Spent a week at Las Playitas and will certainly return next year for the fantastic training facilities and winter sun. We thought it represented great value for money and our self catering room was clean and quiet. There is a fridge, but no freezer and two electric hotplates (which don't get very hot), and no oven, so the potential for food preparation is limited. The entertainment in the room is also limited unless you are German. Only the very repetitive BBC World News and Eurosport are in English and none of the limited selection of films to purchase through the TV were in English from what we could tell. The hotel doesn't have a DVD lending library and DVD players are not provided in the rooms, so if you enjoy watching film of an evening, take some with you and a lap top - we didn't do this, so spent the evenings reading instead, which was fine, but the lack of options for entertainment in the room did come as a surprise.

Whether you weigh 20 pounds too much or are an elite sports nerd this is the right place for an active or a relaxing vacation. Situated 35 minutes easy drive from the airport at the coast next to a small fishing village Playitas Aparthotel has it all. The apartments are true 4 star quality, spacious, solid walls where you cannot hear the next door neighbor, beds with real downs for the northern European style sleeping and fresh milk (no UHT) and all this is surrounded by lush subtropical garden on the vast grounds. Flowers all over add to your entire wellness experience here.
Our family is very relaxed about sports, but we felt welcome anyway. We were out running, used in-and outdoor fitness equipment, joined a yoga class, played minigolf and went walk about on the tracks mapped by the hotel. We did sports along with the best of the best German, Danish and British swimming teams who occupied about 1/3 of the hotel during week 7, 2010. But be aware guests go to bed early at this place, and they are up and active by dawn. On the downside is the food. Where the garden is 5 out of 5 stars –the best we have seen worldwide, and the aparthotel 4 real stars, as rated, the food in the resort restaurants is of too low quality. Especially the fine dining “La Bodega”, who shares kitchen with “Trattoria Da Luigi” is really bad value for money. Instead, we suggest to walk 5 minutes around the end of the beach to the local Las Playitas fish restaurant and get the exact same menu card great food quality and at half price. Advice: Bring electric kettle, flip flops (pool area tiles are dangerously slippery when wet) and plenty of sports clothes fit for a warm climate because you get inspired to become active among these splendid surroundings.

Amazing faciities for everyone, whether it is to chill out or beast your body, this is the place to stay. The new gym is brand new and great, there are 3 pools, one olympic size, cycling, exercise classes, everything you may want. The studio we stayed in was very clean and fresh. The food caters for everyone too. We will definitely be returning soon.

We have young children and what we look for in a holiday is pretty specific and therefore hard to find, but this Aparthotel really did have it all. In particular, we prefer to have an apartment, so that we don't have to go to bed when our small children do, yet at the same time nor do we want to cook on holiday and it's pretty unusual in my experience to find an aparthotel with restaurant buffet facilities. However, the apartments here are 2-bedroom, with a small living room and basic kitchen facilities, and yet the hotel also has fantastic buffet food for those on a half-board basis - really fresh quality and well-cooked. You can eat at the pool bar for lunch or buy baguettes etc from the on-site supermarket. There is also night-time entertainment, but it's housed in a separate building, so you can leave when you like and you won't have the noise going on until midnight outside the hotel, which can be another common problem if you have small children trying to get to sleep. The hotel also backs onto the beach, so the kids can be entertained by digging sandcastles. The hotel also has 3 pools, a long tube waterslide, a kids' club, a superbly ingenious mini-golf course and lots of sporting facilities - exercise classes, gyms, tennis coaching and table tennis. This hotel is just really, really efficiently well-run (think it's a German chain, which would explain its efficiency! also the mainly German guests), is beautifully landscaped, very clean and well-maintained and incredibly relaxing to stay at. Everything just works without hassle and as a result you come away feeling really relaxed and rested. I heartily recommend it! Pre-book your minibus/coach transfer from the airport otherwise it could be quite an expensive taxi ride.