Precise Resort El Rompido-The Hotel

Average in all aspect except the courses which were poor. The hotel was clean. Room was of good size but no tea coffee making facilities. Towels have seen much better days, plenty of toiletries but did not use them. Lid of the toilet was cracked. Flooring was rising in the room and in some corridors. My bed springs had gone and it felt like sleeping on a slope. Restaurant was very busy for dinner unless you went at second sitting 21:00 hrs. Staff were very good throughout the hotel. Drinks were very expensive €7 euros a large glass of beer and €14 for a short and mixer. There is a supermarket on site but a can of Coke Zero is €1.80. Water at the bar was €3 for a large bottle. Food was ok but not great. Breakfast was ok not great. Spa was good for a sports massage. Golf courses were simply not good enough in my opinion. Soaking wet from sprinklers overnight. Did not dry out until early afternoon. Greens were bobbly and patchy. Bunkers were dreadful. Many had no sand with weeds growing through what sand there was. Fairways were in poor condition with tree roots patches of gravel on the fringes. It was so bad that there were tufts of different types of grass in the fairway that we could pick clean and replace. Water features and ponds had puddles in the bottom and acres of pond liner in view. There was maintenance ongoing and tees being rebuilt and turfed. Cart paths torn up by machinery. Cart paths on the Norte were torn up or worn out tarmac with dangerous potholes where the path met the fairway. Temporary tees on the fairway in the Sud Course. Play was so slow. Our group let a pair through and we were told off by the marshal for doing so. Three rounds average 5.5 hours each using buggies. A Natural Waterside park abuts the course and there were quite a few mosquitoes! A buggy is essential, some long green to tees especially the 17th at the Sud. You could fly from Faro or Seville but there are many other places to go where the courses are much better.

Staff were extremely friendly and informative and the room was very comfortable and clean. The cold buffet selection was good, but the other food was barely warm and of poor quality - fish was uncooked in the middle, steak was tough and bolognese sauce was thin and tasteless. Perhaps an a la carte restaurant may be a good addition to the hotel. We had booked a 2 night stay to celebrate our wedding anniversary, but came away feeling rather disappointed.

I had a very enjoyable experience staying here, room was good, restaurant was good, staff friendly and helpful and the courses were great. I saw someone who said the courses were over watered and they probably are a bit but it didn't take away from our enjoyment.