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Riu Don Miguel Hotel - Playa del Ingles - Gran Canaria
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Riu Don Miguel Hotel
Playa del Ingles
Gran Canaria
Star Rating: 3
Telephone:
Number Of Rooms: 251
Number Of Floors:

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  Hev from Newport WALES travelled to Riu Don Miguel Hotel with Thomson on a friends holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2008
rated the Riu Don Miguel Hotel as follows:
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said:

Visit this hotel if you LOVE Germans!!!
Hotel very clean, nice pool rooms fine
Entertainment 'rubbish'
Nothing at all to do for children
Food minging :-(

Not for 'British' holiday makers at all......
All staff speak German/French/Spanish etc but NOT English
All Entertainment for the German NOT British
And if you are British be prepaired for a very very long walk to your room, because you will be put in the very lst rooms they have!

Would I visit again NO
Would I go to a 'RUI' hotel again NO
Would I visit Gran Canaria again YES

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  C Britton from Rainham Essex travelled to Riu Don Miguel Hotel with on the beach on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2006
rated the Riu Don Miguel Hotel as follows:
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said:

The review for this hotel is great. It was a lovely place, helpful and friendly staff. Restaurant very good with lots of choices, lovely pool, good location, rooms spacious and clean. Lovely bar area and good staff.

Nothing too much trouble for them.

Entertainment was just singers but they did put on other acts on several nights which were good.
 
  amanda from Derby travelled to Riu Don Miguel Hotel with DIY on a singles holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2006
rated the Riu Don Miguel Hotel as follows:
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said:

This 3 star Hotel should be a 4 star rated Hotel. Situated 2 minutes from The Yumbo Center, the rooms are clean and modern some with double beds.There is a ceiling fan which was ok for June but no air con. The TV was there if you enjoy Sky news 24/7. The pool are is large with plenty of sun beds and a bar service that you sign for and pay at the end of your holiday.

The food was plentiful, however could be a dit repetative if you were staying for 2 weeks, but plenty of restaurants near by if you need a change.


I booked this Hotel with go2spain and would reccomend it highly.



 
  Rosie Cole from Brighton travelled to Riu Don Miguel Hotel with Thomson on a family holiday.
There were 1 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 03 2006
rated the Riu Don Miguel Hotel as follows:
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The Don Miguel is a 3 star hotel in the centre of Playa del Ingles. It is approximately 1.5 Km from the beach but a courtesy coach runs from the hotel several times of day. The main shopping centre, The Yumbo (a bit of a concrete jungle) is less than 200metres away.

This hotel is absolutely fantastic. The standards of cleanliness are second to none. I have never been in a Hotel where all the staff, without exception, are extremely friendly. Get to know your waiters they are a lovely bunch of people. The menus are pretty limited but the choices are huge. Even the fussiest of eaters would be able to find something they like. The food is well cooked and hot. Most of the meat is prepared by the chefs in the restaurant so you can tell it has just been cooked. You are given a set time for evening meal either 6pm or 8pm but these times are negotiable. Your table is yours for the week for dinner but at breakfast you can sit anywhere. Breakfasts take a little while to get into a routine, as you have to collect so many items from all over the restaurant i.e. coffee pots in one place, tea in another milk somewhere else and then you sit down and realise you have forgotten cutlery! Once you get to sit down the food is good with an amazing selection.

The hotel operates a no money policy so you just sign your docket whether it is for a bottle of water or an ice cream at the poolside. This means that you never have to take any money with you within the hotel grounds. The safe in the rooms are the cheapest I have ever had at 12 euros for 7 nights (again payable at the end of your stay)

The pool is advertised as heated but my cold feet would dispute this. The pool like the rest of the hotel is very clean but deep. It has an overall depth of 1.35 metres. I am 5' 1" and the water came just above my chin around the edges and over my nose in the centre of the pool. There are ample sun beds and parasols and quite rigid removal of towels left unattended before 9am.

The majority of guests are German so you tend to hear more German than Spanish spoken. However if you can manage a few Spanish words you will be adored by the staff. The Thomson rep leaves out no details of flights home so it has to be looked up in the Portland file. There are many many Tui files but they are all German or Dutch.
Ok so if this hotel is so good why is it only 3 star? I think the following may contribute to this. It is situated on a very busy main road and the majority of the rooms face the road rather than the pool. There is no air conditioning only ceiling fans. There is no tea or coffee making facilities and no fridges in the rooms. To my mind these were the only problem. Do not stay in this hotel or resort if you are homophobic. It has a huge gay following. We were extremely lucky to have timed our stay to coincide with the drag queen competition and the carnival. The site was truly spectacular. The floats (all 80 + of them) took nearly 4 hours to go past. Some were full of children others full of drag Queens.

If you are unhappy with any aspect of the hotel just ask the staff are really obliging.
Would I go back to this hotel again - definitely Just wish it was in better location.

 

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