Fuengirola Beach

Have been coming here on and off for some years now. This is our first year coming during peak season in end of July and it is surprising how easy it is to get a sunbed and how well behaved people are, you can tell most are British families. The new place your bag lined up to queue for the pool sunbeds is a great idea and surprisingly it works. People respect the line of bags.

The apartment itself could do with a refurbishment but it is perfect with everything you need. Plates, kettle, coffee maker, toaster, cloths etc etc, everything you would need for your stay. Rooms are cleaned every 2 days, with change of towels, sheets etc. The air con works very well, actually quite cold at night.

The pool is great, packed with sunbeds and sun umbrellas There is a pool side bar and restaurant for lunch.

The best thing for us is the proximity to the shopping centre(3 mins walk) and how close (10 mins walk) to the beach front restaurants. Some are lovely. We have lunch in room everyday, sometimes burgers other times kfc etc.Dinner out every night paying under 70 euros most nights for 4 of us, and eating quality food.

There is a helpful group on Facebook That has info and advice about this hotel Fuengirola Beach Apartments Info/advice which you can join to get restaurant advice.

We will return that's 100% certain

Another great stay. 2nd time at the FB and it was even better this time. The hotel staff are all brilliant from bar staff to animation team. Alba & jimena were great at the bar and always had time for the kids and adults and always very helpful and pleasant. This hotel is perfect for families. Snack bar food is pretty good and very reasonably priced.

We stayed here for 8 nights in early /mid July - overall very positive experience. The rooms and communal areas are all spotlessly clean, beds are comfortable and mattresses look fairly new. Bedding and towels all clean and changed regularly. Pool towels for rent are a good addition, and are also clean and in good condition. Self catering facilities are adequate - we didn't cook at all in the time we were here, just used the fridge and crockery etc for snacks during the day and ate out the rest of the time. Kitchen could do with washing up liquid, soap and cleaning spray and wipes etc to keep plates, cutlery and surfaces clean. A dustpan and brush would be useful too, for cleaning crumbs from the floor, as well as sand.

Sunbeds usually available at any time of the day, especially the weekend, and all very clean and looked new enough. Pool bar and lobby bar both pleasant areas to relax in, though the lobby bar could be noisy at night especially as it stayed open until 1am or so. Just depends on who's there at the time. Our apartment was directly above the lobby bar overlooking the pool. The sliding balcony doors provided adequate sound proofing to allow for sleep. Rooms were cool and dark and I had some of the best sleep I've had here.

All staff we encountered were very pleasant and friendly, and responded promptly to any requests. The air con in the apartment above us leaked through to our apartment on our last day, and this was dealt with quickly. On a few occasions some staff mistook us saying 'two' for 'three' and we were served three pints or three portions of fries, etc, when we'd actually only ordered two (we even said 'dos' and indicated 'two' with our hands). They accepted their mistake each time and didn't charge us, however.

Daytime entertainment isn't our thing and could be a bit annoying at times - it was too loud at many points and necessitated some earphones in order to read or relax properly by the pool.

Location suited us perfectly, a bit out of the way of the main strip, close to a quieter section of the beach and beside a massive supermarket with everything needed for self catering. Regular bus service from the front door into the main town.

It seems it definitely depends on the time of year you come here - our stay was just before all the English normally arrive after their school holidays begin. There were a few noisy English in the last day or two of our stay so we were glad to be leaving when we did!