Reviews of Jardin Dorado Bungalows, Maspalomas

We booked this holiday ourselves and had a fantastic time. The weather was fantastic. The bungalow was clean, well fitted and perfect in every way.



This is a very quiet place as hardly any British people are aware of it but we would highly recommend this place if you want somewhere peaceful and relaxing.



There is no entertainment which is no good for some people but suited us just fine. You can walk to the Faro 2 shopping centre. The food was great, the staff friendly and very helpful - we could not have asked for a better holiday.



Although this place is favoured by the locals and the Germans we would recommend people to go if you like peace and quiet. It is within easy access of all areas and is very quiet - no loud pubs or clubs but a short taxi journey into Playa del Ingles or the Chaparral or Yumbo centre, all costing 3 euros for us. We could not have asked for a better holiday.



Give this place a go.



Well worth it!

5th - 12th Feb 2007



We booked a bungalow for a week here directly having got some cheap flights with XL airways from Bristol. We are 2 adults, a 3 year old and a 4 month old baby.



Had a superb sunny week, air temp about 21 C with clear sunny sky, for about 95% of the time. Excellent holiday at great price. Nice sun tan. A bit like south France in June.



Jardin Dorado, is set in the Campo de Golf. It consists of about 120 semi-detached one bedroom bungalows set in 3 concentric circles around the core restaurant and pool area. According to a local taxi driver it’s about 20 years old. It’s a very secure complex, with only one main entrance and no cars or dogs on-site.



It’s about 2kms into Maspalomas beach which is a long walk especially given the number of high curbs to navigate. However its 3.5 euros in a taxi and taxis are abundant.



The bungalows are basic but clean and well kept. Cleaned 5 days a week with fresh towels. The complex is very neatly landscaped and kept in excellent condition. Bungalows are showing signs of wear but nothing too bad.



The pool area is great and you could happily spend days by the pool. The main pool is unheated but was nice if a bit invigorating. To the side is a smaller heated pool for adults (1.5m) and a kid’s heated pool (0.5m).



This place is not on the books of any UK holiday operators and so we were only one of 2 lots of brits. It’s mostly German and some Dutch. But we prefer this.



The bungalow was pretty small and basic and it’s surprising that they didn't build some 2 bed bungalows.



This style of semi-detached one bed bungalows is quite common around the area - we only saw one other place with 2 bed bungalows. But none-the-less we coped ok. 3 year old on the sofa bed, baby in a travel cot (provided free) and us in the twin beds in the bedroom.



We took the option of having breakfast, which is served buffet style in the restaurant from 8am to 10am. Reasonable choice with hot and cold options, fruit, croissants etc. But a lot of residents, simply bought stuff in the on-site shop which was well stocked and ate on their own terrace.



Wouldn't bother with the dinner, which we had one night and was very average. You can get a taxi to the beach or other restaurants for a nice meal.



The pool side bar offers a range of reasonably priced salads, pizzas, pastas burgers etc for lunch if you're staying by the pool for the day.



Maspalomas itself is a bit confused. There's no real town centre. The main life seems to be on the sea-front strip, which has nice shops and restaurants but these are pricey because they were built primarily to serve the three or four, huge resort hotels which occupy the sea front.