R2 Higos Beach

Great stay at the apartments (room 607). The check-in process was a bit laborious with a printout or email of Jet2 hotel voucher needed but everything after that was great. Very friendly reception, spotlessly clean and solo female friendly. The short walk to the beach has a little local bar that serves food with fantastic views and live music. Superb atmosphere and the most welcoming and friendly staff I've encountered. The apartment is huge. The bed is comfortable and I only wish I could stay longer. (Personal choice but the wasp mural hurts my eyes. Would a lizard or a flower be less offensive? Lots of people are allergic to wasps so I didn't care for it at all. I'll paint it for you haha). Thank you for your hospitality. Lovely stay.

Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Higos Beach apartments to anyone. We are currently halfway through a 7 night stay and have already booked for next year, with R2 directly. All apartments are great, but if you can, get one with an ocean view… Staff are welcoming and super efficient. Breakfast is of a very good standard, with great choice. Swimming pool is heated more than enough to take the chill off, whilst still a refreshing way to cool down should you need to. As with all areas, it’s very well kept. Gym is spacious and consists of 2 exercise bikes, 2 cross trainer and 2 treadmills, alongside a weigh machine and free weights. Roof top bar is a must! Views are fab and it’s lovely and peaceful. Food & drink at both pool bar & roof top bar is good and very reasonably priced. Surrounding area is fairly quiet, with a selection of restaurants. Would recommend Terraza del gato, which is just a few minutes walk away. Should you wish to eat in, the apartments are all equipped with all the utensils you may need, along with a small combination oven/microwave and a 2 ringed hob. Looking forward to our return journey already 😊 Thank you for a great holiday.

Firstly, this place is FANTASTIC! We stayed for two weeks. Did not see any insects (ants, mosquitoes etc). The main pool is 1.3 meters deep everywhere. The apartments are very modern and clean. The pool area is the cleanest I have have ever seen. The sunbeds are not allowed to be moved and you are not allowed to eat food on them. The umbrellas are unbelievably heavy and could cause injury if not moved carefully. The regular SOS Lifeguard will move them for you and he is the best Lifeguard I have come across. The Management should be very proud of him.However, when he had a day off his replacements are very poor. One refuses to help any one, including the female bar staff. The other one (a lady) sat by the gym and looked at her mobile phone all day. The pool is warm enough. A large beer is 4.5 euros. The bar snacks/meals are very reasonable. However, we had to send a Lasagne back to the kitchen as it was cold inside. When it returned it was too hot and when it had cooled my partner's meal had gone cool. There many English channels between numbers 854 and 862 including BBC 1,2 &4 and ITV and Channel 5. The paperwork in the apartment is not correct regarding available channels. We traveled with JET2. The driver dropped us off approx half a mile from the apartments because he could not be bothered to take us all the way. At the airport the Jet2 rep tells everyone the pick up point is where you get dropped off. The pick up point was actually at the apartments which caused us a lot of stress and confusion and we could have missed our connection. I would recommend this for adults wanting a quiet and relaxing holiday.

The accommodation itself was outstanding - strongly recommend the relatively modest upgrade to get the unit with private pool. The breakfast was generally excellent as well. But there are some management issues keeping this place in the 4 zone rather than a true five. The restaurant and housekeeping staff were excellent but there was a bit of indifference from the front desk (particularly around being responsive about certain requests) and especially the closure of the restaurant and bars after 6pm. There are limited amenities in the immediate area, and no bars as such, which limits the sociability of the holiday experience. Additionally, policies like banning food in the pool loungers and not heating the "heated" pool were disappointing as well. The accommodations themselves are reason enough to stay here. But to get to the next level, the hotel needs to sort these management issues.

We had a wonderful 2 week stay at this hotel. The rooms were thoughtfully equipped, with everything needed to make a comfortable stay and self cater, if wished. Unlike the comment in a previous review, we found the bed extremely comfortable, it's all a matter of taste. Our top floor apartment was spacious, furnished with a table, chairs and one sunbed, but the highlight was the amazing view over the bay to the volcanic mountains beyond. The rooms below had larger balconies and two sunbeds but we preferred the better view from ours. The whole complex, including our apartment was cleaned to a high standard. With the beach a few steps away in one direction and the supermarket a similar distance in the other, the hotel is ideally placed. I would recommend hiring a car through the hotel as it was so well organised and simple. All members of staff were helpful and friendly.