ALEGRIA Barranco

I have previously stayed at the Barranco Apartments many years ago and was interested in seeing how they had changed it since its refurbishment. I can honestly say I was pleasantly surprised. The room we stayed in was on the 3rd (top) floor and had no balcony but your doors opened onto the walkway. Two sunbeds where situated outside your room. At first I did miss the privacy of my own balcony but to be fair the fact we had sun all day long (we had a room overlooking the roundabout) this was soon forgave this. The room had the basics you need for a self catering holiday, two induction hobs and a microwave. we did miss the use of an oven, but we managed. We did buy a shrp knife as the ones supplied where not very sharp. As we would be cooking quite a lot of meals we decided to invest in one from the, (we sell everything) shop opposite the apartments called Bazar Nido. I also bought a teatowel and a bath mat for a very reasonable price. The water was always hot the shower was great just the design of the drain did mean that the floor got wet. Every other day they offered to change our towels and the bed sheets changed after a week. The air con worked perfectly and if you wanted an early night you shut out the hustle and bustle of the local bars by closing the windows. It was quite loud with the window open, but hey we're all on holiday aren't we?. The beds ,two singles, where comfortable and you where supplied with two plump pillows. The pull out bed in the living area was never slept on by ourselves but I must admit wasn't the comfiest to sit and watch tv on. The tv had the basic English channels BBC 1 & 2, ITV, Channel 4 & 5 and Sky News etc. The Wi-Fi was very reliable and we used it daily to stream music and make video calls home. We paid to have use of the room safe which wasn't very expensive. The pool area is very small this didn't effect our holiday but wouldn't have liked it if we had small children or teenagers with us as there is nothing to entertain them and no sunbed to sit around the pool. All in all I would recommend Alegria Barranco to anyone traveling as a couple. We stayed in January and there did seem to be a lot of people staying here for three or four nights at a time. We didn't see any stag parties stopping here, and everyone seemed friendly enough. The staff although very busy were very helpful and friendly.

Have stayed there several times but the refurbishment is amazing, apartments are spacious and the furniture classy. Love the idea of the sun beds outside each apartment and the grass effect. Will definitely stay there again.