Oasis Papagayo Village

What a wonderful place to go on holiday I didn’t want to come home. I stayed at the Oasis Papagayo with my partner, we have no children so were a little apprehensive as we knew this was a family resort. However there were many things for us to do either lazing by the many beautiful pools joining in with quizzes and other pool activities or bowling and tennis.
There were loads of exclusions available to us such as Baku Water park, sailing to Lanzarote, trips to beaches around the island, murder mystery evenings and loads more.
The only drawback to this lovely hotel is the food. The restaurant on the complex was disgusting so we ventured into town for decent meals.
The walk into town and to the beach is about 15-20 mins but you can get a taxi for about 2 euros.
The weather was lovely very cloudy in the mornings but by lunchtime it was really hot. Some people while we were there were suffering from extensive burns so load yourselves up with sun cream.
The only thing I could moan about apart from the awful food was the rooms have no air conditioning which was horrible at night.

This was a "super family" holiday taken by myself, my husband and my 2 children 7 & 11(girl & boy), this complex is very large it has 3 different swimming pools so there is always sunbeds available no matter what time of day, however the choice of food is sparse, there are 2 restaurants on the site, which may sound good but the food is virtually all the same, expensive and with little variety, especially for the kids!! the staff in the restaurants however are great, very warm & friendly.
The grumble I had with this holiday is that "Thomson" should take into consideration that this is after all a "super family" complex, there is very little for the adults to do during the day and if, like we had, the weather is not hot and sunny enough to bathe all day us adults had absolutely zilch to do, there is a bowling alley but it doesn’t open until 7pm, so that was no help.
the entertainment rep we had at this resort was a saviour by a long way, he went out of his way (and sometimes in his own time) to keep the kids totally entertained and amused from day until night, a God send, for, if it was not for him the kids would have been as bored as us.
the cleanliness is below standard for a 4* hotel, on arrival our apartment was full of sand and the sofa which the children sleep on was disgusting, I wouldn’t let a dog sleep on that, they say the maid comes in every day but I think she only empties the bins, sheets are only changed once a week which in a hot sticky place is nowhere near often enough
The reps were good but "Thomson" failed us here I am afraid to say, they need to do a bit more homework.

I have just returned from Corralejo and I want to go back tomorrow. I stayed at the Oasis Papagayo and I would go back there in the blink of an eye.
The hotel complex is very large, but is very well catered for. The food provided by the hotel was dreadful, but we were self catering so that did not matter. (We tried the buffet for an evening meal one night and it was the worst food I had all week).
Very much like the last reviewer, I did not encounter more than 5 Germans at the hotel the whole week. The kids club is absolutely fantastic although they were a little short staffed, so could only take about 30 kids each day.
Apart from the food, the hotel is 10 out of 10. Five pools, 5 Bars, cheap supermarket and very friendly Thompson People.
The Rooms are huge and very clean, (Although they charge you for everything, from a Toaster to TV to an Oven) and the fact that the hotel is not near the beach is not a problem.
The hotel is a ten-minute walk from the beaches (10 Minutes with a three year old in tow, five on my own). The hotel are happy to call you cabs which turn up in minutes and cost about 2Euro to town.
The town is full of "English" bars and restraunts with frankfurters and "Chicken?" nuggets for kids, all which should be avoided. The best places to eat are around the Harbour, two places in specific being "Slow Boat 1" (NOT Slow Boat 2 on the main drag, it’s terrible" and the cafe on Waikiki Beach (Which I think is called the "Cortini") is excellent. The fresh flame grilled fish there is out of this world.
All restraunts will make food for the kids, even if they don’t advertise it. Just keep away from the places to eat on the main road in to town as they are all pretty bad (Apart from La Tasca, which was nice).
The Island on the whole is beautiful. Any holiday here on this island should start with booking the Oasis Papagayo. 10/10.

I've just discovered this site and thought it necessary to add a review of my own.
I spent one week at Papagayo with my family and we be thrilled to return there. The children's entertainer (Cisco) kept my brother and I active for most of the holiday with various sports, water polo, volley ball, basket ball. We met loads of new people that I still stay in touch with.
The pool is absolutely gorgeous and is hardly ever busy, giving you your own space to relax.
Its a five minute walk into town, if that. And two minutes away from the local water park.
The apartments have a wonderful view from the back and have a small patio where you can sit and eat your lunch. Meals were fantastic ranging from the proper full English breakfast we all know and love; to delicious Spanish cuisine!
There’s also a bowling alley and pub where all the big football matches can be viewed on big screen!
All in all it was an amazing place to stay and I look forward to returning again next year!
Karina

The hotel was very clean and the accommodation was very good however everything in the complex is geared around Germans . With us being all inclusive this proved to be very disappointing all the entertainment was in German and the food was not appealing , this also included the restaurant that reminded myself of a school cookhouse from then on we ate out which proved that to go all inclusive was not a good idea.
Fortunately we don’t have children because the children of other holidaymakers found that again all children’s entertainment was in German, which was not great for children . All in all this has put us off wasting our money on going all inclusive and we wont take the word of a travel agent again who assured us that it was British orientated .