Hovima Jardín Caleta

“Nightmare turned out to be great”

When we arrived in the night after a long day we were horrified at the room and comments made by people in the bar. After a good nights sleep things looked totally different. The room was tired and shabby but spotlessly clean. Good shower. The pool area is lovely. The restaurant is fine, lots of c… more

When we arrived in the night after a long day we were horrified at the room and comments made by people in the bar. After a good nights sleep things looked totally different. The room was tired and shabby but spotlessly clean. Good shower. The pool area is lovely. The restaurant is fine, lots of choice you can always find something you like. The staff are really friendly. The bar is ok, not a lot of choice of spirits. There was entertainment most evening’s some better than others but it was fine. Rooms were cleaned 5 days out of the 7 There isn’t a lot to do in the area mostly fish restaurants but the bus was every 20 mins to the next resort, very cheap and regular. After what we thought was a disaster we had a great time.

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“Lovely hotel”

We went here as a family of 2 adults and a 9 Yr old. 2nd time here so knew it already. Exactly what to expect for 3 star. Lovely buffet breakfast and even meal, there were general buffet and themed evenings aswell, such as BBQ and mexican. My daughter loves her food and enjoyed it all. Staff were a… more

We went here as a family of 2 adults and a 9 Yr old. 2nd time here so knew it already. Exactly what to expect for 3 star. Lovely buffet breakfast and even meal, there were general buffet and themed evenings aswell, such as BBQ and mexican. My daughter loves her food and enjoyed it all. Staff were all great, all friendly and helpful when needed. Pool is nice. Rooms are adequate, we had a superior with sea views. No complaints. Cleaned daily. Location is great for us. Love the cove, sports centre and enjoy walking to beaches, more bars etc further down coast. There is a bus stop round the corner to take you to such areas if you don't like walking.

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“Decent hotel. Food poor.”

Been here twice, once during covid outbreak. Hotel is fine and if you get a sea view, lovely. Situated in a quiet location close to the beach where the hang gliders land, it's not for those who want action. However, it's a 10 minute walk to Caleta which has smart restaurants and bars. Only downsid… more

Been here twice, once during covid outbreak. Hotel is fine and if you get a sea view, lovely. Situated in a quiet location close to the beach where the hang gliders land, it's not for those who want action. However, it's a 10 minute walk to Caleta which has smart restaurants and bars. Only downsides were the evening meals which, while edible were fairly poor. Breakfasts were pretty standard. If they improved the dinners I would return

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“Disappointing aparthotel”

Returned last week from this hotel. We booked a " comfort " room as this it's how it's described with Easyjet...Comfort it is not! Prior to going we found out that these rooms do not have air-conditioning but couldn't change as it was fully booked. We arrived very late at night and on opening the … more

Returned last week from this hotel. We booked a " comfort " room as this it's how it's described with Easyjet...Comfort it is not! Prior to going we found out that these rooms do not have air-conditioning but couldn't change as it was fully booked. We arrived very late at night and on opening the door was hit by the heat,in this day and age I find it incredible that an hotel doesn't have air-conditioning in ALL rooms I dread to think what it would be like in the height of summer.There was a tower fan that sounded like a jumbo jet taking off and just blew the hot air around ,the only means of cooling was to have both front & balcony door & the window open. I actually had to try & sleep on the sofa by the window a couple of nights to try & be cooler and to add insult to injury there is an advert on the side to hire an air conditioning unit from an outside company for 80 euros ,what a cheek! As I previously stated we were very late arriving ( late flights) and of course no chance of any food that had long finished,being an aparthotel it had a fridge in the room,not so much as a bottle of water in there,luckily I'd bought some! The food is ok,lots of choice but quite repetitive and never hot as of course it's mass produced and by the time it's brought out it's cooling down. Would have been nice if the chef cooked an omelette instead of just frying eggs at breakfast. On the subject of meals,( we were half board) we were on a late flight back but on asking about a meal at lunchtime they wanted to charge us 20€ each,bearing in mind no food on our first night! They do like to try & get extra money out of you ,speciality " Tenerife " meal..20€ each, entertainment with food & drink ...20€ each,needless to say we didn't partake! You can get lovely food away from the hotel for less money if you want to. As mentioned by other people they were doing repairs during the day around the hotel and combined with the fact that people ( including the cleaning staff) don't know what door handles are for it wasn't exactly peaceful around the pool! The adults only area on the top terrace is lovely until someone decides to use the toilet up there ...you can hear everything!!!! Not nice particularly when someone decides to be ill ( can't help being ill I know but not nice to hear when you're trying to relax and sunbathe). Rooms are not cleaned every day,you leave the please clean me label out but come back and find it on the floor and room not done so don't expect to not be making your own bed some days! Check out day,I had asked a few days before if we could have late checkout to be told " you need to ask on the morning ",so I asked.." you need to ask after breakfast "so I did..." no you can't someone else has the room". Seriously, the receptionist didnt know until then that someone else was coming!!! She tells us " you can stay all day in the hotel and book a shower for later storing cases in a room so that's what we had to do, storing our own cases,nothing done for you,before going out for something to eat as previously mentioned. La Caleta is a lovely little bay,lots of fish restaurants that were always very busy. 3/4 hourish walk into Adeje along the coast is lovely or get the bus for 3€ for 2 and doesn't take long. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone and I wouldn't return. I know its only a 3 star but it was disappointing.

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