Gran Hotel Elba Estepona and Thalasso Spa

Pros -Lovely views and right on the beach -Great breakfast buffet -Rooms and public spaces were clean -Spa was very very nice, would recommend. -No problem with pool beds, always got beds each morning. No rushing or reserving needed. -Hotel was nicely buzzing but relaxed. Mix of families and couples etc. There wasn’t any loud crowds. Cons -Hotel restaurant food was VERY expensive and NOT nice. We ate the first day, was shocked by the price and quality and didn’t eat there again. Drinks and pool drinks are VERY expensive. -10min taxi to Estepona centre, and taxis can be hard to get. So that could be €10-16 euro each way, each night! Just an FYI. -Staff could’ve been nicer, every morning at breakfast they didn’t even acknowledge us. -We would have liked music by the pool each day but there was any! Overall, nothing REALLY bad to review other than it’s not a 5 star. Would recommend if you don’t mind being outside of the town centre.

Gracias Paloma e Itzel del Miniclub

Hotel states it’s five star but I can say it’s far from that. Staff hardly speak English, breakfast very average dried looking pines and flies. Bins in the ladies toilets are all rusty and the knobs on door hanging off. This is no way a 5* hotel peeling old wallpaper in halls dark and dingy. Needs a proper refurb