Bull Costa Canaria & Spa - Only Adults

I'm not very often I'm stuck for words , but I am here having run out of superlatives last year or the year before or was it the time before that .........? This hotel is dependable' nothing seems to change and it is consistently excellent. Big clean, light room , huge comfortable bed , lovely pool area- bonus- no children!- and fantastic choice of great food topped off with a lovely welcome from the maitre d" and other long standing members of staff who remembered us from previous visits. What more could you reasonably want?

My third visit to this hotel, first time with my adult daughter and then twice solo. On arrival I was allocated a room at the bottom of the gardens right away from the main hotel in a dark corner. The bathroom was very outdated with a plastic shower curtain and no bidet. I went back to reception and said I wasn't happy and as I was on my own I wouldn't like to walk down there at night. They quickly found me a lovely room on the first floor in the hotel and okay it was at the side so I had no view apart from extractor fans and a big tank but it didn't matter as I never sat on my balcony. I love the fact I can sit outside for breakfast in the sunshine with my bucks fizz! The food at breakfast is great. The pool bar for lunch is fantastic the gambas are amazing and the steak on the hot stone is fab, I also had the chicken bites . I noticed this year the staff were very attentive at the pool bar as the English sometimes used to have to wait a while! The evening meals aren't great , I wonder if a little less choice better cooked would be better. The sea was very rough this year so I only got to paddle, Both pools are nice and I braved the cold one a couple of times. I did the aqua gym most days which was fun. Tennis with Bella (not sure if spelt right ) was great and she remembered me from last year. I also did the stretching and Tai Chi. The spa was lovely as always I love the dead sea pool its so chilled. I did think the pool in the spa was a bit colder this year. The jacuzzi on the roof top was definitely colder which was a shame as I loved going up there at the end of the day to catch the last bit of sun. I did mention it to reception but it didn't get any warmer. All the staff this year have been amazing, it can be a little daunting going on your own but they were all very kind. Thank you

On the positive side, the staff are amazing, our room and grounds are very well kept and clean, a few minutes walk to a lovely beach walk. On the negative side, the following; first and most important is that the hotel seems to target the elderly. 95% of the guests are elderly, many have mobility issues. When I say elderly ... I am 63 and felt surrounded by versions of my parents !! Both myself and my wife take good care of ourselves and consider ourselves youthful in our outlook. Im trying to not be too brutal, and I truthfuly mean no disrespect to the clients ... but after 10 days here I feel like I'm ready to give up and move to a care home !! The entertainment is great if you know how to waltz ... anything more energetic could be risky. The only night that was fun was a soul / mo town night. Even then the music was so quiet that the singers didn't really need microphones. On one night there was a so called performer who was supposedly doing "Dean Martin" songs, not that I'm a fan ... but I think there were two songs i recognised, shockingly the singer was miming ... I know this because when he moved the microphone away, he was somehow still singing. No one seemed to notice ... which kind of says it all. Also don't get fooled into thinking that all inclusive drinks actually means that. There was a whole host of drinks that were extra. Including many cocktails ... which unfortuanly were awful. My wife caused an affront because she took her shoes off for one dance during the soul night previously mentioned, only to have some child member of staff approach her on the dance floor to put her shoes back on ... extremely humiliating. We tried to laugh it off but that is the nature of this place. The food is ok but very samey every day. I struggled to find any food that was hot. Unless you were there the second the food was brought into the feeding troff s. Even the meat which was carved from a joint was cold. The dining room is a free for all so be prepared to jostle with our german friends to get to the hot chips. We were very disappointed by all the above and have been to resorts all over the world, this is great if you want to come with your grandparent's, but I'd give it a strong miss if you are a young at heart person.