Apartamentos Castillo Beach

I'm in my 14th day of a 21 day visit to Castillo Beach apartments, Cajetta Da Fuste, Fuerteventura.....its not 5 Star, in fact, my partners first words on arriving were, "it was probably fine in 1980's" .....its probably not even 3 Star, BUT, you get what you pay for don't you ? I've booked self catering, my room has cooker, microwave oven, coffee machine, fridge, hob, fridge, sink, TV and shower.....and they all work fine 😀 There's a system here, basically, if you want anything, you go to the desk and ask for it....if you don't ask, you won't get replacement toilet rolls,replacement towels or bedding, in fact, it works really well: I've had no issues so far. WiFi....in the room it's almost non existent so I use my mobile data or I go to the reception area. Gym...its like something from a 1970's high school; hardly any equipment, very small and stuffy, hardly anything to use, BUT, there's enough to do a workout. Afterall, it's not 5 Star. I was in Caletta 5 years ago and there has been quite a lot of development here, the walks alongside the beach are longer and better, the roadside going up to our appartments are being improved as I write this....it will be much bigger in a few years. Local buses are excellent for day trips, very cheap and modern. Lidl is very close...just over £1 on the bus. Airport is £1.60 ish. Two of the most noticeable aspects for me; The pace of life here is very very slow, which has suited me fine, and, in 14 days I've experienced no bother or hassle, in fact, the only negatives have been the British Northeners....sometimes effing and jeffin around the pool and being rowdy after midnight, however, this has been very minimal. If you don't expect luxury you'll be fine.

I arrived at Castillo in the early evening of October 2nd 2023 as a solo traveller. Having left home some 8 hours previously, I felt tired , hungry , and thirsty and was therefore looking forward to being welcomed to my apartment quickly and efficiently as a holidaymaker. Instead I found myself face to face with a surly and charmless young man who ran through the check in procedure in a bored and disinterested fashion before thrusting a grainy and badly photocopied map into my hand in order to find my apartment myself amongst hundreds of similar white bungalows in the complex At this point I might add I’m the only traveller checking in at that point. Some 45 minutes later I find my apartment after walking round the complex umpteen times , if the check in guy had removed himself from behind the desk and simply pointed to a gate 50 yards up the road all this could have been avoided. The apartment was tired looking , sagging curtains , broken sofa bed , the main beds were uncomfortable metal frame affairs with a mismatched wooden headboard jammed up between them and the walls No air con , simply antiquated ceiling fans/lights which were hard to figure out to keep running without the lights on. Kitchenette appallingly equipped . Something scuttles when I open a cupboard Blocked drains emitting foul odours in the bathroom The roads around the complex are shocking , featuring broken manhole covers , broken electrical boxes , discarded rubbish lying around , and oh watch out for cars randomly crossing your path without warning from the strange little mini roundabouts which allow cars to zoom in front of people in a pedestrian zone. Also beware the electric scooters hacking around everywhere I think I had 3 room service visits in a fortnight , and despite paying for late checkout on my last day I then had a cleaner wondering why I was still there at 12 , I had to google the words paid late check out to get rid of her , obviously someone hadn’t done their job! Finally if you come here and are not particularly fit , it’s approximately 1 1/4 miles to the nearest beach , despite saying beach resort and a steep uphill climb on the return I’m sure Castillo will give the standard reply to this review , but you need to revamp your rooms , employ staff that are good with people , repair your roads , look after your grounds properly , including using the irrigation system in order to avoid the eyesore of dead plants everywhere, last but not least some general information given to guests and proper signage around the place would greatly help!