San Marcial Apartments

Stayed in san marcial for one week with my daughter and 2 sons 8 3 and1 years old. great location lovely pool and the restaraunt unreal. We normally eat out in different places every night but the food is so good here i ate there almost every day breakfast lunch and dinner. Very resonable prices for drink and food. lovely staff sissy and miguel are the owners and they are topps. There isnt a mini disco at night but the betrix playa is 1 minute walk from there and if your putting money behind the bar you can enjoy there entertainment no problems. lovely walks down by the beach front 5 min walk or you can hire a bikeand cycle the route from airport on one side to playa de pocillis on the other. a lot of people have mentioned in their reviews about the noise due to airport. I think this is nonsense all planes stop after about nine and personnally i might have noticed the odd one but it wasn't to loud and i was to busy enjoying myself and sunning myself with my family to notice.

Hi, we stopped at san marcial for the first time in feb this year. The rooms were quite large compared with some we have stayed in they were very clean and comfortable.

We stayed in room 154 from the balcony we had a view of the sea and the mountains which was great in my point of estimation. The maid and staff in the restaurant, reception were lovely they made our stay very welcome.

We did the grand tour of the island whilst we were there, that was very enjoyable and educational at the same time. To see the volcanoes, green lake and the caves all in one day great and not at all tiring. I must not forget the staff in the supermarket in san marcial who were very helpful and not over priced.

We will be stopping there again, we go to Lanzarote every feb so can’t wait to go back see you all at sanmacial next year!

We Arrived at the San Marcial Apartments on the 15th Feb for 2 weeks and were allocated this Complex on Arrival. Joanne Finlay the 1st Choice Rep was the best Rep ever and every word was true and was always on time & very approachable.

The Apartments were clean & spacious but Jo had warned about the cold pool & HOW right she was. DANGER DO NOT GO INTO THE POOL IF YOU HAVE A HEART CONDITION ITS "FREEZING".

The Shopping Centre Matagorda was quite close and I would recommend Barties Irish Bar but in my opinion stay clear of the Chineese as they are verry poor quality. We hired a VW Polo from Auto Feber and a week cost on £85 or 120 Euros including Insurance.

If you take a walk along the Seafront you have to call to Picasso's Cafe Bar who does excellent meals at a very good price and is very friendly.

Aquasport Scuba diving & Snorkelling Centre S A MUST AS Allison and Mick were superb and my son and I received very professional lessons both above and below the waves exploring the sea life.

I will certainly return and hated leaving a location we felt safe and friendly,

Great location handy to the airport. Great bar family run and very friendly. Apartments very spacious and great pool area layout. Most unhelpful staff ever arrived thursday no clean towels until Monday (5 days later). When we asked for clean towels we were treated very badly and completely refused any towels or help. Also met an elderly couple in reception who asked for a blanket because the nights were cold and they were refused. By all means come here but do not expect any help from the complex staff. Reception seemed to open and close when it liked. Was never open when you needed it and even when it was open they didn't want to know.

Have just returned from a 2 week holiday at San Marcial - in spite of weather not being too good had a great time. Apartments are spacious, clean and very comfortable (only a couple of plug sockets not working!) Could do with bigger cups i.e. beakers, and larger glasses.

Cleaning staff were very friendly and our maid very efficient. Pool and surrounding area was kept very clean. The Rep (who we did not need to call upon) was very friendly and available accordingly to the visiting timetable displayed in Reception. Only drawback if you needed it, which we didn't, the Reception closes in the afternoon until early evening.

If I had a complaint it would be the pigeons - take a water pistol to stop them landing on the balcony and leaving the calling card! Didn't dare leave anything on the balcony to dry as it would more often than not have an additional pattern on if left unattended!

On site restaurant/bar - very friendly, food excellent and competitively priced (must try the Pizza's - excellent).

On site supermarket was very well stocked and not over priced - his on site baked bread rolls in the morning are to die for - go down about 8.30am and you can enjoy warm rolls for breakfast - delicious. Open 8am to 8pm except on Sunday when it closes at 2pm. Need to remember if you arrive Sunday night take water etc with you.

Nearby suggest you try Picasso’s on beach road - haven't had a steak like that in years and his Roast Beef served Sunday and Wednesday is fantastic (apparently all his meat, fish etc is flown in from England).

Although close to airport this was not a problem - airport closes 11pm to 7am.

Want to go again next November but unfortunately does not appear in First Choice brochure April 2007 onwards - I will definitely be taking this up with First Choice as I really want to go back to the San Marcial.

All in all would highly recommend the San Marcial - even the beds were comfortable albeit basic!

Just back from Lanzarote went a week there were 5 of us altogether in all we had a great time while staying at San Marcial Apartments.

The staff were all friendly and the food was gorgeous, the only complaints we had was the towels were changed once and the bedding was not changed throughout our stay, but the beds were pretty comfortable to sleep in.

We were close to the beach but it was very windy we had really nice weather while we were there. A couple of days were overcast but still really warm for any young ones.

The nightlife in Puerto del Carmen is brilliant I would especially recommend the Big Apple, its fantastic and the staff get on with you really well.

I had a good time while in Lanzarote and would recommend to anyone.

Went to San Marcial on honeymoon on 10th of September 2006. Very badly run place. Room was dirty, phone didn’t work, balcony doors were jammed, and shower was blocked.

Very bad service, reception was only open for few hours, and to top it off we had to go to the airport at 12.00pm (flight wasn’t till 10pm) because they had no where to put luggage.

The pool was nice, and the bar wasn’t too bad. Prices at bar were much dearer than any where else. Over all, wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

myself boyfriend and daughter stayed in san marcial ;ast week,its a beautiful clean complex a cuple of mins walk to the beach and centre.the bus pick up point is just outside the back gate for tours and aqua park.we had a fab time and no complaints at all.we will defo go to stay there again.

We arrived at the San Marcial apartments late in the evening, but was pleased with the two bedded apartment initially.

It was clean and very big, it has obviously just been refurbished. However the beds were like metal prison beds and very uncomfortable, with a plastic sheet on them to protect, that made a terrible noise every time you turned over. The apartment was not very well equipped. There were only enough cups and glasses for two people, there was no frying pan or kettle. Also there was no telephone as stated in the brochure.

First Choice did state there would be some aircraft noise, but you could actually here the engines being revved up to take off, my children thought there was an earthquake, they really need to make this very clear in their brochure. The weather was however fantastic, so we did have a good holiday in all.

We a group of 6 Ladies arrived at San Marcial on the 8th of May. We had no rep on the bus to give us information. There were no blankets in our apartments , we had to wait until the following day to get them as there was no one at reception. Reception closes at 10 o’clock, this was 10 thirty.

In the week we were there our sheets were never changed, bedrooms never swept. W e would have swept them ourselves if there had been a brush available. The cleaner was in on Friday and left 2 toilet rolls between 4 of us and they were supposed to last us until the following Monday when we left.

In spite of all this we had a great holiday. We won’t be recommending the San Marcial to our friends.