We enjoyed every minute of our holiday and although it was almost a year ago we still have the memories
fresh in our minds.

We especially would like to thank Thomson staff for their kindness during our holiday.

Thank you all!

Well what can I say? We stayed at The Taibiba Princess side of the two hotels and the hotel is magnificent to say the least.

We went in low season but there was still plenty of entertainment on offer at this time of the year.

The two low points of this accomodation were 1. The location, we found ourselves jumping into taxis to get around, as the best shops were a good 15 - 20 min walk away.

2. The hotel did not have room service. For a four star hotel, I expected to grab a bite to eat on my late arrival, none available!!

Overall though, this hotel is pretty amazing, great pools, rooms, staff, the lot. I would recommend to anyone for their first trip to Maspalomas.

I think that the hotel cleanliness is at an excellant standard and so are the provided facilities. The hotel food was varied and at a high standard once again.

The hotel and its surroundings is very relaxing. I would like to comment on the staff in the way in which they were very obliging.

The entertainment was quite enjoyable and catered for all ages. The reason why i would visit this hotel again would be because everything about was at an extremely high standard.

What a fantatstic hotel. I travelled here with my wife and 2 kids under 2 and a great time was had by all. I could only repeat what the other reviewers have said as there are no faults with this hotel. I cannot find a bad review for it! The friendliness of the staff is incomparable as highlighted by an incident that happened during our stay. A couple we were friendly with baby girl took ill towards the end of the holiday and the hotel staff couldn't have helped more and showed sincere concern for the health of the baby, which i know was much appreciated by the parents at such a worrying time. The Thomson reps, on the other hand were too hungover from the night before to even bother about helping. So do not expect too much from them unless you are lining their pockets in commission from their excursions. Apart from this we had a fantastic time, so much so we have booked up to go again at the same time this year. I have a feeling we may see some familiar faces as most of the people we spoke to were on their nth visit.

This hotel is everything the other reviews say and more, a really fantastic place. The food is wonderful, even our fussy 3 year old and 7 month baby were catered for, and staff were very friendly and would get anything you couldn't find. I would advise anyone taking a baby to take your baby milk and nappies with you, we didn't see any milk brands other than milupa and nappies were a lot more expensive than home. Baby food jars are reasonable. Don't go to the nearest shop at the back of the hotel, its dirty, won't allow pushchairs or bags inside, they rip you off (a lot) and are very rude. The shops at Faro 2 are a little walk( or cabs are cheap )but very reasonable. Or go to the supermarkets at playa del ingles, a local told us to go to the 'hippodino' rather than 'spa' because it is cheaper and more choice. The other thing we weren't aware of was that you can use the fridge in your room without paying for it if you are storing baby food and milk. We paid for it at reception and when we read the leaflets in our room noticed this. It was still nice to have a fridge though!
The pools are fantastic, especially the heated ones!!!
Finding a sunbed wasn't a problem, but we did go during school time.
My only gripe was that our room was situated above the main entertainment salon, and it was noisy in our room. We had requested and paid extra for a low floor so our children would be safer, and after the first night requested a different room. The staff were very helpful and we were moved to the third floor, where you could still hear a thump thump till the early hours, but it was a little quieter.
All this said we would happily go back to this hotel, but would request a room above the restaurant in advance. A really wonderful holiday.

What a simply MAGNIFICENT place!!! I recently spent one of the best weeks' holiday of my life in this absolutely GORGEOUS hotel and can't say a single bad word about the place!

I've never seen anything quite like the pool area... it's absolutely ENORMOUS with tropical bars and restaurants dotted about, some situated on islands connected by bridges, and the man-made beach is actually really nice - but if you try to walk across it, it's a good idea to take your flip-flops/sandals off first or it can get quite uncomfortable! Finding a sunbed was no problem at all (there must be at least 700 or so), but I should imagine it might get busier during the peak season...

The rooms are beautiful as well - lovely and large with masses of drawer/wardrobe space, minibar/fridge to rent, safety deposit box, beautiful bathrooms and very good air-conditioning (please note - as in most hotels now, it cuts out if you open the patio doors). I was in the Tabaiba Princess, but as the hotels are mirror-images, I should imagine that the rooms in the Maspalomas are identical.

Food at this hotel really has to be experienced to be believed - both quantity and quality! Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all more than enough to satisfy even the fussiest eater, and a take-away bar in the middle of the beach provides fast food style snacks during the daytime. An a-la-carte option is also available at dinner at no extra cost - you just need to inform your waiter/waitress. The main restaurant is absolutely gorgeous as well - if you're seated at the far end, you get to sit and watch a beautiful waterfall whilst you eat.

The entertainment here is of a very high standard indeed - having seen the resort, I would be wary of staying in some other places in Maspalomas as it seems to offer very little in the way of bars/evening entertainment.

The hotel has two piano bars with live music nightly, the Tabaiba bar has a large TV screen which is used to show live football matches, and each hotel has its own entertainment room with cabarets at staggered times (Tabaiba at 9:45, Maspalomas at 10:45) making it possible to see both if you're quick, and each bar has its own live band. Tabaiba's (Le Piaf) plays mainly more subdued ballroom-style music, whereas Maspalomas' (Flash Union) plays more upbeat and mainstream music. A special mention has got to go to Maribel, the lead singer of Flash Union - her energetic (and sometimes downright unpredictable!) performances kept the Maspalomas' room full right until the end of their show and are WELL worth seeing - plus she does an absolutely FANTASTIC rendition of Lady Marmalade!!

There aren't an awful lot of shops nearby, but there is a small supermarket at the rear of the hotel near the rear exit, which is located by the mini-golf at the Tabaiba Princess side of the complex. The Faro 2 shopping centre is about 15-20 minutes walk away, but taxis are plentiful (and cheap), and either reception will call you a taxi for no extra cost.

It can be confusing to find your way around in thie hotel, as the two reception and lower ground areas near the restaurant are very similar, but a good little tip I discovered early on is to look at the freestanding floor lamps - those in the Tabaiba Princess are green the reception and blue in the lower ground area, and those in the Maspalomas are pink in reception and brown in the lower ground area.

I would THOROUGHLY recommend this hotel to people of all ages, as anything you'd ever want, it can supply with consummate ease... I'll certainly be back sometime soon!

Just got back from Maspalomas/Tabaiba Princess, and it was EVERY INCH as good as I can remember - if not better! This time I was lucky enough to get a room with a real sun-trap of a balcony facing the pool-area (3237 in Tabaiba - top floor, on the gallery above the reception area). I think it works out that if you book through Thomson Platinum, you get put into the Maspalomas wing, and if you choose Portland, you go into Tabaiba - not that there's any difference, apart from the colour-scheme. Rooms are unchanged from last year... good-sized, nice balconies, good air-conditioning etc. Some are larger with sofa-beds in them (obviously intended for families), and rooms with interconnecting doors are also available.

The entertainment was once again excellent... the Tabaiba side cabaret room was closed whilst I was there, but there were still two cabarets every night in the Maspalomas one, ranging from the in-house team's own shows (they were pretty good as well!), to dancers, singers, and a Hawaiian/Polynesian troupe. Others in the second week (there's a rolling 2-week programme, so if you're there for a fortnight, you could theoretically see all 14 cabarets) included a magic show, Abba tribute, Elvis impersonator, flamenco show, Brazilian dance show (I saw this one last year - very good indeed), arabian dance show and several more of the in-house team's shows.

There were three choices of live music this time - there was a pianist in the Maspalomas piano-bar, a duo in the Tabaiba piano bar (sometimes there was live football on the big TV screen instead though), and a live band - the absolutely brilliant Flash Union, who were there last year - in the Maspalomas cabaret room. Flash Union are even better than I remember as well... greater variation of songs, and the four artists are absolutely SUPERB (particularly my good friend Maribel, the singer... WHAT a voice she has!!) WELL worth a listen to!! The Maspalomas cabaret room is open until midnight, and the piano-bars until 1am.

There's still bags going on during the daytime - loads of sports activities, kids club, competitions etc., the sauna/massage island was being well used, and the mini-golf and giant chessboard were both still functioning. From 3:30-4:30 there's a special offer on coffee and a cake at the "Coco-Loco" pool bar - large slice of cake and a coffee/tea for E2.90, and from 5:00-6:00 there's a happy hour in both piano-bars... order one drink and get two (cocktails and speciality coffees excluded).

Food... well, what can I say!! They must have a world-class team of chefs there, because once again, I enjoyed every mouthful of every meal I had. The table-service was of the very highest quality, and the daily specials in the Hacienda and La Pasta poolside a-la-carte restaurants were second to none!!

Pools/pool area... once again, immaculately maintained and MASSES of sunbeds... during my stay, every morning I could wander outside at 11am and still have about 60 or 70 free ones to choose from!

Service/staff friendliness... second to none!! The staff are all so lovely, and a lot of them speak excellent English - not just the entertainers too - there was one particular waitress who was more or less fluent, and always had a chat with me as she was clearing my table! Any faults were attended to very promptly... my air-conditioning suffered a terminal leak whilst I was there, and there was a brand new unit in place within 20 minutes of me reporting it.

In my mnd, this hotel complex simply can NOT be beaten... it's twice managed to surpass my every expectation of it, and I can't wait until my next visit... because I WILL be back!!

We visited this fabulous hotel in September 2002 and it exceeded all expectations.

The pools are amazing - 5 in all to choose from

The food is superb - breakfast was lovely and dinner was gut busting to say the least!!

The staff were extremely friendly and helpful

We are a young couple (26,22) and we found that there was a good mix of families and couples. But I'd dare say its choc a bloc in July and August. Most kids disappeared the 2nd week of September and we had the whole pool to ourselves - bliss!!

Would thoroughly recommend this hotel

Me, the wife & 9 year old son visited this fantastic hotel at the end of August. I would recommend this accommodation to any family wanting to stay in a top class, clean hotel with very friendly and helpful staff. The local centre is 10 minutes walk while Playa Del Ingles is a

The hotel is first class.The reps aren't very hepful but the hotel staff you cant fault them.the pools are fantastic and no complaints about that.i would suggest u go to the supermarket it is a thrid of the price cheaper than the hotel and ive u go to the beach i suggest a taxi which costs about