My boyfriend and i stayed at the TGO for a week in Early October 2007 and i have to be honest, we did not enjoy the stay at all. I really would not recommend this hotel - esp if you are British. Without giving you a blow by blow account of the problems we encounter, i will try and summarise them for you. 1) We were one of only four British couple we came across all week. The rest were all Italian or Russian. While i have nothing personally against the these nationalities, i did not really enjoyed being totally outnumbered by them, found their table manners awful (they would go and get three plates of food piled high during meal time and then only eat half and leave it all over the table!) and the men (not to mention numerous women) in thongs got a little repetitive after a while! 2) The reception staff are rude and unhelpful. On our first day, we had problems with outrsafe and it took 4 phone calls and two hours to get someone to us. We also bought a diving video which was left at reception and when we went to collect it we were told it wasn't there when they didn't look. That was just two incidents - really, they are awful 3) The water is yellow - i stayed at the Hilton sharks bay last year and the water was not yellow so its not something that occurs in every hotel 4)The food is abysmal - really, its gross! I lived off pasta and bread the whole time. Plus the wine is vile. 5) the hotel is generally very run down - i guess you could argue it is 3 star standard but we didn't like it, and finally 6) you get hassled all the time by the pool and beach to buy massages, water sports, join in with aerobics etc. They just don't go away and its all day every day. Plus, they play chavvy dance music by the pool all day and night which is very annoying. So, in total i would not recommend this hotel, esp is you are British. Friends stayed at the Four Seasons which i would highly recommend (if you can afford it - its really is unadulterated luxury), my sister stayed at the Iberotel palace for her honeymoon which she said was brilliant and even the hilton sharks bay is way better. We tried to move on the second day but every where was full up - thats how much we disliked it. I really would not recommend this hotel at all.



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