Kn Panoramica Heights Hotel

Tim Weston

First time staying at the hotel and we paid less than £80 a night. The location is great as you are away from the strip so quite peaceful with big rooms and you have brilliant views overlooking Costa Adeje. The pool area is spacious and clean, plus the food and drinks from the bar are top-notch. Really friendly and helpful staff too. There is a small shop on site that sells the basics, but we walked to the local supermarket (about a 20 min walk). The hotel does have some issues though. The rooms need a bit of TLC (our toilet cistern leaks, the kitchen is missing utensils, some tiles are cracked/broken and the whole room needed a good clean -the floor makes your feet black) and the rooms lack soundproofing. Our biggest gripe is the bed! It's a cheap rock-solid mattress that's only about a foot off the floor. It's given both my wife and I numb shoulders, sore hips and sore back. Finally when first coming to the hotel the signed for reception is non-existent, we had to ask guest for directions. For out of season prices it's alright but I wouldn't stay here paying the on-season prices.

Rob Gray

We arrived at Panoramica Heights and were given very vague instructions by the gate operator to find the reception which ended up being about 4 floors up which was pretty gutting after a long day and carrying all our heavy luggage with no assistance. There were no signs for reception either so we had to find our way there ourselves. Once settled in we realised that the hotel was far out the way of anything of interest, no shuttle bus or anything to get down to the beach so we had to embark on two very long walks every day for a fortnight as there’s no way we could have afforded 2 taxis every day. The incline of the path up to the hotel was just ridiculous and caused us great pain in our legs for several days, this wasn’t mentioned when we booked. We’re reasonably fit and enjoy a walk so distance wouldn’t have been an issue, but the angle of the walk was just excruciating. Other issues with our accommodation included the fact that the air con smelled badly of mould and had mould clearly visible inside. There was also large patches of damp and peeling paint on the walls which grew steadily worse over the course of our stay. We also awoke one morning to find a huge cockroach on the floor which we couldn’t catch. We asked the reception if they could sort this the next morning and provide us with evidence that it had been caught which was never provided so was likely in there for the course of our stay. There were also no plug sockets next to the bed which proved very inconvenient. The fridge also made a ridiculous noise all day and night and was clearly faulty which stopped us sleeping. We asked at least to be moved rooms but we we’re never given this option despite leaving our contact details at the desk, asking regularly in person and constantly seeing people checking in and out during our stay. We were forced to stay in the room with cockroaches, the air full of bug spray and a mouldy air con system with an already bad chest and a constantly buzzing fridge. Throughout our stay the hotel loudly played aggressive trance / dubstep remix-type ‘music’ which was booming away in the pool area at all hours. The ‘music’ was often full of bad language even with children around, I’m not a prude but there’s just no need for it in a public space, it makes for a very unfriendly atmosphere. Why not just play some gentle instrumental background music which wouldn’t offend anyone? Asked about the music being changed but no change was made. There was also a constant smell of people using marijuana at the hotel which was very unpleasant. The waiters at the hotel were also incompetent. We asked one night what cakes they had available (the menu said to ask your waiter about what’s available) and he replied ‘I don’t know, man’. Unbelievable. He didn’t say ‘I’ll find out for you’ or anything, we had to leave our table, go inside and try and find out for ourselves. We were also served still water after we ordered sparkling that night; not a busy night either just pure incompetence. All of the busses for excursions we had booked only collected and dropped customers off miles away from our hotel as it’s so far out of the way, everyone else was dropped off and collected at the front door of their hotels, but we had to be up earlier and got back much later than everyone else due to needing to walk to different hotels for collections and drop-offs. We asked the JET2 rep if we could be moved from this awful hotel early on in our stay but were told it would be a minimum of £50 to change plus whatever extra cost there was for the new hotel fee and would also take several days to arrange; we refused this on principle, why should we pay extra? The hotel shouldn’t even be on JET2’s books it’s so bad! Overall a totally unsatisfactory experience, will never return.

Jack G

The rooms were pretty unclean with hair all over the bathroom and leftover food from the previous guests, the aircon and refrigerator were very noisy and if any guests returned quite late on it was so noisy in the rooms. But the view was spectacular, apart from the bald receptionist the staff were unbelievably helpful and for the price you pay I was not disappointed at all. Ooh and if you get a coach to the hotel, get ready to drag your suitcase up the steepest hill ever. Luckily mine got lost in the airport.

Roberta Marlinson

The hotel has changed and not for the better. We stayed before when there used to be a restaurant on site. Apparently closed for years now (we had no idea when we booked this time). Trips into town for dinner as you only get a microwave and a hob in the roo. So sooo many guests smoking weed all over the place. As a family this is not ideal for us. When wanting to enjoy the views and quiet in the eve just the stink of weed. Loud music from the bar area until 9pm when trying to sleep a child also not ideal. Quite a few overly drunk folk; a fight that required the police and general loudness of the guests around us with little policing of these situations. The most ridiculous was trying to get change for the entertainment room. Reception told us to ask at the bar, bar asked us to ask reception, and the shop asked us to try in town...We won't be returning. Great if your 20 and a couple; avoid for families.

Diane Cavanaugh

I don't know why the hotel gets really bad reviews. I was thinking about changing hotels glad I didn't. It was fairly cheap for a family of four the rooms are big. Yes they need refurbishing, yes the beds are hard but you get use to them. They are clean and we got clean towels and our beds made. We just used the hotel as a base we walked to the towns about 30 mins never walked back don't think we would make it. Taxi are about 6 euro back We walked to aquauland which was a good day out the kids loved it. Something for all ages. The hotel shop has everything you need but supermarkets are a bit cheaper in town. The bar restaurant is okay too a little overpriced but I think every where is similar priced. Overall we had a lovely holiday but if you expect luxury and not being up a hill then probably not the hotel for you.