Princess Inspire Tenerife - Adults Only

I don’t come to an adult only resort to get treated like a child. Loads of instructions on what you are not allowed to do and limitations. It doesn’t make for a very relaxing holiday I’m afraid. Can only use the pool for limited times, can’t get all inclusive drinks after a certain time. An all inclusive that isn’t really and charges for all sort of extras like using the jacuzzi and certain drinks (even an Aperol). This seems to be the way of the Canary Islands. It does look nice overall. There seems to be a lot of maintenance men around, but they seem to be focused on restricting how you use the Bali bed, rather than fixing broken items. And talking of Bali beds, we got a suite with its own Bali bed because we wanted to sunbathe near our room. However because of the time of year it only got the sun for 90 minutes a day at around 3:30. The staff were mostly friendly, some really helpful and others were just a bit tetchy. The gym got really busy from 8am and there wasn’t that much equipment to cater for the demand even in when the hotel wasn’t full. The food was very hit and miss too, sometimes quite good, other times definitely not of a quality worthy of a 4 star hotel. The entertainment and activities were good and the hotel itself is impressive, especially when lit up at night (although I don’t agree that this can be considered a facility of the hotel).

My husband and I stayed in this hotel for the first time over Christmas and will definitely be back. Standard rooms are large with plenty of storage space, a fridge, safe and ensuite shower. The rooms a beautifully decorated and are cleaned every day. Staff are very friendly and helpful and the evening entertainment is very varied. No need to get up early to grab a sunbed as you pre book them via the hotel app the day before. Would definitely recommend this hotel.

This hotel was recommended by our local travel agent, on first impressions the hotel is stunning from the outside, we were checked in and has a room on the 5th floor level with reception. The room was spacious with a large balcony, the bathroom was strange with an open shower with no door, so no privacy, hood job we are a couple! The toilet had a sliding door. The room was cleaned every day but not to a high standard, corners in the bathroom were missed and there was hair behind the door in the toilet when we arrived. We had a standard half board room, so could only use the sunbeds round the "apparently " heated pool and 2 smaller upper areas. We found the different band system strange with separate areas like the upper balcony area with sofas and padded sunbeds only for essencia guests. Let's talk about the food which was definitely not 4 star, the breakfast was nice and plenty to choose from, but the evening was shocking, it was either cold or none left. We ended up eating out and swapping to lunch which you have to get a ticket from reception to change. We had our one meal been standard in "the one" restaurant which you had to book. Basically you get served a main at your table. You could definitely tell how the staff treat the standard people differently, the table next to us had black bands and the waiter couldn't do enough for them, we didn't even get offered deserts just the bill to sign for our drinks. The entertainment we watched a few nights which was definitely catered for the older generation, the abba tribute sounded awful and the acts were on a stage by the pool and felt so far away and there was no atmosphere. It was really poor standard for the hotel, we saw better in the Irish bar around the corner. The hotel itself is beautiful but is let down by the food and entertainment in my opinion.