Not the worst timeshare I have encountered but certainly not the best. We were allocated a 2 bed apartment overlooking the sea for our stay. The apartment was large and considering we were overlooking the main road, it was fairly quiet. Although, considering this resort is marketed as a "Gold Crown resort" the apartment lacked many of the items I would have expected e.g. Diswasher, TV in the bedroom and the air con is only switched on from 12:00 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 01:00.
After our first day in the resort we reported 3 issues with our apartment: Toilet didn't flush, the shower leaked and the toaster kept blowing the fuse. After several visits from the resort representative (Resort Properties sales man) and several visits to reception, I finally lost my cool and asked to speak to the on-call manager. This did result in all the issues being addressed but only on the 6 night of our 7 night holiday.
The pool area at the resort is fairly small and does become cramped at peak times. Also, the main pool and child pool are very cold, useful for cooling off but not confortable enough to stay in for hours. The other facilities are limited; the bar is only open for food from 10:00 to 16:30 and then completely closes at 18:00.
I have owned a timeshare now for 7 years so I am well aware of the approach used by these resorts. At the heights, you will recieve a visit from a very friendly resort representative, who will enquiry if the resort is meeting your needs and whether you require any further information on the resort or what trips are available on Tenerife.
This person will then ask all the adults and their children to attend a informal meeting at their offices just down from the Heights resort. Surprisingly, this person has no interest in your holiday and is only trying to sell the resort properties very impressive new holiday club. Yes, it is impressive but it would need to be as it costs £25K up front and £380 per year just for 1 week in any of their 5 resorts.
Unless you have money to burn or it is an obligation of your holiday to attend, I suggest you decline their kind offer and get back to enjoying your holiday. If you do have to attend (like Go canaries customers) then I suggest you perform a search on Crimeshare for resort properties. There is enough horror stories on this site to make saying no very easy.
In summary, this is a good 3 star resort (not 5 star as advertised) in a good location with comfortable and clean accommodation. It's lack of facilities is covered by its sister resorts but the constant hassle from holiday club (timeshare) salesman can get on your nerves. Remember, show no interest, sign nothing and keep saying no.




