La Penita Apartments Reviews

I would agree with what alot of other people have said about these appartments. The rooms are a lovely size, the bathroom has a wonderful power shower & the kitchen has every item that you will need. The negatives which I should point out are a lack of plug sockets in the kitchen and bedroom and the pool is so quiet during the day, a little bit of music would be nice!! The atmosphere is poor.. but dont let this put you off.. the apartments themselves are probably one of the best around (self catering)

We stayed here for one week in August 08. The hotel was clean and tidy and the staff friendly, the location excellent. Our 1st morning at the appartments we went down to the pool about 9 am to find not a sole about but not 1 sun bed available, every single bed had been covered with a towel and apparantley i was told you had to get up 6ish to get a bed!! One day there were 3 beds covered with one towel the owner of this towel turned up at 3pm to use 1 of the 3 beds. In the rules and regulation leaflet you receive on arrival it states please do not reserve beds I just wish the hotel would stick to their policy. We eneded up going to the beach 5 days as we never could get a bed.

Having been to Lanzarote and Puerto Del Carmen before we knew the area fairly well but had stayed in the old town in Aguamarina which were fabulous and are owned by the same people so we had no hesitation in booking La penita. We were not disappointed. On arrival we were given a lovely bottle of wine, being repeat guests, a lovely thought! We had a room on the 2nd floor overlooking the pool and it had a microwave, kettle, coffee maker, TV and everything you could possibly need on a holiday, even washing up liquid, cloth and sponge.You could do a wash and tumble dry for a small charge also downstairs.You could also get an iron and ironing board free of charge.The reception staff were so helpful and made numerous phone calls for us to book some trips we wanted to go on.The beds were very comfortable around the pool also. Pool bar served lovely food,reasonably priced and you could have a very quiet night-cap there before going to bed if you just wanted some place quiet for the night. The only thing that maybe they could do with having is maybe some nights having some low key music or something in the bar.Loved Lanzarote again and defenitely will return to either place mentioned. Regards to all in both places and hope to see ye soon again.

Just returned from a great 2 week holiday at La Penita. The rooms were of a good size and cleaned to a high standard. In fact the whole complex was kept very clean. The location was particularly good, being just a short walk to the main promenade. Having taken many holidays in Spain and the Canaries I was particularly pleased to see that there wasn't the usual early morning dash (7 to 7.30am !!) to ";book"; the sunbeds. Instead I was able to have long lie-ins, walk to the pool area at around 8.15 and still be one on the first to ";book"; their beds - Oh joy !!

Pueto del Carmen has many good pubs and restaurants and I do know that this is very much an individual choice, but I'll share the names of the best that we found ... La Ola (next to the Casino) for an upmarket type of meal, good service with a pianist playing in the background, Noah (onto the promenade, turn left, cross the road and about 500 yd walk) for their special lamb meal (about Euros 14), a little pricey I know, but well worth it believe me, El Chiquito (onto the promenade, turn right, maybe 1/2 a mile walk ?) a cheap and cheerful meal, but good sized portions and of a good quality, Maison de Marines a small white painted building (onto the promenade, turn left, cross the road and about 300 yards) for another quality meal with good service. For a pre-dinner drink try the Casino Terrace (above the casino) - cheap prices, good service and not overly full unlike a number of the other cocktail types bars.

La Penita Apartments are excellent value. We had a very spacious one bed apt with TV with some English channels incl. movies, toaster, microwave, kettle, coffee machine and most importantly a fan - great as there is no air conditioning. Our apartment was only a short walk to Avenida de las Playas and all the restaurants and bars. We couldn't fault the cleanliness or the servicing of the apartment. The towels were changed 3 times and the bed linen changed twice during our week. Customer care at Reception was one of the best I have experienced, nothing (within reason) was too much trouble.

This was our 4th stay in Puerto del Carmen area and we found it has become a bit 'tacky'. At night we had to run the gauntlet of the relentless bar touts who were quite intimidating and in a lot of cases refused to take no for an answer and would follow us down the street.

I would recommend Universo for eating out in the evening. We had most of our meals there and all of them were superb and the service was excellent. Cafe La Ola has a lovely location and I would recommend a visit just for the surroundings alone - people watching there is hilarious!

One of the best things in Puerto del Carmen is the new Biosfera Shopping Centre which is situated between the new and old towns - the bus stops directly outside if you don't fancy the hill in the heat. Mango, Zara and especially Bershka are fantastic value and have lovely stuff which you just can't find in Ireland.

We took the bus into Arrecife and weren't impressed at all. The walk from the bus into the centre is quite nice but if you want shopping better to stick to the Biosfera.

Lanzarote itself is a lovely island and you should make the effort to hire a car and go out and see the sights. Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua, Mirador del Rio, El Golfo etc are all well worth a visit. If you don't want to hire a car you should do the Grand Tour but just make sure you book directly through the office on the main strip (can't remember the name). Cost with them is 50 Euro as opposed to 70 Euro through the Tour Reps.

All in all, Lanzarote is great for a cheap break - we only paid £165 each for the week at La Penita - but if you want culture, to be honest, there's not much of it on the island.