Veronika Baudysova
We stayed a week in February and it was a nice but average place. Staff was really nice and helpful. Swimming pool was warm and nice. Location is great, near shops/restaurants/supermarkets. The beach is beautiful and not so far.
The food was average, not many options and even less for vegetarians. The room is simple, we had a view to a wall and our balcony was very tiny. The cleanliness is good though.
I have visited R2 Pajara Beach as well and it was better.
Overall not bad. We enjoyed our vacation.
Gareth Davies
A great hotel to stay if you need a quiet stay in Fuerteventura.
Situated very close to the beach and the main shopping street in Jandia, this hotel offers a lovely experience for couples and families alike.
The food was definitely the best we have experienced in any of our all-inclusive stays in the Canary Islands.
The staff were friendly and helpful at all times and rooms were clean and well appointed.
Pool was well maintained and properly heated unlike a lot of pools tend to be in this part of the world.
Overall, I'd recommend this hotel very highly if you are looking to stay in the south of Fuerteventura.
sophie evans
We loved our stay at Buganvilla!
Hotel was well maintained with lovely pool area. Food was nice, although not a massive choice for picky eaters.
Close to variety of shops and a short walk to local beach.
Would definitely come again!
Steve Hanson
What a great hotel. Very efficient, polite cheerful staff and very close to the shops and the beach.
Chloe H
Miserable Stay, Absolutely Not a 4-Star Hotel
If I could give this place zero stars, I would. We stayed at R2 Buganvilla Hotel during a heatwave where temperatures were reaching over 40°, and the air conditioning in our room didn’t work for the entire trip. When I complained, the hotel sent a Spanish-speaking technician who couldn’t understand a word we said and simply declared it was “fine” (it wasn’t). We were then told it was fixed—this was a lie—only to later hear it was actually broken and they were “waiting for a technician from Gran Canaria.” I explained that we urgently needed a solution, like a fan, because a family member with a heart condition cannot regulate their temperature. The hotel still did nothing. This led to that family member suffering heatstroke and requiring multiple trips to the pharmacy for medication.
The so-called “snack bar” is a joke: a small fridge with sad ham and cheese sandwiches you can toast, plus a tray of mushy cakes. The main buffet food is bland, repetitive, and 100% geared toward German guests. Every poster is in German, the entertainment is in German, and the vast majority of residents are German—many of whom were shockingly rude. One incident in the restaurant left us humiliated when a woman ran over shouting in German, claiming we had “her” table, despite there being no sign or items on it. We left in embarrassment.
The entertainment room is stuffy, has no aircon, and never enough seats. Reception staff are abrupt, unfriendly, and seem to have no patience for English-speaking guests. The pool? Tiny, overcrowded, and full of kids hurling balls around. There’s only one pool, nowhere near enough sunbeds, and guests reserve them at the crack of dawn.
No cleaning service on Sundays meant we were left without toilet roll and with dirty towels. We also had an ant infestation all over the desk and dresser. Outside the hotel, there’s very little to do—almost every excursion is in the north or middle of the island, hours away.
To top it off, when we asked about paying for a late checkout (normal checkout is 12 noon, but our transfer wasn’t until 5:25pm), explaining it was so my family member with a medical condition could have a toilet and stay comfortable, the man at reception actually laughed in our faces and told us the hotel was fully booked.
Checkout was the final straw. The lady at reception gave us a dirty look, didn’t ask how our stay was, and just snatched the room cards from our hands before walking away. No thank you, no goodbye—just complete indifference. We also asked someone else if they could change two 50-cent coins for a euro so we could use the luggage weight machine, and a different member of staff just shrugged and said “I don’t know.” She didn’t know how it worked either, which made no sense—how do you work at reception and not know how a basic hotel amenity functions?
The only positive: shops, restaurants, a beach, and a pharmacy nearby (though the pharmacy is shut often). The room itself is modern, but that’s meaningless when you have no aircon in extreme heat, unhelpful staff, repetitive food, rude guests, ants, and poor cleanliness.
How this is rated as a 4-star hotel is beyond me. For us, it was a miserable, uncomfortable, and stressful experience. I’ve had better nights’ sleep on the Megabus to Inverness. By day three we were longing for the comfort and glamour of a Travelodge by the A1.
Avoid at all costs. 👎🏼
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