Playitas Hotel - Sports Resort

We have been coming to Las Playitas resort for several years. We love the location, the food and all the activities on offer. I have found the staff always pleasant and helpful. Las Playitas is a special place to relax and recharge the batteries. This year, I have been particularly impressed by the food prepared by Diery, in the evenings, in the Apart Hotel restaurant. His pumpkin curry (all his curries, in fact!) is to die for.... I could eat his food again and again. I definitely recommend this resort.

This was already the second time for me at Playitas hotel (first time a few years ago), so I knew already what to expect: great breakfast and dinner options, so even for 2 weeks stay is was not getting too repetitive. Many sports events, activities and facilities to choose from (some of them against a small charge, others free), and everything is very well organized. The whole resort seems to work like a well oiled clockwork. I had the same room as the first time I was there (a Junior suite in block 4), which was very spacious, had a big balcony and with great views of the resort and the ocean. The (public) beach is just in front of the resort and allows you to cool off in the sea. Most of the guests seem to prefer the pool to the beach, but the water temperature of the pool was much too hot for me and not refreshing enough, so I always went to the beach for sun bathing and swimming; it was largely empty apart from a few locals; the only disadvantage was the sand blowing around when it was windy; and the (dark) sand was usually very hot, but I knew this and put on my water shoes when going into the water; this also helped with the stones that are quite frequent on the beach and in the shallow water. Only a couple of minor points: The shower in the bathroom is of the open walk-in/drive-in type without any separation on the floor, so water will tend to run into the bathroom, especially when using the overhead shower. Better use the hand-shower and point it inside to minimize the effect, and/or put a towel on the floor to prevent the water from running further into the bathroom. My shower sink also started to smell a bit after the first week, but this was fixed the same day I reported it. Furthermore, being a light sleeper, I had some problems sleeping on the first night with a low frequency motor hum coming on every 15 minutes for a couple of minutes from a kind of service room next to my room (probably a water pump or something to do with the air conditioning). Ear plugs did not help much with those low frequencies, but I solved this by simply putting on the air conditioning fan each night (without cooling) which made a very similar but constant noise so that I did not notice the other motor switching on and off anymore.

Hotel was dated definitely not a 4* ,toilet was wobbly and broken , the hotel had an area of super strong draft blowing ,month of July was super windy also so if you visit bring cardigan/ jacket ( the spa facility only one staff working so never availability on our stay. The food at the hotel was actually yummy but very similar each day ( potatoes, chicken, pizza) ect ( snack bars served hot food during the day which is a good option! , coffee machine at the snack bar never worked properly coffee was like water even when staff changed the milk / beans up - so bring your own coffee sachets lol, the positives are the bar staff are absolutely amazing at what they do and super friendly, the cleaners also amazing and friendly, and the waiters at the restaurant amazing and friendly. However the negatives.. hotel dated old and lots of things broken not working properly, and reception staff need to be more friendly and helpful. 20min walk on the beach are resturants/ shops/ shopping centre , pharmacy ( taxi about €10) ) each way if you dont fancy the walk. Definitely recommend visiting the oasis wildlife park 10/10 recommendation super fun day €18 by taxi each way from hotel, and morro jable beautiful place lots of restaurants/ shops €30 each way by taxi definitely worth a visit. Also bring own shampoo/ body wash / conditioners hotel provided only little sachets but not enough for one wash - two people. Hotel has two shops one for clothes/ one for food / drinks souvenirs. Hotel has a machine for cigarettes. I hope my review helps future travelers.

Very basic facilities in the villa which was isolated so you need to walk or get a car back to the resort every time you do a class/eat etc. No water fountains anywhere in the resort and so many things are charged for it’s insulting to have paid so much and then face charges - even just to use the pool! Many of the classes are charged and all of the cycling activities! No changing facilities except in the main pool, no lockers…back to your room every time you want to change/wash. The villa is sparse with dated furniture, no smart TV or radio, and hilariously poorly laid out kitchen with one socket for the whole kitchen. No frills, tea, coffee, salt, pepper, paper towel, washing detergent etc. Literally nothing one expects in a villa nowadays. The most basic we’ve ever stayed in. Bring water, money, patience, and optimism. We won’t be back.

I wasn’t sire what to expect but Playitas was really good. Yes, I booked the best room so had views of golf course AND the sea. The available activities were excellent, as was the coaching. Food was adequate, and certainly not overpriced but, in fairness, that’s not why one goes there. I would certainly go back.