Review of IFA Beach Hotel, San Agustin, Gran Canaria

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We stayed at the 3 star IFA Beach Hotel in San Agustin, Gran Canaria for 2 nights on half board, arranged by sunshine.co.uk on a complimentary basis.  San Agustin is a fairly quiet resort with several cafes and restaurants on the prom as you walk towards Playa del Ingles. There are two casinos in the resort.

View from our room over IFA Beach hotel pool and San Agustin beach

The hotel has direct access to the beach and a lovely pool area. There’s a small supermarket in the complex.

IFA Beach hotel pool

We were allocated a twin room on the 6th floor, just along from the nudist terrace.

Sign to our room and nudist terrace

Our room had with a side sea view. The room was a little dated decor-wise but was perfectly functional. The beds were a little on the narrow side but fairly comfortable.

We only had sun in our balcony in the morning, so with the breeze it was too cool to sit there at any other time.  You are only provided with soap at the hotel, so you’ll need to take or buy some shampoo/shower gel etc. There was plenty of wardrobe space with loads of clothes hangers (some hotels give about 5).

Our room at the IFA Beach Hotel

It was good to have a seating area in front of the doors out to the balcony, so you could admire the view when it was too cool to sit outside.

My main issue with the IFA Beach Hotel was all the additional charges e.g. for the fridge, safe, beach towels, parking and wifi. I did fork out 5 Euro for 24 hours of wifi but the signal was very weak, even in the lobby. I’ve had excellent free wifi in the lobby of some very cheap Spanish hotels, so it’s not acceptable to charge for a poor service. I don’t expect free internet in my room in a 3 star hotel but I think they should at least provide free wifi in the IFA Beach lobby. We found free on-street parking for our hire car just along from the hotel but I’m not sure if you’d be able to find a space there in high season. I also thought that reception should have more than one member of staff on duty, I only saw two receptionists on one occasion during checkout. There was often a queue at reception, with the receptionist being run off their feet.

Twin beds in our room at the IFA Beach Hotel

The food at the IFA Beach was very good for a 3 star hotel with plenty of choice at the breakfast and dinner buffets. You can see more photos of the dinner buffet on Flickr.

Dinner buffet at IFA Beach Hotel

In summary if you want a value for money option with very good food, in a quiet location, right on the beach, the IFA Beach Hotel is a great choice, as long as you don’t end up spending more than you think by the time you tot up all the extra charges.

All my IFA Beach Hotel photos and videos can be found on Flickr.

Click here to check availability and price at the IFA Beach Hotel in San Agustin.

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