I went to Tingaki with my boyfriend and we loved the nightlife, we didnt go to Mascot until the 3rd day but once we did we made regular trips back there, especially after we met a lovely couple who we got on great with. Meeting this couple in the last week proved to me that mascot is a bar you can enjoy whether you go to sit and get wrecked with your partner or to have a big night out with mates. The bar staff are great and really friendly and continiously pour free alcohol down your neck as well as entertain you with their dancing! Other than Mascot we also enjoyed the 2 bars opposite it (cant remember the names but one has 2 pool tables) and one called 7 dayz further up the raod. The barmen George is really funny and very friendly, we watched england win the ashes in here and george even brought out champagne to congratulate us! So if you are staying in this area you will have a great night whatever you want to do, we are definitly going to try and go back next year!   Hannah, Bristol

Tingaki beach was so good we didnt really bother to look around, there were loads of sunbeds to hire, we used the mascot section and the man that runs them is very friendly. The water is very clear and you can swim quite far out before it actually gets deep because of the sand shelves. The only down point was on an couple of days the wind really picked up and literally threw sand at you so we unfortunatly had to retreat to our pool at the marianna studios. Anyway this beach is suitable for all and you will have a great time here.

Me and my boyfriend stayed at the marianna studios for 2 weeks and weren't that impressed. The room we had was quite small, especially the bathroom, and you had to hold the shower head up and there was no curtain so the whole room gets soaked verytime you shower. Also when we turned the light out to go to sleep we found that one of the hall lights shone directly into faces as we tried to sleep, we even resorted to taping a towel up again the door but this fell down most nights. We told the rep about it but nothing was done. Having said all this the rooms were very clean and there was ample room for clothes and a decent sized desk/mirror/seat to dry hair/do make up etc. The terrace is also a nice size and actually quite private. So after a couple of nights we got used to the room and really only used it to change and sleep in. The pool itself is lovely but the area around it is very cramped plus the pool is locked up at 7pm and is surrounded by white bars which dont look very attractive. However,one of the best things about these studios are that they are in such a perfect location, they are 10 mins from the beach, 30 seconds from the nearest restaurant and 2 mins from the supermarket. Overall, if we do manage to return next year i dont think we would go back to these studios but if there was nothing else available I would be quite happy to.