The bus took around half an hour from the airport, and drove us straight to the hotel.
First impressions were good – nicely kept gardens, people working on them etc…
After arriving at the lobby, we were given little envelopes with our towel cards, door keys (swipe cards) and instructed to stick stickers that were inside the envelopes on our cases.
We were told that things in the mini bar were included! what a bonus! We’ll see at the end of the week though I guess.
We were also told that the safety deposit box would cost $2 a day… not a lot of money, however I’d expect the use of this to be included in a supposedly 5* hotel?
Also, the “introduction meeting” it was announced, would be at 9am the next morning, in the lobby. Early start, then.
We then found our way to our room (5275)
Here’s what we found:
[pics coming soon]
The bed was huge! And very comfy.
Decent sized bath and shower, and our balcony overlooked the gardens. Very nice.
Now, if only the weather wasn’t so shit, it would be perfect!
However, 2 small things:
- The TV doesn’t work
- The bathroom door – once closed, it’s very difficult to open! Essentially, you’re locked in!
Surely, these things will be easy to fix.
As always, when arriving at hotels of this size (and it is huge) we then walked around it, checking it out. Checked out the beach, pool area etc…