A good family hetel. Well run with good food. Close to sandy beach, although hotels swlimming pools are excellent. No lift from reception area to 1st floor although a lift from floor1. This is difficult for elderly people with their luggage. Good entertainment proramme. although in Spanish.

well me and my fiancee are just back from 10 nights at the pinomar playa in marbella,i must say our first impressions of the hotel were quite good,we arrived at 9.45pm but had to rush our check-in cause the restaurant closed at 10 o'clock.we did get something to eat but were quite shocked at the prices,the evening meal was a buffet and was 18euro per person,the lunch was 17 euro per person,which was expensive compared to the town centre.the room was lovely but very basic,we found ourselves having trouble finding other people who spoke english aswell,so we spent most of the time in town,the room walls were a bit thin and we could hear alot of people comin in at night time.overall its definetly not a place for couples cause it was all big families,the food was too expensive,it was also 6km from marbella,but a bus service ran to the town centre every 30 mins or so,the staff were very friendly and did their best for us as we didnt speak spanish,it would b great for a family(cause they had activities all day for the kids and party nights for the adults)but only if you could speak some spanish.

Hotel Pinomar Playa ***+ is situated almost 10 km from city center of Marbella. But there is a shuttle bus going to city center every day right from the Hotel. Hotel has very nice surounding and is very clean - outside sport grounds, pool, parking/ and inside - rooms, restaurant, reception.. Every day clean towels and there is also posibility borrow hotel beach towels.
Very special thing I would like to mention is food and catering in Hotel. Swedish table fuuuuull of spanish specialities - paella, gaspacho, sea food, fish, sweets, .... meat and fish prepared right behind your eyes by nice lady. All underlined by perfect staff. Not good english speakers, but nice, helpful and friendly except that. (we speak spanish so we hadn't comunication problems).. We have half board, but no hunger during day ;o) It's enough!! We made long and rich breakfast and 7 course dinner at 21.00 .. excellent!! Food was absolutely amazing!

We recomend Pinomar Playa Hotel to family with chidren definitly. All day and nigth animation programs were mostly for children. There are many play grounds and swiming pool with two tobogans, mini club and big children company everywhere..

Sea was wild with big waves most part of our holidays. We like it, so we enjoyed every day on the beach. The sea water is clean, no jellyfish, but very cold or fresh if you like!!! ;) The beach is sandy, clean and not overcrowded. You can borrow sunbed for 3 euro per day.

If you don't mind having some more excitement you can take a bus to Marbella bus station and make nice trip to another part of Spain from Marbella ;) It's much more cheaper than trips offered by travel agents (to Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba, Malaga..) The best way how to sightsee Andalucia is a car hire. But you must make a reservation very soon, because there are no many cars available in Marbella.. it is big PROBLEM!!!

We had wonderfull holiday in Andalucia, in Marbella and Pinomar Playa hotel!!! We recommend you this place for your holiday, mainly when you like excelent spanish food, hot weather, culture and sigthseeing, spanish atmosphere and active holidays!

Enjoy Spain as we did!!! :-)

The hotel had a great breakfast. The lobby is not too interesting and not very welcoming. The hotel staff were great. The hotel manager is a dictator. The rooms are ok, the water pressure is just ok, no elevators in this place so beware. Distance to Marbella downtown is about 5km. There is a bus number 7 and 220 that you can catch a short walk from the hotel for euro 1.20. Taxi from Marbella bus station to hotel costs about 17 euros at night. The walk to the beach is close (2 minute walk) and the beach itself is ok. (not great, but average). Not very central but quiet. Not that far away either to Marbella. Malaga to Marbella takes about 1 hour if your plane is landing in Malaga. The pool is good but looks bigger in the travel websites and there is a mini-slide for kids into the pool. They did not serve any snacks at the pool area although the hotel did say they serve all kinds. If you find this hotel for a good price stay. I would recommend another place because the location is just off the highway.