Canaima Apartments

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A bit aprehensive after reading some of the reviews but needn't have worried. We had a great holiday,flat spacious and clean,reception staff helpful and even let us stay in our appt. for the whole day despite having a night time flight.Pool clean and quiet but plenty of other children to keep my 8 yr old son happy.
Puerto Rico itself is a bit of an eyesore but we are used to the Balearics,pretty with character but there are some lovely restaurants near the beach,tapas bar especially good.
Taxis plentiful and cheap and handy if travelling with kids. Beach a bit congested with way too many sunbeds but enjoyable nonetheless. Overall a great holiday, lovely location and fab flat,only saw 2 cockroaches and they were outside-fear not!

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great spacious apartments - recommended - good value for money
short walk to puerto rico beach/shopping centre as well and about 20min walk to amadores beach -
10 minutes walk to europa centre
puerto rico being a very good central place to stay especially if you have not been to gran canaria before

I went to puerto rico for my friend 21st birthday,we had a wicked time we really liked the apartment's although very basic it was comfortable and homely, we was very unpressed by the pool it was to quiet and it made you feel like everyone was looking at you but as for the pool bar the food was lovely very enjoyable holiday cant wait to go back.

my wife & i have just returned from a winter break in puerto rico we found the canaima apts good value for money very basic,clean, the beds are hard,maybe a few cats around but nothing like some other reports.the reception & shop are a bit of a joke but the swimming pool altough cold in feb is a good size & you didnt have to be up at 5 to get a sun bed, there are plenty of cheap supermarkets around .the canaima is situated halfway up the mountain its a nice 10 min walk down to the old beach, & also not such a bad walk back up not for youngsters though,for a self catering apt you would expect a microwave but no just 2 rings to cook on not really good enough, the views are excellent & overall the canaima apts were adequate for our stay there are plenty of resturants around all very well priced a trip to mogan is a must.

Second time I have been to Puerto Rico and out of the 2, the better apartments.
We affectionately call this the 'Cat Hotel' as guess what! They rescue cats, and there are quite a few about. However never caused us any problems, and gave my niece and nephew something to chase!
Rooms are very basic, not very much hot water (had to boil some pans when I wanted a bath) and it's very noisy from the shopping/bars complex at night.
Pool was lovely though, and clean.
Lots of steps but thats Puerto Rico wherever you are. Long way to the beach, but only went once so not a problem.
Overall a nice but no frills apartment.

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We absolutely loved this place. It was basic but clean and spacious and we had a lovely view of the sea from our big balcony. Nice shower too. The whole complex is built into the rocks which is really pretty. The pool is at the top of the complex so gets lots of sun and is nice and quiet for the kids. The staff in the pool bar were really friendly and helpful. The only problem was the noise from the shopping centre at night but the windows blocked most of the noise out and you get used to it.
Puerto Rico can be quite loud with the bars and tacky shops but there are some excellent restaurants by the harbor (Don Quiotes and The Rhodes Palace). Went on two tours - the yellow submarine and dolphin tour. Both great. Would recommend going to Puerto de Mogan - very pretty fishing village with much quieter and cleaner beach. Also the water park in Puerto de Morgan is brilliant for kids and adults, no queues and as big as the park in Maspalomas (which was very busy and had to wait at least twenty mins for most slides).
A really great holiday!!

The Canaima apartments were exactly as described in the brochure. Basic, but clean. We cannot fault the staff, they cleaned several times in the week and also gave us fresh towels -not too keen to change bed linen though.

The rep we had was absolutely useless, always passing you on to one of the reps from other resorts...got the impression she just didn't want to work!
Would definitely go back, if rep wasn't there.

Clean apartments, friendly staff, lovely pool what more do you want. Not the most modern place I’ve stayed but real value for money. Everyone we spoke to liked the place and didn't have a bad word to say about it. There are lots of cats but don't bother you unless you feed them. Steps, what do you expect in Puerto Rico. No entertainment and bar closed at 11pm. But nice large balcony to have a drink on at night. Didn't have to get up early to put towels on sunbeds always plenty available. Will go back.

We stayed at the Canaima for two weeks although the steps were a bit daunting at first you soon get used to them.
The apartments were wonderful and the staff very helpful with any questions we asked. We had a wonderful view from our apartment and all the other guests were very friendly.
I will definitely be going back again there is so much more to see which we didn’t have time to see. We were very pleased with the cleanliness of the whole apartment site, there are a lot of cats but they don’t seem to both you at all.

Hi, all five of us stayed here in early June to celebrate my 40th we only stayed for 4 days our apartments were ok, basic but comfy. Watch out for cockroaches they appear on the steps when you crawl home. Also quite a few in the rooms.
Pool was ok we never actually ate here so I cannot comment on the food, however go to the Puerto Plata aparthotel they do a cracking breakfast also book into the restaurant. Its out of this world!
Always get a taxi home its dirt cheap and visit Harleys who play the best music to boogie the night away, go to the piano bar and small Irish bar the atmosphere is ace all in all the weather more than made up for the STEPS! Avoid walking unless it’s to the bar and back.