Hotel El Duque

Jason Duggan

it is a really nice hotel clean and tidy. I would definitely highly recommend making sure you have air conditioning as not rooms do not have them. cleaners come on a daily basis to the room. The bars are rather good. The pool was a fantastic size and location for the sun. food was not too bad what you wood expect really with a all inclusive. location I would say is OK right next to a shopping centre.Lots of other shops as well. the biggest problem I would have to say is the day you check out if you have a late flight.They take your wrist bands and deactivate key cards to enter the hotel at 12pm which I have never had at any resort or hotel i have stayed at. other than that highly recommended

Alice Ak

The scenery is nice, but nothing else is. For starters, we booked a suite with two separate bedrooms, and instead received 1 bedroom and a living space with a sofa bed, which is annoying but manageable. The all inclusive isn’t exactly all inclusive. There is no free snacks, or anything to eat other than when specific meal times are. The meal times are also quite inconvenient. The food is terrible, and very boring. Same food every day and it’s dry and tastes old. Unless you like dry fish and dry inedible burgers, then you won’t enjoy it very much. Occasionally there was a tough bit of veal being cooked, which was more edible, but it was still not very nice. We also got very sick a couple of days in, which may not be their fault, but could be related. Some of the staff were incredibly rude and ignorant, and basically dirty looked you just for asking for a drink. However, there was 1 lovely bartender who was very kind, however I am not sure of his name (dark brown hair, quite tall, very friendly guy). The receptionist was also nice, but nearly every other staff encounter was bad. The rooms are not good, but are reasonably spacious, however don’t book a balcony room and expect a balcony. We got a room on the bottom floor with a bit of a post around an on-floor patio section. It is also far too hot, with no air conditioning, and only a fan that is near enough non-functioning. It felt like it was 50 degrees every night. We’ve also heard reports of cockroaches in rooms, however I haven’t encountered one myself, though it’s definitely made me on edge. Location is fine enough as it’s only about a 15 minute walk to the beach, however at night it’s seedy and seems unsafe to go out alone. Overall, this hotel isn’t the best in the area, and should definitely not be marked as a 4 star. I’d advise booking elsewhere for the same price, as this was far too expensive to be like this. If I could refund and never experience this holiday in the first place then I would. Wish I cancelled and stayed home.

graeme “Bigyin” Burt

Great location and rooms where cleaned every day. We ended up above a group of drunks for the first 3 nights who would fight and shout every night and smash windows they where from the south of England and the security where always at there door I think in the end the police where involved. Thankfully they left but this is the fun of a all inclusive hotel. Staff are nice the the pools where clean and warm. Plenty of shops and bars around and only 10 mins walk to the beachs. We had a great holiday and will definitely book this hotel in the future.

Katie ONeill

Great location with only a 15minute walk down to the beach and restaurants. Rooms are large and relatively clean. Two pools with plenty of sun beds. Great choice of drinks for all inclusive including cocktails. Unfortunately we were very disappointed with the all inclusive food which was subpar with undercooked meat and uncooked rice and very repetitive with the same choice of food everyday. I would NOT recommend going all inclusive at this hotel., but with plenty of local restaurants you wouldn’t be stuck for choice with self catering.

Matt

Just returned from a 1 week stay here (July 2024) and the experience was fantastic. The sun was scorching and this made the experience better. There were 1 or 2 quips that stops the hotel being a 5 star visit. Not all rooms have air con and some have minor issues with bugs and gnats but our holiday was activity based so we didn't mind this. The location is very good 8/10. The beach is 15 minute walk away and there are some shopping malls and other activities nearby. I'd advise taking a travel card if using the public transport as using the app to buy and use tickets on the bus is complocated and you can't get tickets from the driver directly. Back to the hotel, food was very good, not much variation but cooked to a very high quality. Room service and reception staff are great, bar staff outstanding and night time entertainment hosts irreplaceable. Thank you for an awesome stay and I'll be returning in the future 8/10 🤠