Sol Don Pedro

We had a lovely stay at Sol Torremolinos Don Pedro. The hotel is in a great location, very close to the beach and promenade.

The room was quite small, but it was clean and had everything we needed. The food was good, with plenty of choice, although I wouldn’t say it was excellent. There are plenty of swimming pools, which was a big plus, and there was always somewhere to relax.

Overall, we enjoyed our holiday and would recommend the hotel, especially for its location, pools and good facilities.

BEEARE IF TRAVELLING IN A GROUP OF MORE THAN 2 Rooms are extremely small - our first allocated room was literally 3 beds butted together without any other room. To get in/out of bed you needed to crawl to the end. The rooms are so small suitcase had to be left on the balcony. This wasn't possible for us due to a medical condition - I asked to move. This was accommodated but meant we had to spend 9:30am - 3pm without a room and all our belongings packed back in suitcases. New room was better but still of the same size - this time there was a double and small child's bed, rather than 2 singles and child bed, meaning we could get in/out of bed with ease. Unfortunately this room smelt of sewage until at least lunch time. Balcony just about has room for 2 chairs and a mini table.

No kettle facilities in the room and charge of €15 for one, if you like a brew take a travel kettle.

Sun-beds were all occupied by 8;30, at the latest. There is a 1hr 15min rule to return but this is monitored in the morning at approximately 9am and then never checked again. All beds taken but usually not occupied (and I'm not just meaning people are in the pool - they're gone all day, away from the pool side).

If you're travelling with children no balls/floats etc allowed in the pools at Pedro, just worth noting.

Cleanliness and food quality is the hotel's saving grace, as well as its beach front location.

Pedro is much quieter than Pablo, which worked best for us, just wish the room sizes were bigger.

My Family visited Sol Don Pedro, Torremolinos, in the first week of the UK school holidays on a half board basis. We arrived around 2.30pm to be told that the room would not be ready until 4pm, a real pet hate of ours. We had to drop our luggage in a storage room and immediately find a place in town to eat lunch. On getting to the room our first impressions were that it was very small...much, much smaller than the image on the Jet2 booking website, however for sleeping and showering purposes it was adequate. Also, there were no complimentary coffee making facilities in the room and guests are expected to hire a kettle for €15 if they require this. Something we've never experienced on holiday before! We were situated on the first floor directly above the Bar Jerez so our pool view was marginally obscured by the bars outdoor sun canopy and fortunately with a 10yr old child on board, the live entertainment only went on until 11.30pm every night so we were able to get some sleep. Location....very accessible to the beach promenade but please be made aware that there is a frequently strong drainage smell when entering/exiting the resort. Facilities...our advice, pay to stay at the cheaper Don Pedro, but use all the facilities of the Don Pablo (including the restaurant) which are far more superior. Finally, on the last night of our holiday, just before an early departure the next day, we had a problem with our room safe whereby it wouldn't open with our preset code with some of our valuables still inside. This matter was handled very quickly and efficiently by the maintenance staff even after 10pm. All in all this is a good all round stay if your expectations are not too high.