H10 Timanfaya Palace

Our TUI flight was on time (for a change) such a shame then that the coach park was rammed full and as a result we arrived at the hotel close to a hour later than expected. This was a couples holiday for my Wife and I plus our Son and Daughter in Law and we knew the Timanfaya Palce would be the ideal choice for the mixed age range. We received a warm welcome at reception and were quickly on our way to our lovely rooms close to each other on the second floor near the main building with lovely sea views, sunny balconies and walk-in showers - muchas gracias Amigo ! We just dumped the cases and went off for a quick late supper before the restaurant closed. On this point I must mention, as pointed out by my Daughter in Law, that however late you went for breakfast, lunch or dinner you could always get everything unlike other hotels that stop restocking the food well before closing time. It was wonderful to be greeted by the legendary Pepe who together with his team looked after us like royalty for the whole holiday. This included three birthdays we were celebrating between us where we were sung Happy Birthday to, received Cava and Cake all the staff join in and make you feel really special :) Which leads me onto an important point, the staff at the Timanfaya Palace really are exceptional; hardworking, attentive, universally happy and welcoming. It is possibly unfair as I don't know everyone's name but feel I must mention waiters Jesus and Jose the hotel jokers who constantly entertain, Marlins in the Beach Hut with her big smile and super service, the uber professional Alfredo plus Angel and Chris and the others in the pool bar. We enjoyed the two evenings that we had dinner in the a la carte restaurants, Kasbah and La Geria, especially the latter as it was such a beautiful sunny evening. This said the buffet restaurant is excellent, the variety and quality of the food is really good and we didn't get bored even after two weeks as the theme changes night to night. This is a generally a quiet and laid back hotel especially so in the winter months with many retirees in residence but the summer scene is younger and livelier and our Son and his Wife had loads of people their own age 20's - 30's to mix with. We enjoyed the daytime activities: petanque followed by archery, pistols or rifles with the lovely Emma followed by one of Hectors' famous demonstrations mainly cocktail making and drinking :) :) :) classes which are hilarious and possibly too raucous for some of the "book club" LOL, they also do some good food demo's. A big shout out to the Blue team, old friends Hector and Emma but also new friends Katarina and Pedro in our opinion the best Entertainment team in Lanzarote <3 - scrap that ??? the Canaries ??? scrap that the World !! Evening entertainment was mostly good too, we especially enjoyed Simon the solo singer/guitarist, the Magic shows and the Beatles tribute act. Our Son and his Wife enjoyed the disco which followed but I think we missed a trick not charging the spectators ;-) As well as the staff it was lovely to make many new friends at the hotel especially Bas and Caroline <3 and Maria and Victor <3 We did two of the TUI excursions this year: the Volcano Excellence tour which we would 100% recommend. Our coach was adults only yipee and had a small number of lovely fellow guests from the TimPal and a couple of other Playa Blanca hotels. We stopped at a really nice winery El Griffo on the way but the Timanfaya National Park is obviously the highlight. Our Tour Guide and Driver were fantastic so it really was a great day out which concluded with a super meal in the panoramic restaurant with meats grilled over the heat of the volcano itself ! + wine and nice salad followed by a pudding then sunset. The other excursion was the Music Hall Tavern a famous Drag Show in Puerto del Carmen which my DiL "kindly" got us the tickets for my birthday eek ! Highlights of the holiday included the Friday lunctime barbecue with music outside and the two Tuesday evening Galas: White Party and Spanish Night in rotation, It really is the best to sit outside on the pool terrace to enjoy live music and entertainment followed by disco and fireworks. Again probably too lively for some guests but they can always hide in the Piano bar. Once again a fantastic holiday at the Timanfaya Palace - thanks again to Jose and his team. Special thanks also to the wonderful people I shared this holiday with, you know who you are <3

Just returned from 10 day holiday with family and friends. I had read many excellent reviews and we weren???t disappointed at all. As a party of 7 and having read reviews, we all upgraded to ???Privilege??? status for 35 Euros per person, per day. Seems quite a lot but we all agreed it made a massive difference. You are guaranteed a very good room with a sea view. You get access to the Privilege Lounge close to the main pool where all drinks and snacks are included, decent drinks brands with nice indoor and outdoor spaces. You also get access to a dedicated sun lounger area with amazingly comfortable beds up beside the indoor pool. Access to ???Kasbah??? restaurant for breakfast which is much more intimate than the main breakfast room and table service which is a nice relaxing way to enjoy breakfast. You can also get access to Kasbah for dinner. Alfredo in Kasbah was excellent and a really nice guy. The girl who runs the little bar adjacent to the indoor pool was also very good. From Dominican Republic but I didn???t catch her name? Good swimming pool options and interesting golf putting course which we had some serious competitions on:) the most difficult putting holes we have ever played but made the competitive edge a hoot:) Rooms were very spacious and the cleaning service is the best we have ever experienced- we stayed in rooms 304, 305 and 313 - all good rooms and the maid who cleaned the rooms was the quickest and most efficient ever:) Nice little touch with Lindt chocolates at night and towel service also very good. Entertainment was decent and staff at reception were super helpful. One tip worth noting - you do require long trousers for dinner in all restaurants in the hotel, albeit plenty of people relaxed in nice t-shirts rather than long sleeve shirts, so at least not too stuffy if you haven???t packed lots of shirts. Not a negative comment re the hotel and we all agreed we would be delighted to return, not bad as we are all a wee bit picky choosing where to stay:) Re local restaurants the best area we found was at Rubicon Marina where LANI???S was super friendly, really nice food, live music and great cocktails with a view onto the marina - best to book ahead for evening. We had a brilliant lunch in Casa Roja in Rubicon Marina which is a very nice restaurant. Taxis from hotel are literally 5 Euros to Rubicon Marina and easily organised via hotel reception, The only mixed review we had was that for some reason the taxi drivers were a bit of a hit or a miss - circa 50% of the drivers were unusually surly and a couple were quite rude. Ironically others were very friendly? Nice small shopping mall next to Rubicon Marina for a bit of retail therapy, not too big but decent.