Hotel Rural El Navío- Adults Only

“peaceful”

Wonderful, setting amidst the banana trees, lovely pool unheated but great for a pre breakfast swim, or reading on a lounger. Breakfast was good, plenty of choice, surprised when what I thought was a sausage turned out to be delicious sweet fried banana!! Dinner is interesting, at breakfast you see… more

Wonderful, setting amidst the banana trees, lovely pool unheated but great for a pre breakfast swim, or reading on a lounger. Breakfast was good, plenty of choice, surprised when what I thought was a sausage turned out to be delicious sweet fried banana!! Dinner is interesting, at breakfast you see the dinner menu for that day, choice of 2 starters, 2 mains, desert of the day, a glass of wine or a large beer, tea or coffee for €20. you choose time to eat, between 7-8.30. We had dinner twice, a delicious rabbit dish with Canadian potatoes, and tuna followed by a wonderful tiramisu (I'd love the recipe if anyone from the hotel sees this!!) Great helpful staff. The walk to the beach through the banana plantation was wonderful, the beach and bathing pools were amazing, the very best crashing waves.

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“Peaceful and almost rural Hotel”

Stayed here for 3 nights as part of a longer holiday in Tenerife. It was an excellent choice as we were looking for somewhere away from the heavily over-developed parts of Tenerife ( and there are a lot of them !). Good sized room and bathroom, with private terrace. Pool was good also. Walked do… more

Stayed here for 3 nights as part of a longer holiday in Tenerife. It was an excellent choice as we were looking for somewhere away from the heavily over-developed parts of Tenerife ( and there are a lot of them !). Good sized room and bathroom, with private terrace. Pool was good also. Walked down to the coast and along to the nearby towns each day - no beaches to mention. Lovely position in the bananna plantation. Three course evening meal ( no choice except vegetarion or non-vegetarian for each course) was excellently produced home cooking and very good value at €40 per couple including a bottle of local wine and coffee. This is no 5 star or 4 star resort but a low key well run friendly hotel off the beaten track but still in the popular holiday area. If I went to Tenerife again I would definitely consider this hotel again.

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“Secluded friendly clean hotel with stunning views - in middle of banana plantation”

What a lovely hotel - tucked away in a banana plantation 20 mins walk from Alcala. Views across the sea to La Gomera, Really nice breakfast, spotlessly clean, great sea view balconies.Pool area really nice. Dinner a bit variable otherwise 5 stars !! Would definitely go back

“Beautiful situation and attractive rooms, some issues with the food”

The Hotel Rural El Navío is located outside the town of Alcalá in a banana plantation. The trees stretch in all directions, including down to the Atlantic shore, less than a kilometre away and accessible on foot through the plantation itself. The rooms are pleasant and well equipped, each with a la… more

The Hotel Rural El Navío is located outside the town of Alcalá in a banana plantation. The trees stretch in all directions, including down to the Atlantic shore, less than a kilometre away and accessible on foot through the plantation itself. The rooms are pleasant and well equipped, each with a large terrace looking out over the green carpet to the ocean and the island of La Gomera in the distance - when it is visible under its cap of cloud. Bananas are available for guests to help themselves at will and the lounge at reception has a large collection of useful guides and other books about Tenerife. For us the only negative point was the hotel food, which other reviewers have praised. We stayed for 3 nights and had dinner at the hotel each evening, because there are no other restaurants within comfortable walking distance and we did not want to drive out at night, especially as we enjoy a drink with our dinner. Dinner must be ordered before midday on the day itself, and the hotel contacted us before our arrival to ask if we wanted dinner on the first evening. Although we had confirmed that we wanted one of the two starters (it's always only a choice between salad and soup) and the only main course on offer (which is the case each evening, although a vegetarian alternative is available) the waiter (who doubles as receptionist) seemed to think we wanted only the starter salad and offered us dessert afterwards. We succeeded in the end in getting a main course and, to its credit, the hotel waived the charge for this dinner. Although the hotel prides itself on serving authentic local dishes, we actually found the food bland and unimaginative, and worst of all, although the soup was hot, all three main courses that we ate were cold. The same was true of the "hot" dishes at breakfast, which were in a bain-marie but cold. We observed that none of the other guests staying at the same time as us ate dinner at the hotel more than once. We enjoyed our stay at the Navío and the staff at reception were helpful - getting our laundry done and booking a whale-watching cruise from los Gigantes (we saw only dolphins!) - but in the restaurant we had the clear impression that they would have been happier not to have to serve us dinner. Worst of all, one of us found a sharp piece of plastic in her soup at dinner on the second evening, but when we told the staff they just shrugged and quickly changed the subject. So a good hotel all in all, but with some improvement needed in the restaurant.

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