La Marine Luxury Apartments

The so called 'luxury penthouse' does not exactly meet my expectation of a luxury accomodation. The kitchen was actually equipped with only the necessary things, but all very cheap and not even two equal wine glasses. There are some dark spots at the ceiling that look like mold. The main sliding door to the balcony could not be locked (while the lock of the other sliding door worked well). They mention in their guest information how important it is to always lock the doors. When they were informed via WhatsApp, they wanted to send someone the next day. However, nobody has ever contacted us again, so the door can most probably still not be locked! The lock at the room door also seems to be there for decoration only. Even though the door was locked from the inside, the room maid was still able to open it from the outside as we didn't hear them ringing the door bell when we were sitting on the balcony. The safety deposit box in the room can only be locked by a key card which is available. However, the safe also has a keypad. My assumption, therefore, is that someone has a PIN code to open it. And they most probably also have a second key card. Doesn't feel safe to put anything in there. Usually, you can select you own PIN code for the box. That's what I would expect. If you don't use the marquee on the balcony during the day, it will get terribly hot in the appartment as the sun will heat it up (29° C room temperature in February!) . The check-in procedure is a self-service. You get a code for the main entry door and get your room keys at the self check-in screen inside. There was no instruction about what to do with the key cards at check-out, so we just left them in the room. There is close to no privacy on the balcony when other guests in the adjacent room are outside. On one evening, there were some young locals (perhaps even employees of the agency) having a party of a special kind outdoors, eventhough their own policy forbids bringing in other people. The area (Melenara beach) is certainly not the most pleasant area on the island. The beach looks nice, but there are drunken homeless people who harass tourists. There is really nothing to see or do in town. You therefore need a car to get to some nicer places, but there is no parking (although some booking sites mention there is). The big parking area you will see on google maps satellite images in the vicinity of the building can actually no longer be used to park cars there. You will therefore have to look for a free parking slot at the road side which can be difficult at times. It is also located in the airport's approach and departure route, so there is quite some air traffic and noise. Would I return? No. There are better places to stay on the Canary Islands.