Oasis Royal Apartments

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Booked a holiday with globallatedeals.com last year for my girlfriend, myself and 4 of our friends to sunny Corralejo in Fuerteventura. Had no problems with Global. They were really helpful and knew a lot about the area, which set my mind at ease as i can be a pretty nervous traveller. I'd definitely use them again. (looking into Lanzarote for this year!)
I'd read all good reviews about the Oasis Royal, and mixed reviews about the Dunas, which got me a little anxious knowing that we were basically at the Dunas, but i let it pass. On getting there, i couldn't see why people were moaning so much. I really liked the place. Was basic, but clean and tidy. The apartment we had was pretty spacious and had all the facilities you'd need from a holiday. Ok, you had to pay for a tv and to use the safe (unless you were jammy enough to be my mate who had the tv in his room from a previous guest!), but the tv wasn't great anyway so evenings in were filled with ipod tunes, san miguel and cards!
The Oasis Royal was just the apartment block across the road from the Dunas, so you got to use the facilities there, like the main pool (sal****er) bars, restaurants, games, shop and pizza takeaway. Any guests going there, i'd steer clear of the hotel shop and go to the netto just around the corner (san miguel bottles HALF the price!).
Ok the Dunas main pool could get noisy, but it's a big pool in a big hotel and full of people swimming or playing games, but is was still a nice environment and had a handy little snack bar. As a counter measure, for those who sometimes wanted to have some quiet time in or around the pool, there were several smaller pools dotted around the Royal apartments which weren't used so much (and they weren't sal****er!), so the 6 of us spent the majority of our time burning in the sun there (with plastic cups and the aforementioned cheap san miguel!).
The bad thing about the rooms was the lack of air-con. Yup, it was hot, and the air was not moving. It was an 'all-windows-open-all-of-the-time' kind of place. Apart from that, rooms were good. Cleaned regularly, beds pretty comfy, bath & shower, cooker and a fridge (to keep the san miguel cold, of course). I'd recommend it to people looking for a decent place to stay on a cheap holiday.
Corralejo itself was pretty great. Loads to do, if thats what you're after, hundreds of places to eat serving steak, pizza, pasta, steak, chinese, indian, steak, burgers, etc... Loads of choice, pretty good value too, and a good sized feed.
There's a small arcade as you get onto the main street from the royal/dunas, which had a great steakhouse and an excellent pub called Seven Pints, which had reasonably priced drinks, tv's showing sports outside, entertainment in the evenings, and they were giving out free cocktails too! Was a great place to start, and sometimes end your evenings. We'd usually walk around and try somewhere new every night, dut it usually started with a drink at seven pints. From there, we found a few bars that had live bands playing, doing covers and the like, but it was cool to sit and listen to them (mainly because walking was an issue after stuffing yourself silly with a massive pizza!). Plenty of other places to go, clubs and bars: Waikiki club by the beach was a good night out - hawaiian style, or Tattoos & Booze for the metalheads out there.
Activities wise, there's a decent amout for everyone. Plenty of shops, a local market, an ace water park (with a slide that scared the life outta me! lol) called Baku is, according to the oasis site '200metres from the hotel' which it is. you can see the big slides if you look out off your balcony or stand outside the hotel. The entrance to the water park is a bit further away though! ;)
On the way into the town, theres a guy who organises trips and activities. A friend of ours enjoyed a fishing trip (which took him to just off the Moroccan coast), and we all went Quad biking through the volcanic areas, which was really good fun! Plenty of other things to try though! We wanted to try the Guererros trip, which was like paintballing. Only it was in full gear and running about in all that? in that heat? i think not! lol.