Bahia Principe Sunlight Tenerife

Bob Righton

Just returned after 2 weeks all inclusive stay in the Club. Following comparisons relate to stays in other premium brand hotels (e.g. RIU, Melia, etc) as well as a stay in the Fuerteventura Secrets Bahia Real hotel in Corralejo last year. Dislikes/improvements needed: Price - Club additional price at £500/per person/week is overpriced for additional benefits. Most of the Club bedrooms are West facing which means the sun only reaches balconies in late afternoon/eve. If you are looking to sunbathe on the room balcony look to book Room 14304 which is the only Club room that benefits from a terrace exposed to the sun from mid-day onwards. Facilities - big disappointment was the lack of any spa facilities e.g. hot tubs, saunas or even massage facilities. Some of these may be available at the sister Costa Adeje hotel down the road, but at the time of our visit this was being refurbished with an expected completion date of December 2026. Services - we had to go looking for details of fitness classes/entertainment details. Would have been better to have access to these from the room TV menus. Also disappointed with minibar reprovisioning - some days only given 1 teabag for 2 people! Lack of any turn down service which we felt should be provided to guests staying in the Club rooms. Food - Generally the food was good, but lacked variety from day to day, particularly noticeable for 2 week stay. Noise - Construction noise (jack hammers, beeping from construction vehicles) from refurbishment of Costa Adeje hotel and on one day there was an all day 'rave' from the adjacent travellors site. Pros/likes: Hotel - One of the main attractions was the newly refurbished status. Everything was clean, fresh and worked with no signs of usual wear and tear. Service - generally all the staff were highly attentive to our needs special mention to reception, housekeeping and restaurant staff. The only time we felt unattended on a number of occasions was in the Teide bar where waiting for coffee service on the terrace took too long. Food - generally good range, but lacked variety from day to day. Our best meal/evening by far was a meal in the Gofio a-la-carte restaurant. Club facilities - enjoyed the exclusive pool and sunbeds/Bali beds. Food in the exclusive lounge area could be improved - sandwiches where uninspiring! Other facilities - newly refurbished tennis court (no net at the time of our stay). We also enjoyed using the 9 hole mini-golf at the rear of the club although this is in need of some refurbishment. Car parking - we paid 3 Euros per day to park our rental car in the hotel. Overall felt the hotel is good but didn't meet our expectations of a 'luxury' hotel particularly when compared to our stay in the Bahia hotel in Fuerteventura. Overall rating of 7/10. Comments on Tenerife: we used a rental car to explore the island. Found the island to be very busy in comparison with Lanzarote and Fuerteventura e.g. hard to find any public parking either in towns or in mountains/Teide national park. Similar story when walking around Costa Adeje just a general feel of over-crowding.

Denieleh De Leon

We had a short stay at this resort, but loved every part of our experience. The property has been recently renovated, and the rooms, facilities, gym, and buffet area were all spotless and beautifully designed. The staff were consistently warm and welcoming, and the food was excellent. I would highly recommend this resort and would happily return.

Charlie Cockings

We spent 3 nights (3.5 days) at this resort. The hotel looked great but there was several points I wanted to make. We were staying half board - my wife is pregnant and we don’t normally eat 3 meals a day so felt that all inclusive wasn’t right for this break. -No access to free drinking water (500ml bottle put in fridge after 2 days of staying) -Shop extortionate prices (€24.99 for sun cream) -Waiters interrupt you when eating dinner/talking etc to scan wrist band. There was a charge to room for anything bought during your stay with a really slow process which included scanning your wristband. -Odd layout of hotel. You have to walk through restaurant seating to get to toilets. No nearby toilets or showers near pool? I thought that was odd. -We asked if we could have our room for two hours extra on checkout day. Was advised there was a charge. We did ask for the charge to be waived (€20) and were told it was not possible. Fair enough. Later in the day, Woman in front of us was offered 2 free hours extra stay. She literally asked for the exact same as I did earlier in the day to the same member of staff. Overall, we had a genuinely nice stay. Food was good, amenities were great, friendly guests, relatively friendly staff (mainly the female staff were friendly oddly). We did feel we were treated differently to the all inclusive guests though after talking to several other guests. We won’t rush back to this particular hotel.

Tash Binnie

We are on a 6 night last minute break to Baha Principe and having the most wonderful time. The food is the best we’ve ever had on an all inclusive package. The rooms are newly renovated and everywhere is so clean. It’s the staff that are the gems of this hotel - Antonio & Mirela are the stand outs for us as they have made our trip so lovely. Thank you very much!

Laura Girling

Just had 5 days at the resort and it is stunning after the refurbishment they’ve done. Entertainment staff were great, as were most of the hotel staff, although getting served drink at meal times seemed to be hit and miss. There just seemed to be not enough staff even though the hotel is still quite quiet. To note, when I booked it said there were 4 restaurants of which 2 are à la carte and only included on stays of a week. There is in fact only 3 restaurants including the 2 à la carte so therefore we only had the one buffet the entire week. Food was good quality and no complaints but would have been good if one reservation had been included as we were staying over half a week. Pool area is stunning and the Bali beds are very comfy. Would definitely come back as had a lovely time.