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Faeces in pool
Because we were celebrating a special occasion we booked 'suites' in the supposedly 4 star Lanzarote Princess hotel. Unfortunately the rooms were very basic. Then we found the family suite entailed my grandchildren sleeping on a settee and folding bed respectively. I reported this to the Jet2 rep but she showed me the small print on line which said this was standard and there is no legal definition of a suite. I have stayed in a number of 4 star hotels and the beds and bed linen are usually of a good quality. In this hotel they were of the standard of the 2 star self catering apartments we used to stay in. The duvet covers were open down both long sides, only kept shut by press studs which were few and far between resulting in my feet getting tangled in the quilt each night and the pillows were lumpy. There were water bottles in the room on arrival but these were never replaced as they have been in other 4 star hotels. The shower cubicle had mould on the seal and the cubicle wasnt cleaned till at least the 5th day. I also dont think the bed linen was replaced till the 5th day either. We had an enormous cockroach in our bedroom which I reported to reception and she said someone would go out straight away. The bar staff were good although they added great quantities of sugar to every cocktail (hazardous for a diabetic, I had some amazing spikes in my blood sugar). The food and restaurant staff were excellent, the only part of the hotel that was 4 star, plenty variety especially of fish and meat. When someone expelled faeces in the swimming pool they fished it out with a net and were very slow to alert and clear the pool, probably taking at least 15/20 minutes and then reopened it again in 2/3 hours when I'm sure there were still 'solids' visible on the bottom of the pool. So one star for the restaurant/food, and one for entertainment/kids club. The pool would have got one if they’d closed and cleaned it properly after contamination as it was a great design and lots of fun for the children