Right....the resort itself...Taurito is a lovely quiet little place about 40 mins transfer from the airport. The beach is much improved from the last time we were there in March. All the big rocks have been shunted to one side and there are little lepracauns that come out overnight and rake the beach smooth ready for the next day. The tides can be lethal though, the waves were pretty fearsome sometimes and although spectacular to watch as they are breaking, swimmers need to beware. There were at least 3 occasions when swimmers needed fishing out and one guy ended up coming out completely naked as the tide ripped his keks off and he lost his goggles too. There are plenty of water sport activities you can do from the beach. There is a place where you can hire jet bikes for 50 euro's for half an hour but that is negotiable..we did this but our bike broke down and he had to come and rescue us and we swapped bikes in the middle of the bay!
We also had a go on the banana boat, that is 10 e's per person and we had great fun on that. You can also try paraboarding and for the more sedate people, there are pedalo's you can have for 10 e's an hour. For the adventurous, there is a diving school called canary island diving that is next to the Taurito princess Hotel...he does all sorts of diving packages from bubble making sessions in a swimming pool for the complete novice to the james bond action man level for the more experienced and the prices are pretty reasonable.The resort is generally quiet, there are no looky looky men about, most of the hotels are AI, but there is a nice bar called Oliver and Hardy's. There are the usual assortment of shops that sell nick nacks, flip flops, and all other things you expect to see. There are 2 supermarkets, a pharmacy and 2 doctors surgeries. There is a great lido in the centre of the resort, free entry if you are at lago Taurito but 7 euro's to enter if you are not. We didn't bother but the kids played crazy golf there almost every day for 4 euro's. We had great fun at that.. it took me 27 shots on one hole!!! There is also a little funfair type ride set for the kids and a childrens playground. There are even parrots to look at..but i think these maybe look a little neglected, more through boredom of not having anything in their cages to play with rather than through abuse. The resort has its 3 stray cats that are as friendly as anything and everyone feeds and a stray dog too that was near starvation when she got her own fan club and i fed her every night, as did most other holiday makers.. i hope she survives....
The buses run every 20 minutes to PR and Peurto Mogan ( i think the most beautiful place in the whole of GC) and it is dead cheap, 2.10 for 2 adults..taxi rank is next to the bus stop.
Now, the one thing that put me off...
there is a new hotel being built called the Baobab Taurito..that in itself is not a problem, the building work does not distrub anyone, but i fear they have exposed the sewarage works as the stench of sewerage stank the place out sometimes and was worse at certain places in the resort.... sort it out people..it spoils a great resort...all the other stuff i will post in the relevant sections and i will do hotel reviews when i have more time ( mad rush of washing and ironing to do..need another holiday to cope with the stress of it all
)finally, the temperature was 29, 30, 31 degrees every day for 2 whole weeks...
catch you later...
I was looking at Playa Taurito myself for a possible future holiday, maybe give Gran Can another chance after feeling a little let down in PDI this Easter. I'll certainly consider it after reading your lovely review.
