Top 10 Hotel Mediterraneo Hotels

Beautiful resort with top class service. The staff are very helpful and courteous- had silver service from them from the time we drove in. Right from the valet, to the breakfast restaurant, Eddy’s bar and the night service- everything is absolutely fab. Staying at Anantara was a grand and luxurious experience for us. We had one of the suites and it included the spa facilities as well. Our room was facing the green which was a sheer delight to wake up to every morning. We used their saunas, steam baths and the gym almost everyday of our week long stay. They have a shuttle to the racquet club which is a lot of fun if you have a teenager as we did. Their golf course and range is really nice. We also ordered room service on one of the days and the spread of menu and the service is top class. They make you feel like royalty. The breakfast has a wide spread and the staff are really waiting on you hands on. They also have champagne and sweet treats available in their lobby all day long. As we there just before Christmas week, the hotel was beautifully decorated with a giant tree and fire burning in the fire places all day long. I’ll highly recommend Anantara in Marbella.

My partner and I returned from our holiday yesterday, after staying at H10 Estepona Palace for 4 nights. The room was a good size with a balcony and was clean, just your standard double room so no complaints there. A few things let the place down a bit, the main one being the food. We only had bed and breakfast so can’t comment on lunch/dinner, but the breakfast buffet food was always cold. My partner had some scrambled eggs from a brand new tray that a chef put out and it was cold. Baked beans were always lukewarm at best, and although there was an omelette and fried egg station, there was only ever 1 chef available so always had to wait around for ages. The other thing was that the gym didn’t open until 10am. We wanted to make the most of the facilities and get a morning workout in, only to find that it was closed and is only open between 10am and 7pm. Finally there was no ironing facilities available either in the room or to get from reception. The only thing available was borrowing a steamer for a €10 refundable deposit, but it was pretty naff. For a 4 star hotel we were expecting to be able to borrow an iron and ironing board. As we visited late September, the temperature was around mid 20s which was lovely, however the outside pools were freezing cold to the point where it was almost unbearable. Would have liked the pool to be slightly heated! Overall we would say 3 stars, staff were friendly and the hotel was clean and quiet. Next time we would probably stay a bit closer to Marbella / Puerto Banus as there is more to do around the area.