Hi,
I've been following this post with interest over the last couple of days. We were booked to stay at the iberostar from 1st July till the 8th, but having read all the damning reports on here, and other similar forums, began to have second thoughts.
I received a copy of the photos taken on the 3rd June from another forum member, and took them on a little holiday of their own to our travel agent, who recommended that we changed our holiday asap.
I have been in the construction industry for the last 10 years, and from the evidence available I can not see anyway at all that this building will be complete this summer, let alone this month !!! Even if they inundated the site with "skilled" labour, the chances of the building being 100% operational in terms of services are virtually zero.
One only has to look at the artist impression of the site and compare it to the photos of the current state of play to realise that if you do stay in the iberostar this summer, you will not be staying in the same hotel that you imagined you would be, and it certainty will not be rated at 4*.
Anyway, we demanded that our travel agent (letsgotravel) changed our holiday immediately. At first they offered us the Yavor Palace hotel, which following further research, appears to be non-existent... nobody has heard of it so it is probably in a worst state than the iberostar ! Alternatively, they offered us a hotel in another resort.
However, to cut a long story short, we are now staying in the fiesta beach hotel, as there appear to be pictures of the actual constructed building available, which is kind of comforting.
I can only recommend that those of you still booked to stay in the Iberostar change asap, as im sure that many will be requesting an immediate transfer when they arrive to stay at this glorious building site, and who knows where you will end up when it comes to relocating the masses at short notice !!!
Sorry to be so pessimistic, but I feel that it needs to be said else many people will be in for a disappointing holiday, to which in essence, appears to be a very favorable resort !!!