Occidental Margaritas

Stayed with a friend at Barcelo Margaritas April 2025, All inclusive, lovely hotel, and a brilliant stay. Pool (1 of 3) by the breeze bar nice and warm, pool towels are provided, we did not try the family pool up the steps. Pool entertainment staff, Deya, Maya, Savana lovely girls got everyone joining in with different nationality guests with different games every day, bingo, etc. Bar staff Diego, Josh, Alexander, all lovely. Snack bar breeze had hot dogs, burgers, toasted sandwich, salad, pasta, ice creams, very good selection. Restaurant good selection of hot food, themed nights, i.e. chinese, mexican, plenty of fresh fruit, pastries etc. Again all staff at cooking stations very attentive, soft drinks and wine. free bus to the beach, walking distance to main shopping area, but only 3.95 euro taxi if you need. Room: We were on floor 7 lovely views, but lifts to each floor, if you can not manage stairs. Spacious room, toiletries in bathroom, Cleaners/maids very good will change anything you ask and provide a very good service. Evening entertainment some very good and some not so good, but after lounging by the pool and eating all day my very comfortable bed was calling my name. I would say this hotel is more for couples rather than families with children. Would I stay again: Absolutely, you will not be disappointed.

Small walk to beach just under 2km. Hotel nice but didnt warn us that we were not allowed in certain areas. Gym equipment poor or dangerous. Sun loungers reserving was terrible. Had to be by the pool by 9.30 to get one. Food was good but poor for vegetarians and vegans. Nice and clean and rooms spacious. Snack bar and trolley at reception were great.

The pros: - lobby looks nice - great WiFi - good airconditioning in the room - food from the buffet is nice (and warm enough) - gardens are well kept - staff at the reception is friendly - the Balinese beds are free - enough and sufficient working elevators (the building has 8 floors) The cons: - the hotel is averagely situated, if you want great views, book a high situated hotel in Puerto Rico - even though the policy says reservering sun beds isn't allowed, people do it and nobody removes the towels (there's towels and empty alcohol bottles and left overs from yesterday at one of the Balinese beds as we speak - it's 12:25 in the afternoon) - the staff apart from the reception isn't very friendly, especially at the pool bar where they sometimes don't even notice you because they're on the phone or simply aren't around at all - not enough recycling stations for empty cups and not enough waste bins outside - the food in the snackbar near the pool is repetitive (the tuna sandwich is nice but some variation would work) - I don't find the hotel very clean around the pool. The stairs to the solarium and Balinese beds are dirty and sticky. They haven't been cleaned during my stay so far. They've cleaned the solarium floor (with buckets and mops) this morning but this needs to be professionally done to be hygienic. Mops and a bucket don't do the trick when it's used by many people spilling drinks and food. - the lobby looks renovated but from the pool area looking up to the hotel you can see it's an older building. That's not something bad but you can see it. The corridors look dated too and the room bathroom and balcony too. - no privacy on the balcony, especially when you're staying in a corner room - I asked for a quiet room but I was placed in a room directly next to the elevators. Also, the airconditioning (even though it works good) makes weird, hard noises with intervals. Sleeping with it on wasn't possible. It's just an ok-stay. I've been in two other hotels on Gran Canaria the last years and found them to be remarkably better value for money.