Seaside Palm Beach

Palm Beach in Maspalomas is nice enough hotel. Lots of rooms with decent to good views, the pool area is large and clean, and the service was generally helpful. Was impressed they didn't give us a hard time about misunderstanding on a charge and they removed it without problem.
I think the hotel tends to cater towards an older crowd, as we found ourselves in definitely minority being mid 30s. Wasn't overly impressed with the food -- breakfast probably the best of the three meals. The spa was definitely appealing for a massage.
Biggest disappointment was the surrounding beach area which is pretty rocky and not much to walk on, but it is closeby.

This is a wonderful hotel, though I can see why the reviewers seem to contradict each other. The building was designed in one style and then added to and then updated in a modernist style. But the service style is still consistently the old style European way - understated, exacting, and elegant.
We loved our stay here. We only stayed a a week last November, but there was such a relaxing unintrusive level of service and assistance, it was blissfully relaxing. For us there were many more services than we would ever wish to use - the beach is still our favourite place - and what a beach! We will be returning to Maspalomas, though we may go for a less expensive place to stay. It was a real treat.

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Have stayed at the Seaside Palm Beach Hotel in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, now three times... Yes, it's expensive - but you get what you pay for! We always had a pool view room - great view of the pool, very modern good sized room, contemporary decor and very clean and tidy. Common areas such as restaurant, reception etc are fantastic, high standard of service and generally has the 'up market' feel. Pool area very nice, large gardens so even when the hotel is full, plenty of small quiet areas to spread out and get away from main areas. Two large pools - one directly outside hotel, other large pool outside the spa centre. Smaller heated pool in private area, near open air gym, sauna/steam room etc... lovely at the end of the day when the sun goes in! Only downside is if you go half board, several days a week you have to go in the very formal (very "posh") restaurant, which means a fixed three course meal - if you're like me, you'd rather have more food and less quality, so the buffets suit me more. Would suggest on the days when it's not buffet dinner (served outside) then you have lunch as part of your half-board instead, and then head out to one of the restaurants near the Lighthouse at Maspalomas for dinner (about a 10 minute walk away)... There are also some new designers shops about 10 minute walk from Hotel beyond the Lighthouse, which are worth looking at, and the main Maspalomas sand dunes beach is only 3 minutes' walk away. Overall, would go back to Seaside Palm Beach time after time - if you want something up market, special (no children) and no riff-raff, then this is the hotel for you! (But it's not cheap!).

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Absolutely brilliant hotel. The best hotel I have ever stayed in! It really is 5*. Beautifully designed hotel inside and out. The rooms are very nice and very clean. The rooms are cleaned twice daily. The hotel staff are very nice and helpful.
The two pools are lovely. One pool has underwater music and massage jets. There is also a gym and a spa. The African bar outside is lovely and you have everything you could ever want in the breakfast buffet outside, but there dinner menu is horrible and not suited for children or teens.
The location is perfect and near the beach, shops, restaurants and other places such as Playa del Ingles and Puerto Rico. There are no kiddies clubs but there is a children’s pool and playground and a babysitting service. There are also lots of sports such as tennis, chess and darts. If you want a relaxing holiday in style in Gran Canaria this is the place to go!

I have just come back from a wonderful relaxing holiday at the Palm Beach hotel. The Palm Beach made sure you had every comfort needed attended to.
Our room was modern, clean, and spacious, the bathroom in particular was excellent in design and comfort. The food was wonderful, there was something for everyone, the meat and fresh seafood were beautiful. The hotels gardens were also lovely and attended to well. I enjoyed taking part in tai chi classes which were held in the relaxing gardens.
Also the fresh water pool was excellent there was no fight for sun beds as there was plenty for everyone. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone.