area of las americas. We had no problems with noise.The little netto round the corner was brilliant for fresh bread and papers every morning!

I'd recommend little italy for food at torviscas playa, the boulevard at puerto colon and for a special meal (its more expensive) the new Monkey Beach Bar towards the centre of las americas - they do fantastic cocktails!!

We would not hesistate to go back to these apartments, the location is fantastic and opens up loads of opportunities for strolls during the day and at night. The apartments are perfect for a week in the sun for those that want to relax, there isn't really any entertainment at the apartments but this suits us, we found them perfect for a nice relaxing stay, with loads of amenities close by.

Summary: Excellent apartments in an excellent area of the resort