A reasonable hotel to stay at for a week but not longer as apart from lying around the pool cultivating a sun tan there is not a lot to do if you have not a hire car to get around.
We never found the food to be above average as it seemed to consist mainly of pork dishes and poorly cooked chicken.

The entertainment was either poor or non existent. The animacion girl seemed to spend most of her time behind the bar and should seriously consider a change of career.
We never had a problem with road noise although we could hear traffic passing on the road above

I and my partner arrived with our hire car on Monday March 6th pm & were greeted by a courteous & friendly receptionist.Our room was fine though the wardrobe doors caused me a few problems.The balcony was the nicest ever, made out of toughened glass & very clean in fact this has to be the cleanest hotel I have ever stayed in & I usually choose 4/5 star.The corridors were very spacious & with no wall one side we were able to look out & down onto the beautiful plants.The front garden was equally stunning.I have read complaints about the food but we had no reason to complain as there was plenty of choice & we found it had plenty of flavour though sometimes it appeared to be over salted.At breakfast there was sparkling wine though I found this hard going so early in the day, but I managed!! The pool was adequate & nice & private behind a hedge.I was not happy with only 4 choices on the snack menu by the pool so we only used it the once.We liked the hotel for it's small & intimate size - only 96 rooms - a nice change from the usual monsters.I cannot comment on the lack of entertainment as we would not choose this way of spending our evenings.We liked Taurito again for its small size though if you want glitz & "all the fun of the fair" you wont find it here.And now for the building site - Yes there was building going on but it was not deafening & in fact was quite interesting to watch & at least we were not there when the dynamiting was being done!!We had one of the best holidays ever (we are pensioners)& would be happy to return to this hotel but only before Taurito gets as large as some of the other local resorts.Gran Canaria is lovely with stunning scenery,no litter & superb roads & I think that having a hire care made the holiday even better & it only cost us £68 for the week.

we arrived at 3. a.m on sunday 19th feb, hotel first impressions seemed good, room was clean and good size, got up at 8 a.m after very little sleep as hotel is right beside main road. had a shower and bathroom flooded, reported this to hotel manager but there was nothing they could do as the bath was leaning the wrong way, went to breakfast at 9.15 which was avaerage. went for walk around resort not much there only handfull of shops, also very bad hill and pathway not at all suitable for old or disabled people even though hotel has disabled rooms, they would have to stay in the hotel and not go out at all.noticed building site oppersite our hotel. evening meal was tasteless, no entertainment in hotel that night only back ground music. woken up at 7 a.m by building work also very little sleep again as traffic keeped us awake. monday food was really bad, evening meal was cold and not much to choose from and had to wait for fish or chicken to be cooked 40 minutes in total as there were so many people waiting but was not worth the wait, complained to the hotel manager who went and spoke to the chef in front of us and his reply was NOT MY PROBLEM and laughed, there was lots of danish and germans as well as english people staying in the hotel every one was complaining. My husband told them i was a cook in the uk and was asked if i could cook the meal. but chef would not let me. spoke to our FIRST CHOICE rep (who was lovely) on tuesday night as she was not in in the morning. 9 of us who were with them asked if we could be moved to another hotel was told to wait till the morning. only entertainment was 30 minutes of juggers on the monday and tuesday. wednesday morning was told we could move if we paid 384 euros for the next 3 nights we ALL said no. I was asked if i could write out a menu for the hotel. which i did. we asked for the FIRST CHOICE MANAGER to come and see us all, she turned up at 6 p.m that evening, told us we would still have to pay to move hotels, we all again said no, as it was there fault that they put us in the hotel and they new thre was main road beside the hotel also building site oppersite and they have had complaints about the food and lack of entertainment before. she said the hotel had offered to up grade us AI AS WE ALL HAD TO HIRE CARS TO GO OUT OF THE RESORT TO HAVE DESENT FOOD. as there was only a spar shop, and 2 cafes which were just as bad as the hotel food. at least the money that we would have spent on drinks went on food. again no entetainment. we got together with the germans and other english people there who were not with FIRST CHOICE and made our own entertainment we took the mircophones and sang to the backing music and danced on stage. the only desent meals was on wednesday night when the hotel new the FIRST CHOICE rep was going to eat there that night after so many complaints and the last night saturday when they had a different chef. for a 4 star hotel we all found this very poor. not only was the food poor but lack of entertaiment we all rated this hotel 2-3 star.

Our Christmas present to each other this year was to book a holiday to somewhere warm in January as a cure for the winter blues. Its the first time we have travelled to Gran Canaria.

We arrived at the Costa Taurito late afternoon and were welcomed by a very friendly and helpful Danish receptionist. The hotel had an average size reception, which was nicely furnished and very clean. Lifts to all four floors, a small hotel with only 96 rooms. The bedrooms were clean and well equiped. I had read that an iron would be provided but it was not in the room. The hairdyer was ok, but take your own if you like to have any shape in your hair! The mini bar in our room was unlocked and had not been replenished since the last guest left. This was reported to the receptionist, but this issue was never dealt with.

Most brochures state 'satelite TV', but if you are English you only have the pleasure of watching CNN news. It would be nice sometimes to just relax at the end of the evening and watch a good film.

Put it this way, you won't starve if you come and stay here, but the food is rather bland and could have been improved upon. The breakfast was ok, the usual choice of cereal, fruit, yogurts, eggs, bacon, sausage etc and a nice treat was cooled sparkling wine. Evening meals were ok but nothing special. The salad bar was the best, but the choice of main courses was either plain chicken, fish, pork chops. I think the worse thing was the tinned vegtables that they served. All that beautiful sunshine and not a fresh veg in sight! The desserts were, shall I say 'not worth breaking your diet for'! 3 choices of what could be called angle delight, ice cream, fruit and cheese, but if you were expecting sumptuous gateaux, cheesecake, cream brulee you will be sadly dissapointed.

The hotel is situated just back from the coast, about a five minutes walk. You cannot see the sea from your room, but they have made the walk very pleasant, by providing beautiful gardens, decking areas, childrens playgrounds, mini golf, swimming pools. All kept immaculately clean and tidy. You can walk down to the coast and watch the divers.

Straight opposite the hotel, more hotels are currently under construction. The builders were working and it was a little noisy at times, but it was also fasinating to watch them as they balance precariously on a mountain side. Very brave builders!!

The weather was very pleasant. Most days it reached 27 degrees, some days were cloudy and we did have a spot of rain, but it was a treat to feel that wonderful sunshine on your face!

We did brave it and walked to the nearby Puerto Mogan, nicknamed Little Venice. Believe me when you see the height of the some of the cliff roads you will want to take a taxi, probably a lot safer. Puerto Mogan is such a pretty place, with its little houses and plenty of beachside cafe's. The perfect little places to people watch!

We did take a glass bottom boat ride from here to nearby Puerto Rico. The skippers on the boat were great, with a surprise cup of sangria and a lollypop given to each person on board. A nice touch I thought, and they did stop en route so you can look at all the little fishes through the glass bottom.

The only thing that spoiled the trip to Puerto Rico were the time share touts. Just keep walking past and ignoring them, unless you want to waste a day of your holiday!!

All in all a really relaxing week away. The people of Gran Canaria are lovely, you will meet a mix of Europeans. The hotel I suppose was ok, but as I have said the food could have been improved, but the facilities were again ok.

I hope this review will help you before you decide to go. I have to say I probably would not go back to this hotel for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the food, secondly I like to travel to different places and experience staying in different places.