pleasant staff. clean and well kept appts, well equipped kitchen for self catering, low key entertainment. take care on stairs and look for the tiled kerb between the pub and entertainment / pool area.
thumper - it said 21 c on the weather, but they didn't mention the wind chill. (she was cold all week and hadn't brought her winter coat or thermal undies.)
bambi- got extra blankets from reception- no heating hire possible, so trotted off to the pharmacy for two hot water bottles, - 6.70 e each.

bambi - took a backflip in the netto market after seeing the prices ( in euros } milk 1.47 pan loaf 2.05 6 slices pre pkt ham 2.59 can coke .52 two small tomatoes .48 6 eggs 1.59 bacon 5.00 , san miguel .90 c strongbow 1.62 ( on offer ) drinkable wine 5.00 upwards.

eating out at night 25 - 40 e

cafe lunch 16 e

breakfast 3.50 - 8.00 e

drinks 2.50 - 3.00 e pint lager

2.50 - 3.50 e red wine

thumper- been on many winter hols to canaries , but it's getting too cold and wet now.

bambi - spent about

We arrived at Broncemar Beach at about 11pm and were allocated room 280 (i think). We wer over looking the kids pool. We were shatered from travelling all day and just wanted to sleep but the entertainment was very loud. Luckily we had bought earplags with us, which are a definate must for this hotel, and i cannot stess this enough for all you who love your siestas in the middle of the day as the entertainment crew get on the mic for water polo. We didn't really get involed with any of the entertainment (except the reptile show which i loved!) and every night they would play "cartoon heros" which got on my nerves!!!!!!

Now dont get me wrong, there were lots of great things about this place - It was extreemly clean, i was so shocked at how nice they kept the appartments. i didn't see 1 cockroach the entire holiday of 10 days! Our door handle broke on like the 5th day and after phoning reception, a handyman (who couldn't speak a word of English - but that didn't matter) came and fixed it within 10 minutes. I just wish they had been as dilligent with the poolside. every day there were repairs being made to the tiles around the pool, sometimes at 7.30 in the morning. now i can understand this is the coolest part of the day to work but, we came on holiday to relax and not have to wake up before 10. The jaquzzis did not work, which my partner and i were very dissapointed about as we had one directly beneath us. it was always full of kids splashing about - this was very annoying.

hotel was very clean, I have never had to pay for a safety deposit box this was not a deposit but 30 euro for the 2 week, people say it is the coldest island of the canarys but i would say it is as warm as lanzarote if not warmer, specially when the wind drops, we only had 3 cock roaches 2 where dead and had to chase one round the bathroom before catching it and getting rid!! hotel breakfast was excellent except one day found something strange in the mushrooms, as per other coments the resort is smaller and quieter than we imagined, but the thomas cook reps made up for all that, what a great team, the trips where well sold although they didn't mention you had to walk to other hotels for transport, or walk there 15 mins uphill,the entertainment team where excellent all worked there hardest allday, if you plan to hire a car and have kids take a booster seat in your case at 5 euros a day it works out dear for the seat otherwise car hire from resort is the cheapest we found we are planning to go back later this season as the entertainment/reps are sooooo good,

Stayed in broncemar beach. Thought apartment could have been cleaner,only one lift to get you up to reception not clearly signed. To many stairs.

Entertainment was great.had a problem with staff member,hotel manager or thomas cook failed to resolve the problem.

Would not recomend for family's.or thomas cook.would not return to this hotel again or travel with thomas cook.

Just got back from Broncemar Beach. travelled with wife and kids (aged 16 + 18).

We also went last year and to be fair the reason I did not review last year is a bit selfish.

Had apartments 247 + 248, clean rooms with no wild life in either.

The shower taps burst on Sunday afternoon, phoned reception handyman there within 5 minutes and within the hour brand new taps fitted.

I have seen mention that there was maintenance/building work taking place, but you must consider this is open 12 months a year and with 400 odd apartments to look after I would rather have some work going on than shabby buildings. My parents live in Cyprus and the sun just wrecks concrete and that type of construction requires plenty of TLC.

There are 2 pools which work out at one lively and one quiet and I heard no complaints about the poolside music.
The sun loungers (of which there are plenty and mentioned by everybody else) do need some TLC in the very near future but despite their looks when you lie down they are comfy, they just don

Just came back from The Broncemar beach. The accommodation was ok, it was a case of hunt the sunlounger that wasn't broken..We were half board, there was hardly any choice, if you were vegetarian you would have real trouble finding something to eat unless you like chips...chips.........chips.The entertainment was ok, watching bingo and ball 13 was quite tedious. There was only only one cock roach that i saw in the whole holiday. The hot water was a put off, it would run through orange at times!

Was a little worried about this hotel going by other reports. I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

ACCOMMODATION: double bedroom, bathroom, open plan kitchen/living area.massive Balcony 12 ft x 8ft

CLEANINESS: maid comes every day except Tuesdays and Fridays. Took our own towels (as advised)
but plentiful supply of towels. Hangers always take these as never enough but more than adequete were provided.

POOL: agree that sun loungers need renewed most broken

POOL AREA: clean but with several broken tiles.

POOL BAR: very expensive 11 Euros for a Magners and a bud, prices seemed ok for food but never tasted the quality.

SUPERMARKET: could buy anything there and prices but significantly dearer than local shops.

STAFF: always friendly. (Hi to Claire and Lee)

OVERALL: Excellant holiday (resort could be a lot bigger)but Turkey is a lot dearer.

PS Watch out for the timeshare reps and trips are v v Expensive.

Broncemar Beach Hotel in all fairness is not a bad place to stay.

We were a bit worried because of some of the bad reports we had read prior to arriving. We stayed in room 152 which on the whole was very spacious, clean and suitably furnished.

The pool area was tidy and I think accomodated everyone with regards to food, drink, music and entertainment. I totally agree about the sun loungers pityful in all respects.

We were self catering but did sample a couple on meals from the snackbar menu and you got what you paid for (the salads I thought were the best deal).

On the whole if you want 4star accomodation but are only prepared to pay 3 star prices then pay the extra money or live with your choice, personnally we nearly upgraded @ a cost of

we stayed for 2 weeks in room 169 and we found this hotel to be very good for the price we paid.
the room was big enough for us you had2 single beds in bed room and 2 sofa beds in living room, kitchen well equipped kettle/toater/microwave and 2 hob rings enough cutley and plates for ya the only thing is make sure you pack tea-towels as you will need them.
bathroom had bath with over bath shower but some times not enough pressure to shower ya self so had to take it of wall and hold it make sure you dont take a shower between 8/9 ish in mornin as not pressure at all as they fillin pool.
we only had 4 cockroaches which was in the first few days and only in bathroom, althou the rep did tell us a trick to stop ya gettin them was to leave light on as the only come out in dark, when ya get ya room key its a card and it works ya electric as well as ya door lock but it doesnt there is a switch in side the electric slot the just need to be push to turn it on so the rep told us to just slide a bit of card in so it leaves ya lights on as when ya take the card out ya lights go off , just use a bit of card like the back of a fag packet and slot in it but make sure its big enough to take out when ya leave make it the size of ya card key and it will work. ( it does work as we did it ) so no more cockroaches for the rest of our holiday.
hotel staff was very friendly and helpfull, we had a couple of problems ( safe not workin/ toilet not flushin) which was delt with straight away, the handyman there called alexandra is a very nice bloke he always had a smile and ola for ya he always stopped to chat with my husband which always made me smile wathing them tryin to comunicate as he couldnt speak english but a very nice bloke.
bar staff very friendly as well always made you fell welcome, we only ate a the pool bar once as didnt like the food much and thought it was a bit exspensive you could pay a couple of euros more and get a better meal in town.
the supermarket on site was ok if ya dont wanna go to netto theres not much difference in price anyway.
the enterainment was brillant you had daytime stuff which was water arobics, water polo , water valleyball, killer darks killer pool quizzes football and other ganes. the evenin entertainment was kids disco, bingo, quizzes and a show at the end of the night.and my son always got up to do the end of the nbight dance with the reps which was fun to watch he new the rotine after a few days.
the entertainmnet staff was amazing always smilin and gettin you to join in they no ya name after a couple of days and always shouted my lot to come and join in ( which the was happy to ), my son had a cruch on abby and ck, and i must say jonny was my favourite he always made me laugh and came over and sat with us for a chat most evening, the most funnyist guy you will ever meet. althou if ya goin next year they will be differnt reps there as most of them said they was movin on to different places and id like to say thanks to them all for a great time and wish them luck in the furture whatever they do.....xxxx
my daughter only went to there club once as she found it very borin as in her words was to babyish for her, she found the entertainment round the pool better.
we did a few trips with the reps, water park my lot loved this , lanzorte tour was very bored you spend most of the time on coach and we didnt get a lot of time at the site either and the meal ya get was horrible my daughter ended up eatin dryed bread ( didnt ave any butter )as there was nothing else she would eat wasnt worth the price we payed and it was the dearest very dissipointi, the reps night out was amazin the best ever you get a few acts to watch then the reps show which you just laugh all the way through very funny well worth the money and the meal ya get was lovley as well. did the oasis park that was good as well the sea loin show was great also walkin round seein the amimals ya also get a camel ride which is fun ya go up a mountain then down was fun to do worth the money.
the beach is a bit further than ya think it takes a good 15 mins walk there as its down hill on a slope but a good 20 mins back when ya tired and hot from the sun.
now the weather well we got caught out big time is very desevenin you ave clouds till about 12 ish then the sun burns them away and theres not a cloud in the sky be carefull thou as we started of with factor 30 suncream and still got burnt so ended up with factor 50+ and we still came home with a tan althou the rep did say we had a bit of a heat wave while we was there the breeze ya get cools ya down so ya think ya not gettin burnt but you are. but the weather was really good i would go back just for that alone. we went to the beach to feed the chipmonks ( there not on the mountain anymore ) got some lovley pics of my lot feedin them , you ave to sit still for 10 mins or so then they come out if ya go up past the harbour and walk a bit further to the rocks they live there now.
you are very close to airport so ya can see the planes comin in to land some people dont like it coz of the noise but it didnt bother us we didnt think it was loud at all think ya get used to it but it didnt spoil our holiday.
the bar is open till 3am and you do get a bit of noise from that but again didnt bother us didnt keep us awake.
all in all a fab holiday would go back to this hotel but only if we could move it to a different resort as this one was to quite for us.

Broncemar Beach excellant for childrens needs.Kidsworld staff excelled in childcare especially one-to-one of my special needs child!!!Sunbeds ropey,rooms very basic with little or no working amenities.Thomas Cook staff very obliging and work extremely hard to entertain the holidaymakers.On-site pool bar and supermarket very pricey cheaper in high street but very convenient for the fat and lazy.Pool area very slippery witnessed many mishaps.Childrens pool a nice size and reasonable depth for kids.Apartments spacious but ours was opposite the pool bar so no quietness until at least 12.00 midnight unless the sound system breaks down as it did on one blissful night!No air con in rooms very hot.Not very safety conscious set-up in relation to where the kids can sleep away from parents other side of apartment.Has on-site washing machines and one tumble dryer but beware if like me you start your wash and it finishes in the half hour before your return beware your washing will be removed onto a dirty floor!!!!!Or thieved.Only costs 3euros 50cents free powder from reception.Off pool their is a small soft play room for under 6 year olds but nobody took notice of this rule.Also everybody ignored the signs not to reserved sunbeds many were bagged as early as 7am especially around the kiddies pool.Maid service I found excellant no complaints but no matter how much they sweept the floors were still ingrained with dirt and ones feet got filthy.Cracked tiles around pool area plus drain covers all broken and off and pool grills loose around pool children frequently pulling grilles away.On last day of our stay somebody actually contaminated the pool yet it took a few complaints before the pool was quickly evacuated due to the poo floating into the jacuzzi and the activity pool and subsequently the pool was thoughourly cleaned.Surronding beaches scrap stay around pool and relax.Gambrini's the recommended eat place for the Broncemar is pricey compared to others.The Golden Rule to remember is if eating outdoors avoid the front of the restaurant do not order meat and the Spanish flies will not swarm you as in Fado Rock. The resort Broncemar Beach is in is very isolated from other towns and one wpuld need a car to investigate the island as there is not much food choice in this part very much the same menu in all.