Hotel Maspalomas/tabaiba Princess (Tabaiba Princess)

Member Name: stevogarvey

Product:	Tabaiba Princess
Date:	25/04/07 (308 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: We actually felt like royalty.

Disadvantages: The cleaners are slightly dodgy!

O<o>O MASPALOMAS O<o>O

Maspalomas is on the south east coast of Gran Canaria and around 20 minutes drive from Puerto Rico which is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Maspalomas. It is this popular mainly because of the islands dynamic and contrasting landscapes and beach. When we where there was a beautiful beach that stretched around 6km, its was nice to have a nice relaxing walk along the beach at dawn and the sand is just right, however there are magnificent sand dunes which stretch most of the way which look absolutely astonishing when night falls and the sunset is resting at the seas edge. Truly spectacular.
However famous for its beach, Maspalomas has a lot more to offer than just a magnificent beach, there is the rest of the island to explore in all its tropical glory. I say Tropical for the fact that there are tropical forests which are small enough to explore within a few days.
Maspalomas is defiantly a quiet family retreat, however its great to just get away from it all. More things to do will be explained later in the review.

O<o>O HOTEL O<o>O

As I mentioned earlier within in review, we stayed at the Hotel Maspalomas/tabaiba Princess 4*, which was absolutely spectacular from the outset. When we arrived we were greeted by the hotels lobby area alone, which is absolutely amazing, full marble flooring with glass exterior, I mean it was beautiful, and for the price it felt even better. Having been greeted by the excellent first appearance of the lobby we walked over towards the reception desk located in the centre of the giant lobby and we were greeted again by a lovely woman who was smiling and courteous at al times. She helped us check in and pointed us in the right direction.
Whist finding our way to our room, one couldn’t help notice the elegance of the hotel, chic glass fronted elevators and palm trees stretching far up into the open space, and that was just the start of the hotel.
The Hotels rooms were excellent, clean, elegant, and nicely furnished with a gorgeous en-suit bathroom with a balcony. A perfect hotel room if you ask me, we felt like royalty.
Having settled in, we went down in the posh glass lifts to get a drink at the hotel bar, which was sophisticated in every way, it had its own grand piano along with player and an expert in cocktails at hand at the bar. But don’t worry, you don’t need to wear a tuxedo at all times, simple casual wear is generally excepted at this particular bar in the hotel.

Moving on to the pool area, when we went outside for the first time, we were astounded by the sheer size of the swimming pool. It was huge, crisscrossed with wooden bridges and surrounded by beautiful foliage. There were bars all around the pool which served food and drink all day along with various ice creams and so on, basically everything you would need to laze about. If you fancy a nice Italian style pizza there is a lovely little restaurant serving tasty pizzas all day long. It gets even better, what would make a relaxing day more relaxing? Yes a wonderful sauna and seem room. Guess what? They got them both. I found myself simply sitting in the sauna for the majority of the holiday.

Having took in all the opportunities of the hotels surrounding, after dinner there is the opportunity to round the day of with a nice drink in the lounge, or maybe some light entertainment in one of the two entertainment venues in the hotel. Or maybe a nice game of miniature golf or tennis or table tennis.

You should take a look of some pictures of the hotel here:

http://www.princess-hotels.com/web/ES/FPW/17_Deta lle_Hotel.asp?G=6

Meals
All the meals are buffet style. That may put some people off initially however they are superb, I mean simply superb. There are endless choices of foods, courses and derserts. Be aware that you may gain substantial weight from this holiday since the food is fantastic at the hotel.

Entertainment
There ate quality night shows at the hotel, professional singing, dancing and the famous piano bar where the regulars tend to ballroom dance :o!

Activitys
There is tonnes to do at the hotel, including archery, boules, rifle shooting, mini golf and tennis. Everything really, we never actually got time to do everything. You would most deffinatly need at least 2 weeks there.

Room facilities
2 or 3 beds
Telephone
Hairdryer
Satellite TV
Minibars, safety deposit boxes and fridges available
Air-conditioning
There are a limited number of rooms for four adults with two twins
Rooms for 3 and 4 people do not have a pool view
Third and fourth beds are either sofa beds or fold out beds
This hotel will not allow child bed sharing
Single rooms available on request

Official rating
4 Star

O<o>O ADDITIONAL INFORMATION O<o>O

Location
The hotel is in a quiet area of Maspalomas, however local shops do cater only 500 metres away from the actual hotel.

No. of rooms
448 in each hotel

No. of lifts
4 in each hotel

Other facilities
Several shops within the hotel iteself.

Child reductions
up to 12 yrs inclusive

Official rating
4 Star

Extra local charges
Some facilities may incur extra local charges

O<o>O PRICE AT THE MOMENT O<o>O

I thought that I would take the time to do a little research into the types of deals you could get around this time of year (April 2007) just to give you an idea of the price. You can get you Flight and Hotel for around £698 based on two people sharing which includes, a seven night stay, half board, flight and meal.
This price is from Thomson so after the April month, prices may change due to demand.

Summary: Overall wonderful place to stay.