卡拉貝拉公寓(Apartamentos la Carabela)

Reservamos en este sitio por trat**** de un apartahotel, pero al menos la habitación que nos dieron, e imagino que el resto igual, lo único que tenía de apartahotel era la cocina a la entrada, porque tienes que comer en la habitación junto a la cama. La ubicación si vas en coche es buena, pues no hay problema de aparcamiento. A la recepción, el señor que nos atendió, bastante desagradable y con pocas ganas de atendernos. No nos sentimos nada a gusto con él. Para lo que pagamos, no merece la pena pues la habitación es vieja y poco acogedora. El baño pasable pero viejo. No estuvimos cómodos pues buscábamos un apartahotel y no algo así. La cocina tiene una mininevera, vitrocerámica, pica y microondas. Por las mañanas nos despertaban los ruidos de la calle, pues el aislamiento es nulo, de hecho la puerta se podría tirar de un simple codazo.

Ein kleines gekacheltes Zimmer mit Neonlicht, auf dem Balkon hört man regelmäßig die Geräusche der lauten Wäscherei, die unter dem Swimmingpool liegt. Zur anderen Seite lärmt auf dem Nachbargrundstück eine Groß-Baustelle, die auch mittags keine Pause macht. Die Putzfrau ist unfreundllich und hat trotz unserer Bitte wegen Kind im Mittagschlaf das Zimmer über uns extra laut geputzt und Möbel gerückt. Generell hört man fast immer Trittschall der anderen Wohnungen, z. B. ist die Klospülung des Apartments über uns fast genau so laut zu hören wie unseren eigene. Dazu kommt diverser Straßenlärm aufgrund der Lage. Die Lage ist ganz okay (von der lauten Straße abgesehen) und die Rezeption meist freundlich. So richtig wohl fühlen wir uns aber hier nicht und würden La Carabela definitiv nie wieder buchen. Möge ihnen eine baldige Pleite beschert sein - das erspart vielen Reisenden Leid. Übrigens: Wegen der Hanglage ist der "zweite Stock" höchstens mit einem Hochparterre vergleichbar. Etwas Meerblick ist frühestens ab dem dritten Stock, Meeresgeräusche oder andere Naturgeräusche sowieso nicht.

Hôtel très vieillissant. Une affreuse odeur d égout dans la chambre le temps de notre séjour en famille : réglée à coup de mastique ! Pas mal de choses ont été réparées au mastique à priori ! Heureusement , on y séjournait que 3 nuits. Je le qualifie en 2 étoiles et non 3. Quelques points positifs tout de même : bien situé, quartier calme, personnel sympa, restaurants et supermarché à proximité, lits propres (j ai commencé par regarder ça en arrivant ).

Do not stay here. Please read this review in full if you intend to book here. Their website and all their advertisements are completely false. The bedrooms felt more like storage cupboards, there were multiple random furniture items that didn’t fit anywhere. Room had 3 separate beds even though it was a single booking. It felt like a hostel room. The rooms were completely different to those shown on the website/listing. It’s like they just got pictures from a nicer hotel down the road and used those photos instead. The picture of the pool is not the one in this hotel, I have no idea where they got that photo from. There is no currency exchange, no kettle in the room, no snack bar (it’s a vending machine), no safe box (you have to rent the key for €26 a day), no TV remote (you have to rent that too), no “spa”, no restaurant (it’s a greasy breakfast buffet* that’s open for 2 hours in the morning), no hotel bar, bedroom kitchen is not “fully equipped”. The “free toiletries” consisted of a bar of soap and a wall soap dispenser. The towels were thread-bare *The “breakfast” was revolting, everything was greasy, overcooked, rubbery and had a bizarre taste. They advertised “spa and relaxation” - absolutely no spa here or anything remotely similar. After check out we had a 4 hour wait before the taxi took us to the airport. We asked if we could have a late checkout, but they were full. Fair enough. But they then said we are welcome to use the pool. We asked where we could get changed - “There is nowhere to go to get changed”. We asked why they would offer use of the pool then - “I dont know”. Reception staff were unfriendly and actively unhelpful and didn’t seem to know anything about the local area. Only the cleaning staff were friendly and they did a brilliant job each day. But would absolutely would never stay here again.

We had a very pleasant week at La Carabela Hotel at the beginning of April. The breakfast buffet was surprisingly diverse; we especially valued all the fruit and veggies, i.g. oven-baked apples, fried bananas, aubergines and courgette, salad leaves and the sweet cakes. The cleaning of the rooms and making the beds were very excellent and took place often enough, so it was lovely to return in the evenings to a well-cleaned room (there might be a need to clean under the bed say once a week though). Although the open-air pool was not in use, we enjoyed swimming a few times in the covered pool, which is of course very handy should it rain. The view from our balcony towards Teide was breathtaking both during the day time and at night. The view from the roof terrace of the hotel was also very impressive and that area would be worth using more. Although there was a need for some repair work here and there (locks on the balcony and bathroom doors, shower handle), the overall feeling in the hotel was tidy and pleasant. The adjacent building was being renovated, but the construction noise did not bother us at all. The area where the hotel is located is nicely peaceful, but yet at a very short walking distance from a variety of shops and restaurants. Also we got a nice amount of exercise when walking down to the lower part of the town, to the beach and Lago Martianez, and then back up to the hotel.