Summer sun at the Playa!

Advantages: Staff, cleanliness, rooms, food etc
Disadvantages: n/a

...If there's one thing I looked forward to all year, its a summer holiday. We try out best to make sure we go away every summer, and to date we haven't had very many bad experiences with the hotels we have picked. Last year, our choice of Holiday was to Tenerife. We booked our holiday at the very last minute. We were due to fly on July 6th, and at the beginning of April, we went into the travel agents and booked. Our choice of hotel, was the Iberostar Torviscas Playa, Costa Adeje, Tenerife. ** Travel Agents Recommendation/Booking. We started browsing through brochures and searching online for a summer holiday in around January. We came to the agreement that Tenerife would be our choice of hotel. We studied the prices in the brochures and haggled online, however although the offers online looked very good value for money, we...

SweetTooth93 20.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Iberostar Torviscas Playa, Tenerife

Jardin Del Sol apartments, Playa Del Ingles

Advantages: Centrally located, great staff, great apartments.
Disadvantages: None

...Playa Del Ingles in Gran Canaria.....what a place! i love it there, even though i've only ever been twice in my whole life if i could afford to go every year this is the place i'd go, well here and Salou ;) I recently went to PDI (short for Playa Del Ingles) in July 2007 for 2 weeks, with my young daughter who's 6 and my mum (don't ask lol), we were booked into the Jardin Del Sol appartments, obviously i did abit of research beforehand as i like to know what to expect when traveling with my daughter and the reviews i read were ok, like with most reviews you'll get some great ones and some not so great, where ever you stay it all depends on the person and what you yourself make of the place, but here's my 2 pence worth anyway. It was roughly a 15 minute coach ride, possibly abit faster if your in a taxi from the airport in Las...

brownie1480 24.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Jardin Del Sol Apartments, Playa Del Ingles, Gran Canaria

A Grand Time In Gran Canaria

Advantages: weather, sun, sea and sand
Disadvantages: my one cockroach

...on the 2nd of October, and it being October I expected it to be quite warm, but no where near as warm as it actually was. From the first moment I stepped off the plane from England to my arrival in Gran Canaria, the weathers hot breeze whispered to me a recent summers history of Gran Canaria all of its own. Throughout my two week holiday the weather in the day time did not dip below 32c all holiday, and on the night time it was only a slightly cooler temperature of 26c. The breeze we did get was like being under a hairdryer that the Sahara desert happened to bless us with while we were there. I stayed at the Barcelona Apartments in the Playa Des Ingles resort of Maspalomas. We went self-catering as we intended to eat out every night. The first thing I noticed as I gazed around the resort was just how quiet it was, this being the very...

dempsey_review 25.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Gran Canaria (Spain)

How To Feel British In Spain

Advantages: modern, well-eqipped hotel, near the beach
Disadvantages: no good lamps beside the beds

...the little ones with special programmes. Before there can be families, there must be couples, the hotel has a special offer for honeymooners! The Gran Hotel Turquesa Playa (built in 1996) is at the western end of the town Puerto de la Cruz, 1km from the centre, 5 minutes from the Bus Station (In the Spanish of the Canary Islands: Estacion de la *Guagua*, what a wonderful word!), 10 minutes away from the Loro Parque (for the readers who know the place), the two streets running alongside are cul-de-sacs, so it´s very quiet around the hotel. From the entrance it´s 100m to the´?Playa Jardin´, the last project of the famous Canarian architect Cesar Manrique and the beach with the black volcanic sand. The lobby is four storeys high with three lift shafts on either side and a panoramic glass lift going up to the terrace on the roof. To the right...

MALU 22.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Gran Hotel Turquesa Playa, Tenerife

Gran Canaria

Advantages: Loads to do
Disadvantages: none

...I have just come back off my holiday to the amazing resort Playa del Ingles. I walked along the Dunes at Maspalomas. I would differently go back there again. There is something for everyone at Gran Canaria for example mini-golf, swimming, go-karting for kids and for others windsurfing, sea fishing, scuba diving, jet skiing, golf, tennis and squash. They also have waterparks and camel safaris plus zoos. Three of the main zoos are Palmitos Park, Reptilandia Park and Parque De Crocodilos. First of all there is no time difference. You need no jabs. The buses are very cheap and come regularly. Car hire is available and petrol is 31p per litre. Tempratures on average are between 65-75F. The coolest months are from December to April, but even then the lowest it gets is 70F. Summer tempratures are from 75-80F. This...

Toady 22.08.2001 (23.08.2001) · Read review
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Review of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Cheers 2 U - Playa

Advantages: A few good tracks to pick from
Disadvantages: Blinkered subject matter and inconsistent level of performance

...snares and heavy basslines set you up so high you actually forget the guys are on it! The line 'I cant stay in one place i cant sit still' kinda sums this track up. It could have been anyone singing on here the beat would have won the battle. The first single off the album but not sure if it charted, criminal All The Way - Slow the tempo down slightly and you get this little ditty. Quite a nice come down which shows to me that like Timbaland tunes you dont know whats coming next Everybody Wanna Love Somebody - Not bad, not as good as the first tracks but acceptable. Slow tempo with a heart felt message. Not one for me really Together - Same again on this track. Playa showing they have a soft centre, bring back the beats, bring back the beats I-65 - Again not bad, middle of the road stuff, the lack of features are telling me they...

Capodon 26.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Cheers 2 You [PA] - Playa

Torviscas Playa is Top!

Advantages: Great location, Near beach, Attentive & happy staff and good food.
Disadvantages: Cold Pool, Built up Area, Noisy Road, Dinner gets packed

...We have just returned from the Torviscas Playa (September 2007). On first impressions, I wasn't sure as the building looking like it needed a little paint. However, once inside the hotel is clean and well kept with shiny marble floors everywhere. The Reception staff are efficient and really friendly. On arrival the Hotel supplies a small token orange drink, which we thought was a nice touch. The Hotel is in Costa Adeje and is very near to shops, bars, restaurants and a pharmacist. Playa das Americas is not that far away but you would need a taxi. There is even a Pharmacist across the road. Its very close to the beach and there are steps from the hotel, so not good for prams but you can get to the beach another way, which takes an extra 5mins. The Reception and bar area on the ground floor is very spacious with comfortable sofas...

lenny29 11.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Iberostar Torviscas Playa, Tenerife

Sa Caleta Playa resort

Advantages: family friendly. lolvey staff. Relaxed atmosphere. Safe
Disadvantages: None.

...Okay so this is infact my third attempt at writing this review because ciao keeps deleting it! Anyway? Menorca/Minorca♥ I thought that, in order to talk about the resort, Sa Caleta Playa I would need to just brief you on the island. Minorca is a small island and it?s one of the Balearics. Its neighbour is Majorca but it is nothing like Majorca. You can drive around Minorca in a day because it is so small. Minorca still has its traditional features and it nowhere near as ?touristy? as Ibiza of Majorca. Sa Caleta Playa Background info♥ Sa Caleta Playa is located in the town of Sa Caleta. This is a very small town about a 40 mins drive from the island?s capital- Cuidadella. Sa Caleta Playa is a First choice travel; agent resort. It is fairly small and right next to the beach. The apartments are pretty much in a row...

francesca.sd 16.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sa Caleta Playa, Minorca

lets down the other gran turisomo's

Advantages: nice cars
Disadvantages: boring

...Im a fan of racing car games especially gran turismo when you have to earn the liscences and build up your cars to win the races so was a little dissapointed when playing this game when it was released. It doesnt seem anything like the other four titles as for liscencing or car upgrading which dont seem to exist on this game. I also found that there was a limited number of tracks to play on which after a little while gets boring because they are so easy to master in a short period of time. As for the cars (the best bit in this game) they were quite good until i realised i couldnt take them to a gargage to upgrade. Its basically buying a car winning a few races on the same track with it.... buying a new car and doing the same thing... game finished. Although the graphics in gameplay were good :O) I ended up selling my game within...

mummytothree 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)

Gran Turismo 4: 'Racing Perfection'

Advantages: Wide range of cars, Excellent graphics, Lots of circuits, Amazing gameplay
Disadvantages: No damage to cars and takes a while to complete.

...Introduction Gran Turismo 4, also known as GT4, was released on 9th March 2005 and has since been re-issued under Sony's Platinum version of the game. It has become one of the best selling games on the console and also rated very highly. The game features over 700 cars from 80 manufacturers, from as early as the 1886 Daimler Motor Carriage, to the Nissan 350Z Gran Turismo edition, and as far into the future as concepts for 2022. The game also features 51 tracks, many of which are new or modified versions of old Gran Turismo favourites. Notable real-world track inclusions are the Nürburgring, Suzuka Circuit, and Le Mans Circuit. Other famous attractions such as New York's Times Square, Hong Kong, Paris, and Las Vegas appear within the game A-Spec Game Mode Player now accumulate points by winning races in the normal first...

f1insidetrack 10.01.2008 (30.10.2009) · Read review
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