Cay Beach Princess Bungalows

Well where do i start maybe 1st to tell you to make sure you get taken to the correct hotel as i soent 3 hours of my holiday at the wrong one there is 2 cya princess's in gran canaria the bungalows and just the hotel so be carefull.
well once i got to the hotel the pool area was very nice pool side bar was shabby everything was broken the jacuzi the bubble seats everything, when i first got into my bugalow bare in mind it took us nearly 30 minutes of walking round before we found it dont expect any help finding yours once we found it, it was not at all what i was expecting my girlfriend seemed to like it however i hated it i thought the whole bugalow was well outdated tv was a waste of time no english the bathroom was ok kitchen was ok i guess just over all it was not that good anyway we forgot about the bugalow and got on with out holiday
well the gran canaria was so good we are goin back this year.
if anyone tells you this is a 5* or even 4* hotel they are wrong bugalows would have to be between a 2* or 3* pool area wouild be around a 4* if you was to stay in a really nice place try the costa melonares in maspalomas it is fab and for around the same price as the cya princess.

just returned from cay beach princess bungalows. small pool was very cold for first week jacuzzi was warmer but spa beds were out of order for the full 2 weeks. no entertainment to talk of, we're use to going to 4* accomodation and that was not 4*...
however food in pool bar was very good. bungalows were very small and tv's were like a postage stamp, no sky tv. no lounge,nowhere comfortable to sit in fact it was only the sun that saved the day.

Had a brilliant 7day holiday at cay beach with my boyfriend. Rooms were very spacious and clean, the only problem was the plastic sheets underneath the sheet on the bed! There is a few cats that hang around the bungalows but all they are after is a saucer of milk and they are harmful! pool was huge, plenty of sunbeds for everyone. Staff were friendly! The only big problem was how remote it was, there isnt much around therefore it is necassary to get taxis almost everywhere! But apart from that it was the perfect holiday!

The only reason I have given this resort 3 is for the swiming pool where we spent a good deal of the time we stayed there as it was the only place the cats could or did not go into. Altho they did stroll round the outside , under the sun beds, thru reception in fact wherever they liked. Being woken in the night by cats fighting and going out to see cat poo on the patio table or finding 4 or five cats outside crying to come in then being informed that there are many more on site completely spoiled our holiday. Apart from basic hygine standards if I wanted to holiday with that amount of cats I would have booked into an animal shelter. As the complex is so isolated it was necessary to get the beach bus or taxi or stay with the cats. Last beach bus comes back at 4.15 so an afternoon or night at the beach is out unless you get a taxi. We booked loads of excursions as we needed to get away from cats and after all there is only so much time you can spend swimming as the hydro beds still werent working and the jacuzzi was tempermental that just left bingo in the evening or walking to the Princess hotel and enjoying their entertainment. Eventually (at our own cost) we moved to Playa de Ingles as that was the only resort Thomson advised us their were vacancies and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of our stay in Gran Canaria. The only way we could get moved was to contact Thomson direct in London as Ross kept assuring us their wasnt a cat problem well 7 cats or more between your accommodataion and the pool amounts to a problem for us and we are animal lovers with pets of our own. Also Thomson trips were over priced having taken a bus to Mogan for 5 euros we booked the market trip at over 40 euros only to be taken to Mogan and then returned 3 hours later. Again all Ross said was he couldnt see a problem. We feel let down by Thomson on many issues and will be wary of booking with them again

Just returned from a great two weeks in Gran Canaria. Set off a bit concerned after reading some of these reviews but we thought it was ideal.
ACCOMODATION:
Two of us shared a self catering bungalow which had more than enough space. Yes its only the bedroom which has air-con but thats all you need as each place has a table and chairs outside where you can eat no matter what time of day, and your therefore never really sitting in the living areas much. Cleaned and new towels 5 times each week. Its worth noting that there isn't an oven (only 2 hobs and a micro) but we didn't eat in that much anyway.
POOL/BAR
The pool is huge. Can be chilly in the morning but its what you need in the heat and its fine once your in. The pool bar can be expensive (3 Euros for just over half pint) but happy hour is well worth making the most of as you get two of whatever you order for the same price. Evening entertainment fine but not overly exciting (but you dont go to stay in all week)
TRANSPORT
Taxis the best way to get around. About 3 Euros to the beach and restaurants at Maspalomas, just under 4 Euros to Playa de Ingles.
EATING/DRINKING
We mainly ate down the waterfront at the Lighthouse at Maspalomas. 'Grill Faro' amazing meal (although you do pay a bit more). ''The 19th Hole also lovely and Thomson customers get 20% off all food and drink.
Chinese called 'Tony Chui's' near the British Centre in Playa de Ingles is great value for money and great food and right next door is 'Maccars' bar which is 1 Euro a pint!!!
ENTERTAINMENT/ACTIVITIES
The waterpark is a good day out. We went on a Sat and it wasn't too busy at all. Garbo's night (which will be explained when you go) is well worth the money. A great show, good meal, and the free bar just flows and flows.
SHOPPING
The shop at the bungalows is ideal for wee bits but can be expensive. Best supermarket is EuroSpar in San Fernando (3.50 in taxi) Definatley worth it if your there for two weeks.
All in all we had a great holiday and would recommend it to others. Its not 5 stars but its great value for money and a brilliant place to just go and relax.

oh, how can i forget to mention the best to eat.....
LAS CAMELIAS- super self service buffet on avda.tirajana (name of the road), about 3 euro taxi will get you there.
for 9.95 euro and cheaper for under 8, you can seriously eat as much as you like, mussels, prawns, salad, cheese, bread, pizzas, chips, fresh grill to order, stew, soups, ice-creams, fruit, pudding and more and more.
so if when you eat out, you like a 3 course meal, this place will save you LOADS.
we went there 3 times in 2 weeks. (our children eat loads)
chinese buffets are another bargain, between 6-7 euros and 1/2 price for kids, best ones are by the beach playa del ingles.
ENJOY

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thank you so much for other advicers, we went there well prepared with cereals, coffee and tea, shame no one mentioned about sweet and crisps for the kids. also sauce like salad cream, ketchup etc. and after reading about ross-the-rep, we met him finally, yep, very helpful. and also melissa and her smile, from 11am with football to 9.30pm with bingo, still smiling.
very tidy bungalow, cleaners starts about 8am. never did breakfast at the restuarant, but pork chop for dinner was very valuable, 5.70 for 2 chop big chops. toasties by the pool was reasonable too. the water was a bit cold if you just want to float in there. light sleepers may have problems with people checking in 3am, but i didnt.
many mentioned about yumbo centre, not bad. but we prefered the anexco which is off the beach playa de ingles, about 4 euro by taxi. the beach was a lot better then maspalomas.
kids had great fun scuba diving (through ross) and sand boarding throught a leaflet in reception (PR surfing), but you have to book yourself. we highly recommend these 2 if you have kids between 10 - 15ish. but not yellow submarine and the sioux city did not interest the kids nor us at all.
car hire to tour the island is a must, you cant get lost. you can also top up cheaper food in supermarket (hyperdino is a good one) inland while you got the car. really worth the trip. expect at least 2 euro difference on a loaf of bread, a few rashers of bacon etc.
remember to take kids essentials like crisps, sweets, cereals, biscuits etc. i will try and load some food photos.
apart from expensive shopping, we had a really great time, lovely and tanned all over. kids really enjoyed it and that's the main thing.
have fun!!

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just arrived home form cay beach what can i say after seeing some of the reviews i was a little worried, the bungalows are clean and very relaxing and have a great little patio area that you can sit and have your breakfast, the pool is very nice and clean but not enough parasols to go round so you have to get up around 6 - 7 am to get a sunbed and parasol which was not much fun as you really need these as it gets very hot and are a must for children, they have a happy hour twice a day but found that they put the price up a little on the drinks at this time which was not quite right and the drinks are expensive 8 euros for two rum and cokes. the staff are friendly and polite and so was ross but again his welcome meeting talk is a little wearing after you here it over and over again. the air conditioning is 6 euros a day but it only works in one of the rooms in which it is fitted so the other rooms remain very warm and after paying 60 euros for this i was very disappointed as you can hire fans which works out alittle cheaper. you will need plenty of spending money as the food and drink is very expensive in the gran canaria now as dear as spending a holiday in britain and most of the people we met mentioned this. the bungalow gardens have many cats that like to come into your room if you leave the door open and bring you their kittens, i thought this was great as they were really friendly and the kittens gorgeous and fun to see them playing and climbing up the tree's and my children loved them ,but i did only let them stay outside and fed them everyday. their is no oven but a microwave and two rings on a stove which took forever to get hot so could not use, its adviseable to take a travel kettle as their is no electric kettle only a whistle kettle that never boils. tennis was available and crazy golf but again at a charge. this was a very relaxing holiday and i would reccommend it if you wanted to chill out, there was entertainment most nights that was okay but their is a great place called yumbo's were they have bars etc and many shops and places to dine including the hard rock caf'e which had live music and only cost 4 euros each way by taxi. i would return again as i had a great time and the bad points mentioned were minor things which were shadowed by the great weather, the lovely people we met, the relaxing beach and by seeing our children enjoying themselves and meeting other children and the playing in the pool for hours which was suprvised by a lifeguard.

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just got back from cay beach and am quite impressed considering some of the reviews previously featured on this site.
yes the bungalows were a bit dated looking but there was more than enough room for a family of four and they were quite comfortable, my only disapointment was that there was only air conditioning in the bedroom where my children slept so we had to leave the windows open in the lounge area which was fine until a fueding family moved in next door for a week and woke us up with their drunken arguments at 3 and 4 in the morning, however had a word with ross the rep who in turn spoke to the family and this did the trick,thanks ross.
The pool was great and refreshing not cold,after all you want to cool off not take a bath!
by the way never mind the germans reserving sunbeds the english were worse putting their towels out through the night,shame on you! there were plenty sunbeds and plenty room in the pool,our 1st week there was a lot of spanish on holiday and the atmosphere poolside was great however the 2nd week was more brits and the kids took over the pool a bit with their water pistols ok if your in the water but not if your just on your way out for the evening fully dressed!
went on two excursions,souix city which was ok much preferred garbo's, we didn't upgrade to 'gold package' and unless your really bothered about tapas or extra champagne you wouldn't be missing out on anything,entertainment and meal was fantastic and were sat with another family of four and by the end of it we were dancing on our seats much to our childrens embarrassment eh samantha!
we also went to las palmas twice the bus fare for the four of us was 21 euros which is cheaper than going through thomsons,great place for shopping.
also got the bus to mogan market costing 14 euros for the four of us,great market but take a bottle of juice as when we got to the end of the market the only pub on that side of the market was really expensive 12 euros for 4 soft drinks,plenty other places to eat and drink at the start of the market,we also haggled with the traders and did quite well.
got taxi's to playa des ingles and meloneras.
meloneras is a really good place to go for something to eat in the evenings try 'grand italia' or chino canton are really good but you won't go wrong with any of the restaurants along the front but if you arrive after 8pm be prepared to wait for a table at grand italia.
Meloneras is also the place to go if you want to shop for designer clothes.shops include lacoste and boss.
overall had a fantastic holiday and would definitely revist the same area and the cay beach bungalows

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Got back from the Cay Beach Bungalows this morning. Arrived late at night, receptionist spoke quite good English and was helpful. The pool was of a very good size, nice and big although same depth all way round. Temperature of the pool was cold but once in for a few mins you soon get used to it. Plenty of sunbeds although could do with a few new ones!
Pool bar was very expensive and the shop next door also expensive, however sells almost everything! The bungalows are small and basic but clean. Shower was a little cold trickle, until u bash it and get it working properly. Maids could have cleaned and changed the beds more often.
Location a bit out, closest place to walk about 10 mins away! Taxi's very cheap around 3-3.5 euros to playa de ingles where the nightlife was. Definately recommend the yumbo centre; shops,restaurants,arcades,bars. 'Cafe la Belle' and 'Rickys caberet show' definately the places to go, had a right laugh! Faro 2 shopping centre, a 10 min walk from the bungalows a very nice restaurant called the 'Dali' excellent food and nice waiters. Aqua land was very good, some good slides and some good things to do e.g the sea lions. A very expensive day out although well worth it!
Ross the rep very friendly and helpful, knows what hes talking about and recommends some good places to visit.
Most families and couples in the complex really nice and friendly. I would recommend the Cay Beach Bungalows to anyone and would return in the near future.