Отдых на Канарах Holidays in the Canary Islands

To be honest, when choosing a hotel, we did not even look for any reviews, but simply relied on what they advised in a travel company. The choice fell on the Cleopatra Palace 5 * hotel.
The hotel is part of a complex of five hotels under the common name Mare Nostrum Resort, respectively, resting any of the hotels can use the services of the entire complex. On the territory there are two large pools and several small ones, a huge number of restaurants (all with different themes - European, Italian, American, etc. ). The food is very tasty at breakfast, lunch and dinner. For those who take HB meals, they can attend either lunch or dinner.
As for the number. There are rooms with sea and pool views. We chose the deluxe pool view room. The room is located on the top floor, it is about two or more times larger than the standard one, a very large balcony with a beautiful view of the mountains. On the balcony there is also a small swimming pool with constantly circulating water. The room is made in the form of a studio - all in one room. The shower cabin is made of transparent glass, so you can’t hide from your fellow traveler, there is also a large bathtub for two and two washbasins with a huge mirror. Naturally, the toilet and bidet are located separately outside the door. The room was cleaned every day and towels changed. Beach towels can be taken every day near the pool. There has never been a shortage of sunbeds.

As for the contingent of vacationers, people speaking Russian or Ukrainian were not noticed at all in the hotel. Mostly Germans, Scandinavians and French. There are a lot of pensioners at the resort itself. The only negative was that inside the hotel is an atrium, all the rooms are located on the sides, and the central part, up to the very last floor, is like a hall. So, over the atrium, the roof is made of glass, and when it started to rain (once), the entire hall was flooded. But this did not bring much discomfort.
The hotel is located near a good sandy beach, only at the time when we were in the ocean it was already cold to swim, so we swam in the pool. The hotel is located in a resort town and there is where to walk, many shops.
During our vacation, we went on an excursion to the volcano, to the water park (very cool now, I especially advise you to go see the dolphin show, it is included in the price of visiting the water park) and on a boat ride, look at whales and dolphins. I do not recommend taking a boat trip. Everyone is swayed, more than half are sitting with bags (already full) and no one really wants to look at anything.
All the time that we were on vacation (end of October) the weather was very good (temperature 25-30 degrees), it only rained on one day, but this did not stop us, because We went that day on a trip to the mountains.
We flew to the island via Madrid and between flights went to the city for a walk in the royal palace and in the surrounding area. We flew from the island with a transfer in Barcelona and between flights went for a walk in the city center to see the sights (Sagrada Familia). And in Madrid and Barcelona, ​ ​ we used the metro. Everything is very clear, there are diagrams everywhere and there are signs at the interchange nodes.