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BONDKITTEN from CAMBS travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
THOMSON
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2008 |
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| said: Stayed at this hotel and travelled with Thompson Holidays from the 19th Sept - 3rd Oct 2008.
I got severe stomach cramps and the runs from day 3 for the rest of the holiday. My fella got it a few days after me and he is Mr Iron Guts! Two nights I actually thought I was going to pass out as my tummy was that bad and I cried on the last night cause I was so upset about it all!
We could not go on any of the trips or into the town cause we had to know there was a toilet near us all the time within running distance as we were only getting about a 30 second warning if you know what I mean!!!
A few nights he was up all night with it as well but I only had it during the day thank god!
Kept listening in to other peoples conversations around the pool (like you do) and there was alot of it going about.
Complained to the rep on the last night cause it's not got enough for the amount of money we spent to go there! She didnt think it was anything to do with the hotel though!
We have been back 1 week tomorrow and are still not right.
I tried to publish this exact same review on the Tompson website but they have not published it - what does that tell you?
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nick from leicester travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
thomson
on a friends holiday.
There were more than 6 adults and more than 6 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2008 |
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| said: Just returned from staying at the hotel for the second time. Cannot fault the place even a day of rain did not spoil the holiday.
The location is fantastic on the beach.
The food is plentiful and staff are excellant
What more do you want?
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Mrs Little from Swindon travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
Thomson
on a friends holiday.
There were 6 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2008 |
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| said: We stayed in the Hotel Riu Funana for 2 weeks all inlcusive. Restaurants were fantastic, plenty of choice of food and a real bonus having the option of the 4 specialist restaurants, chinese, grill fish or African. Hotel was spotless, as was the pool area and restaurants. Entertainment not great (when is it??) but the team did work really hard. I would definately go again.
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emma perry from gloucester travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 12 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Funana as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: I stayed in the Garopa and i have no idea where the people from the first post stayed. This hotel was lovely food, drink (inc. the wine) were lovely (a variety - if you book at the different restaurants - asia, african, grill and fish. This is free but there is only about 75 people in the rest and they bring drinks to your table, altho still self service for food!) There were 4 of us (22,26,40.48) and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, it was a lovely break from work. Definetly a relaxing holiday. no good if you want a fun packed holiday with lots to do. I heard that it was windy, the breeze is a very welcome breeze, nothing to worry about - i was glad that there was a breeze made it a lot more comfortable to walk around in! The only thing i would def. complain about was the eve entertainment, it was asbismal - worse then Butlins. The first night (a friday) was the worst - it was so bad it was insulting. But other then that FABTASTIC place to go and visit.
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Gerry / Julie from Cheltenham travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
Thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Funana as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Not sure where previous reveiwer spent his holiday but this hotel is right on the beach, yes it may be a few miles from the town centre but it costs 3 euro's by taxi or a 40 minutes walk so it can be that far, can it. The hotel is up to the standard you come to expect from the RIU group, the food was tasty, the cleanliness was spotless, the staff were wonderful and always helpful and as for the wine, well it tasted ok to us. This and the mirrored sister hotel next door are all you could want from a beach/pool holiday.
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Lindsay Foyle from Exeter travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
Portland
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Funana as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed in the Funana in June 2007 and the Garupa in December 2007. Only 5 hours from the UK and Carribean style holiday. The staff at the hotel treat you very well and the main restaurants are fantastic, the red wine and beer are very drinkable (unable to coment on white or rose). If anything the speciality restaurants are restrictive because the main ones are so good. The rooms are cleaned to a high standard and the domestic supervisors check the rooms every day. There is a cooling breeze so be careful to use high factor sun protection. Animation team make a good go of it, plenty to do if you want or you can easily ignore them. If you are in the Garupa remember that the Funana main restaurant is open at lunch time if you want a proper meal, nothing wrong with the pool restaurants if you want fast food and don't want to stray far from the beach/pool. There are always plenty of sun beds around the pools or on the beach but if you want your pick get there before 10am, one day the staff removed all towels from unoccupied sunbeds at 10am (result!). To be honest there is nothing to do outside the hotel of note, Santa Maria is tiny and there are a lot of people trying to get you to their stalls to buy local products.Internet conections are slow and mobile phone calls cost a bomb, perfect if you need to disconnect from work.......
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andy from west midlands travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 01 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Funana as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed at the Garopa. When we arrived and went to our room we felt it was a bit musty and we didn't like just staring across at other building/rooms that had little decor/plants/no views. So we went back to Reception and eventually we were moved. This is the only negative we could say about the Garopa...they do perhaps need to look at 'growing' the place up. But let's face it, the trees and bushes will grow eventually!
In fairness, giving entertainment only 3 is not right, as we hardly ever went down to see the shows but people who did, always came back happy, it seemed.
I had seen a similar review as the first on your page and was extrememely concerned about cheap 'plonk' etc. being used. I even remember the phrase'awful headache'.
Well, we certainly never felt that, it's very unfair, we believe, to say such things about a hotel, that to us, and we're very well travelled, were totally untrue.
Without being patronising, the people and staff are new to the tourist business and may need to smile a bit more, but we would have absolutely no hesitation of going back to the Garopa for a well-earned holiday of sunshine, lots of food, great drinks and pleasant atmosphere in this Riu hotel.
In other words, don't know where your first reviewer is coming from....perhaps another hotel provider, perhaps? OK, shouldn't perhaps say that but fair's fair!
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James from London travelled to Club Hotel Riu Funana with
Cape Verde Jetaway
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2005 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Funana as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The location is two miles from town and half a mile from thje beach. Internet paintings are deliberately misleading. The wine cheap plink from Spain contains antifreeze and gives a bad heaache.
Food is very dull and repetitive mostly dried pasta and pizza.
Better value at the B&B hotels in the town.
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