Guest User
November 22, 2024
We are 2 pensioners who stayed for 14 days this month, travelling with Jet 2. If we returned to Fuengirola again we would probably stay at this Hotel because of its location. Here, however, are 10 points to enable you to decide whether this Hotel is suitable for you; some good, some bad. 1) On Day 2 of our stay, we returned to the Hotel to find the twin beds invaded with masses of small ants. We immediately reported it to Reception. 5 minutes later a man appeared with a spray for all possible entrance areas. 5 minutes later, a cleaner arrived with fresh bedding. Within 15 minutes of reporting the infestation it had been dealt with. During the remainder of our stay, we had one day when the ants appeared at the tap end of the bath. We dealt with them ourselves with boiling water from the shower. On a few other occasions isolated ants appeared in the bedroom and bathroom which we killed. Speaking to another resident on our floor, they did not have a problem so we were possibly just unlucky. 2) On one day during our stay we spotted a cockroach wandering through our flat which we evicted and no others appeared. 3) The room was cleaned every other day. The cleaners did a reasonable job. 4) The TV has BBC1 (CH401), BBC2 (CH402), BBC3 (CH403) and ITV (CH404) although they are not marked as such on the programme guide and you need to get them by inserting the programme number on the remote control. 5) The town's large indoor shopping centre is opposite (separated by its car park). It contains a large Carrefour Hypermarket (not open on Sundays). 6) Local Bus L1 stops outside the Hotel. This travels through Fuengirola in a large loop (passing by the bas station) ending up back on the other side of the Shopping Centre. Return to the Hotel on foot through the SC (picking up shopping) or around the outside if late at night. 16 minute frequency. Last bus is at 23.05 in the winter, later in the summer. Flat Fare of E1.20 but you can buy a 'BONOBUS' Card from the driver for E10 which covers 10 rides and can be re-loaded. One card can be used for more than one customer. 7) Turn left outside the Hotel's door and under the Motorway to get to the beach and castle. Turn right for the bus stop and shopping centre. 8) WIFI reception in the Room was good (5th floor). 9) There is a Large Skateboard Park 200 yards from the Hotel (we didn't use it). On the other side of the 'Canal' there is a very large children's playground (much bigger than the one at the Hotel) with numerous communal barbeques (used by locals and busy on Sundays) - a cheap way to entertain and feed your children. 10)If you like sitting on your balcony you will find it noisy with traffic whichever side of the Hotel your room is; but when the door to the Balcony (which is large) is closed, there is no noise. As you can see; there are plus and minus points with this Hotel. At the time of our stay it was too cold for us the test the large pools and many sun-beds were unused. The bar was also virtually unu