Barcelo Lanzarote Active Resort

A very large resort a small supermarket but if not all inclusive would be a problem as to getting cabs to the local town could get expensive Night life for kids good but adults cannot even seat outside in the evening s with a drink as pool bar closes at 6 pm Unless you go to the payable restaurants and champs sports bar not very good if paid for all inclusive We was in block 7 but as there are still steps to the lift if getting on a bit would be a problem as me and my wife 70 and 65 years Overall as we had our son his wife and 3 small grandchildren but they 4 minutes walk away why we wasn’t put nearer each other one would never know but we did not book at the same time they were near the reception and dinning room but did have a few cockroaches in there room trying to use the microwave Overall good resort large pools

We returned from this hotel, after a week, yesterday. We hired a car at the airport and to be honest, if you’re staying here, you need one! There is nothing, close by apart from the hotel. The resort of Teguise is probably a forty minute walk but you can get a bus from outside the hotel. The room was lovely, recently renovated with loads of space, a large balcony too and we had paid for a sea view. We also had a fabulous view of the power station with smoke coming out of the chimneys …. not sure how healthy that is! The cleaning was hit and miss, you couldn’t walk barefoot on the floor because it definitely wasn’t cleaned properly. It was all a bit of a rush job, make the bed, change the towels , that’s it. We were half board and the food was the worst bit. Unless you got to the restaurant for 6.30 ish you ended up queuing for a table, not what you want on holiday. The food was worryingly cool and we avoided meat for safety reasons. Salad was very basic and the food in general wasn’t that great. Breakfast was better but stuff like bacon and sausages looked a bit grim, we had mainly dry stuff and fruit. Even the yogurt was in big bowls, uncovered with people breathing over it and dipping in… yum The island of Lanzarote has improved so much since our last visit, ten years ago , we drove all over and it’s so beautiful and unspoiled. We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday but I think we will rent an apartment next time.

Booked & stayed for 9 nights in Late January, very pleased all round. Food was plentiful, plates were hot, selection was marvellous, nothing to complain about. Reception Staff were brilliant, cleaning Lady was full of personality, bar staff were good. Location was perfect one Euro to get into Town on the bus or four Euros in taxi and all were similar. Great walk along the promenade to Costa Teguise Town 50 metre pool was well worth the 3 Euro charge, lots of activity in the day, evening entertainment did show some great Artists, especially the 3 singers. All in All I cannot wait to return. 5++++++++++++++++

27/04/24 Just returned from our 8th visits over the years with different owners from it being a Be live the Occidental and now the Barcelo active. My opinion is that the hotel has lost its way and doesn’t quite know what it wants to be IE active ;family; couples. Positives about this hotel 15 minutes from the airport 22 euros Excellent Staff Very good evening drinks Excellent bread Lovely omelettes for breakfast Tasty wine Pools towels If All inclusive Comfortable rooms Lovely big towels Very clean and tidy Negatives Freezing cold pools take wet suits for kids Luke warm food Dangerous lids on food My option BASIC entertainment in the evening TV channels non excitant in English ( down load things for kids) Lots of broken sun lounger Will we return Yes but on the Royal level. Your pool bar staff are excellent

Amazing place with a warm welcome. The apartment is a good size with the comfiest, biggest bed we’ve stayed in. The complex is clean and the staff are warm and friendly without being over familiar. A huge choice available at the buffet catering for fitness fans and alternative diets. There are no short measures with the alcohol. Would highly recommend for couples and families

Very clean hotel, the staff here are very friendly and efficient. Food is ok, plenty of choice but the meat and fish from the grill could be much better however the pizza at lunch was amazing. Overall we enjoyed our stay, we were AI and so really good value for the price we paid. It wouldn't be my first choice again because of the location but we did have a lovely relaxing holiday although if you want it there are lots of daytime activities. All in all a good clean well run friendly hotel.

Currently staying at the barcelo and unfortunately several things have disappointed us this time. We have been 3 times before as all inclusive guests and we’ve always had water in our room. This time apparently they no longer do this. 🤷‍♀️ The food on the one side of the hotel (previously the occidental) the selection is terrible where as the other side isn’t too bad it’s just too busy. Should have the same choice both sides as some people can’t get over to the other hotel. Toilets are not looked after, general cleanliness isn’t good. As for the all inclusive it gets less every year. The champs bar is usually all inclusive and we were disappointed we ordered drinks and had to pay as it’s not all inclusive till the summer season. Why??? There is absolutely no reason this should be the case. Misleading people! No longer a 4 * star hotel

The resort was ideal for us with the facilities it provides meaning we didn’t have to arrange anything once we were on site. Our days were pretty well based around activities in the gym, on the road, 50m pool and sun lounger! It’s our first Lanzarote trip and first AI vacation anywhere. We’d recommend AI if you’re thinking of a visit as there’s not much else around in easy reach.

We’ve just returned from a 7 day holiday at the Barcelo. We had a lovely holiday on the whole and would like to return if the following areas below were improved as there is a lot of positives also about the hotel. Positives: The hotel building, cleanliness, layout are great; the restaurant, food, staff were good and friendly, along with the cleaning of the room, great gym and Olympic sized swimming pool too! Areas for improvement: 1. Toilets by the pool were very dirty and were clearly not serviced very much in the 7 days we stayed there was no soap in the dispenser on any day. Plus they were dirty and smelled awful. I never saw a cleaner near them during our stay. 2. All Entertainment (both daytime and evening) was very limited and what there was it was poor. Considering we were there during the Easter holidays we expected this to be much better than it was, particularly during the day. We had a 10 year old, there were very few activities for this age group. The evening entertainment was particularly poor with duet singers most night singing great songs (badly)! 3. Pool bar food - there was freshly prepared food behind the bar, although not a great selection, which you could neither see properly to choose, there was no menu of what was on offer and unfortunately the staff serving, although they were very friendly and helpful couldn’t clearly explain what was on offer so we ended up having to go into the proper restaurant for lunch but would have preferred to have had a casual lunch in the pool bar. 4. Cleaning (jet washing) of the pool side/around the loungers - for some reason this was left until around 8/9am most days (from the day before) which meant the area was not fully cleaned, dry and sun beds rearranged, if you wanted to relax with a coffee after breakfast. If the above points were improved we would happily return as the rest of the hotel and facilities were great.