H10 Playa Esmeralda - Adults Only

We just wrapped up a 2 week stay at Playa Esmeralda. We were 2 couples. We had an amazing time! The rooms were nice and spacious, plenty of activities offered, great food variety, absolutely amazing performers, etc! The longer we stayed the more we appreciated the hotel and especially the staff. They really made the experience worthwhile for us! Some of the kindest, gentlest, most dedicated folks you’ll ever meet! Obviously, no hotel is ever 100% perfect, but we had everything we needed and more and we knew it was no small feat for the staff to offer all that they did.

Great hotel, with both indoor and outdoor seating in the restaurant, the latter was always available. Drinks were branded. Staff great. Some good walks, and if you walk 20mins to one of the subway under the duel carriageway, excellent walking across the island

It was the other positive reviews that made me choose this place. Only went for a short relaxing break. Was not disappointed. I chose their Privilege package which gave free access to the 2 other restaurants, Italian and ala-carte, however I have to say I found the Buffet excellent, especially dealing with so many guests at one time. There is 'show' cooking for some item's and the choice changed each day so there was always something different to choose from. The Ala-carte restaurant for both breakfast and evening meal was lacking in choice (For me anyway) so only chode to eat there once for each occasion (Breakfast and Dinner)..never tried 'Stromboli's' pizza restaurant...can get good pizza's at home and not my favourite for an evening meal anyway. The Pool front Snack bar was excellent, great choice of food for lunch, pleasant atmosphere and spacious. I had a room overlooking the sea right down the front and possibly as far away from the main hotel as was possible, so if you have walking difficulties be aware of this as the hotel is on about 7 levels in all (I think judging by the lift numbers) Plenty of lifts on-route, but did find the layout a bit confusing on arrival and the map was not exactly clear. (Anyway, once established it was fine). The room was reasonably spacious, clean and well appointed, Well stocked (free) fridge with drinks, and a coffee machine. Personally, I prefer a separate shower rather than one over the bath, but this was adequate, with towelling robes and beach towels made available. Nice comfortable bed and balcony with seating overlooking the beach. Just a warning, though, I had noisy neighbours on my last night who sat out on the balcony late at night talking rather loud so had to shut the door.....the air-conditioning then took over, The bars, both pool front and in main hotel are excellent and there is a great view of the sea sitting outside on the decking, with both comfortable arm chairs and tables. Now the staff...excellent, friendly, helpful and professional. Its a nice touch to get a glass of sparkling wine on arrival whilst waiting to check in too. Be aware that the hotel is quite a walk from the centre of Costa Calma, and there is not a great deal to do there. It was first vit to Fuertevetura and my opinion of that part of the island is that it is a bit desolate, so maybe a car would be a choice if you are there for a while to see the island.

The hotel is lovely and clean and the staff are so nice! The pool wasn't too cold and I was able to do loads of swimming. There was a nice selection of food, not as much as other hotels I have stayed at but good quality and plentiful. I am vegetarian and found plenty to eat. The cocktails are amazing and lots of premium drinks are included in all inclusive. Plentiful sun loungers no fighting to find somewhere to chill out, also lovely to sit on the lounge front over looking the sea. Cant think of anything negative!

My ten days were everything I wanted them to be. Pure relaxtion! At no time did I feel uncomfortable being there on my own. For me, all elements of the hotel were perfect. The staff were exemplary - nothing too much trouble, very professional. Everywhere was very clean, my room was comfortable, the inclusive activities were brilliant, excellent massage at the spa, fabulous food choices. I'll be going again and maybe again and again!

We returned from our fifth visit to the Esmeralda in two years a few days ago and yet again it did not disappoint. Hotel was as lovely as ever and all the staff were as friendly and hardworking as previous visits. It was great to see everyone again and also meet some new members of the team. All the staff are a credit to the hotel. We cannot fault this hotel and it suits us perfectly for our needs. We always stay in Privilege and look forward to sampling the new dinner menu which launched a few days after we left. The new Stromboli Italian restaurant is a nice addition to the hotel and well worth trying. Costa Calma is a low key resort not for party animals. Looking forward to returning late October.

Our third stay now and we weren't disappointed . From arrival you get such a lovely friendly welcome from the staff, and that continued throughout the holiday with all staff being so cheerful. All of the hotel is well maintained, always so clean and tidy. Our room was as usual perfect and the ladies that clean the rooms are always checking in to stock us up if we need anything . Enjoyed meals at all the restaurants and the entertainment was great. Highly recommend the Esmeralda

Had a 10 day stay late in April. We were warmly welcomed, check-in was excellent and very informative, we were given a welcome glass of bubbly and taken to our room. We had booked a privilege junior suit and “wow” it was amazing with the biggest balcony and fantastic sea views. The beds were huge and very comfortable. Plenty of wardrobe and drawer space. Bathroom had a great walk-in shower. The housekeeping came every day and kept the room spotless, my husband enjoyed communicating with Jessica via google translate. We were also visited every evening and offered clean towels and given chocolates and extra coffee when we needed it. The main buffet restaurant did get busy at peak times however the staff cleared and re-laid tables very efficiently, drink orders were taken and delivered to your table very quickly. The choice of food was varied and replenished continually, if something had run out it was replenished within a very short time, which meant the food was a good temperature. We ate breakfast in the Privilege dinning room and the choice was fantastic. Fresh coffee (tea) and orange juice brought to the table, orders taken for hot food taken and this was prepared to order, I liked asking for just bacon and would get a fresh bread roll to make a bacon bap…yummy. The breads, pastries, cold meats, fresh fruit etc were brilliant. We also ate here on several evenings and the food was just fantastic. We also ate a couple of evenings in the new pizzeria Stromboli and again it’s fantastic. The only negative we can say about either the El Jable and Stromboli is for us the portion sizes were huge!! We had lunch a few of times at the Maxorata snack bar, once was for the BBQ which was lovely and loads to choose from, they made lovely cocktails/mocktails. We went to Mikes coffee a couple of times (the milkshake was not to our liking) but the coffee latte macchiato Bailey’s was so good. We liked the privilege lounge, it was nice to go in there for a drink before dinner. The entertainment in the Blue bar was very chilled and relaxed but we spent evenings at the Maxorata bar as preferred the entertainment down there. Please be aware that not all of the staff speak English however they will go above and beyond to try and communicate with you, even asking other staff to help with finding out what we wanted. Personally we never encountered anything other than polite, happy, helpful staff who really did everything to make our stay as positive as possible. When we come back to Fuerteventura we will definitely be booking Playa Esmeralda again.