Apartamentos Colon Playa

We have had two nice weeks in Apartamentos Colon Playa with friendly and helpful staff at reception and for cleaning. The location by the beach is perfect and with an apartment on the 4th floor, the view from our terrace was outstanding.

I am in a very difficult position when it comes to evaluation. I use an electric wheelchair. A dear friend of mine lives outside in Las Palmas and she said it was wheelchair accessible. I have also corresponded with the accommodation where I wrote that I use an electric wheelchair. There is a small mobile ramp at the front door, made of metal. First surprise was at the lift, it fits about 2 people standing. No problem, there is a bigger lift. I can fit into a bigger lift with a shoehorn and it takes very good driving skills. It's okay, I'm a good driver, they give me a bit of training. Second surprise, bathroom door is about 50 cm wide or less. No problem, I can walk a few steps on flat ground. Another training session. Here I'm actually always wondering if I can't stand up, I'll come to the end of the world, I've levelled it, you know how big doors are required, and yet it's not, what do I do? So the hostel is not barrier free. If I rated it as accessible accommodation I would give it 0 stars. I gave the rating as a foot walker. Our accommodation is an apartment on one of the best beaches in Las Palmas. The beach stretches for 3 km in a bay. Our room is huge, as apartment has a sleeping area with beds so big we have to look for each other in it. :) a dressing table, not small, a living room with a sofa bed and a kitchenette with a cute little table. And a terrace so big I could dance on it with a view of the ocean. After recovering from the shock of the elevator and bath, I've loved the bathroom ever since. At last, a shower where the water actually runs down where it should and doesn't float, not only the whole apartment, but not even the part of the bath half a metre away. I was given a bath chair with adjustable legs, which again is a positive experience. The light switches are at my height, I enjoy being able to flick them wherever I go :D They clean every day, change the laundry towels. My stiffened joints have to be poked all over. We take the little cushions for this purpose with us when we are inland. But I can't bring them on the plane because of the weight limit. My dear friend told me to ask for extra pillows. So mountains of pillows were waiting. :) the bed is so comfortable, we can support all my joints so well. It's an hour less here than at home. Local time is 7.45am sunrise. It's a bit strange that it's dark for so long. From the balcony we can see and hear the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. I loved it here. In front of the hotel is the beach where people in wheelchairs are helped into the ocean.

I booked a studio apartment which was really nice and tidy. Much larger than I was expecting so that way a bonus.

Excellent location, amazing views from the balcony, staff very friendly and helpful, close to many restaurants and cafés, the beach was wonderful, would return in a heartbeat

Advertising with air conditioning but the room has no air conditioning. The room so noisy all night long.

It was a well run property with helpful staff, it lacked any heating when the weather was cold and no radiators were available. There was no air conditioning either for when the weather would get warm. The sea view balcony did not get sun on it at any point of the day either

The location is perfect but safety standards and cleanliness need improvement. While it looked superficially clean, I accidentally dropped a wet wipe after arriving and it was immediately filthy. The toaster looked like it had been burnt, I didn't notice til the toast started burning. The room is small and the kitchenette is largely unusable. The bathroom was a good size. The balcony was a plus, very big and we'll furnished.

Location is great, beach right in front, supermarkets and restaurants all around it. The bus station is also in walking distance. The room with beach view, no balcony, is in the corner with only one window facing the beach the rest is towards the noisy road. Also there is no AC available. WIFI in this corner room is not great either as the access point is mounted on top of the door facing away from it.

Great location, great views from the room. All the restaurant and beach at walking distance. I only problem was no central air conditioning, due to which the doors and windows need to remain open and that led to a lot of street notice being heard even at the top floor.