I stayed here for two days as part of a group tour. The hotel is large and located directly across from the beach. The rooms were fairly basic, but comfortable and clean. Internet access was free. Dinner buffet was delicious with a huge variety of foods and dessert. The salads were impressive. Breakfast selection was very good, too. The pool area is fairly small, and all the lounges were snatched up early in the day. Most people go down to the beach--towels are provided by the hotel.

We found this hotel to be everything we hoped it would be.

During a visit to Torremolinos whilst staying in Malaga last November we had lunch in the cafe and were very impressed with the look of the hotel. We decided to have a holiday there in Spring and did so for 12 days end of March. The standard of this hotel is definitely equal to any other hotel of this class we have ever stayed in. In many ways better than most. The standard room is very good value for money. Cleaned thoroughly every day. Bedlinen and decor of good quality and beautiful towels, which were changed everyday . The only small complaints we had about the room was there was no tea-making facilities and that the air-conditioning/heating did not go below 21degrees. When we asked at Reception about this we were told that it was still winter and air-con would not be on for another month. This was amusing to us as the weather was very hot and sunny, most days in the high 20s. Coming from Scotland these temperatures define a heat-wave and air-con would have been good.

The public rooms are extremely spacious and the overall cleanliness is excellent. Toilets especially impressive. The dining room is large and very well organised even at weekends when the hotel was busy the breakfast arrangements ran smoothly and the service from the staff very good. The choice of food at breakfast is quite incredible, both cold buffet and cooked food of a very high standard. We did not eat dinner so cannot comment on that. We did however eat in the cafe a couple of lunch-times and evenings and overall we found the food of good quality. Again the attention to detail and the service was excellent.

Several evenings wile we were there a musical duo played keyboard and sang in the large lounge bar area. It was delightful to listen to them and watch a group of local people who came to dance to their music. The dancing was of a very high quality, mostly ballroom and flemenco adding a truly Spanish flavour to the evenings. Just off the lounge bar there is a conservatory which is the smoking area for the bar and it was delightful to sit there and enjoy the entertainment with many other smokers without discrimination as Spain has a smoking policy that allows choice.

We will return to Torremolinos and to the Melia Costa del Sol.

We (husband and I) stayed at this hotel for 5 nights 12 January 2009. I booked through www.xscapewithus.com and it was cheaper than booking direct with the hotel.

Our room on the third floor was very nice, sea view, twin beds to form a double, hot powerful shower, in room safe (free and easy to use), plenty of wardrobe hanging and drawers, carpeted floor in bedroom. It was chilly of an evening so we did need to use the heating/ air con system which worked well.

The food was lovely and if anyone could not find something from the mountains of choices available I would be surprised. The chef was available and cooked eggs to order at breakfast and fish and meats in the evening.

Business men and women were in evidence at breakfast, suited and ready to leave for the office. We also saw pilots and cabin crew entering and leaving the hotel, I presume they were using room service which was much in evidence.

There was a huge lounge area off the dining room with a great cocktail bar, a duo played discreetly on an evening though there were only a handful of people sitting around. We drank in the cafe area at the front of the hotel, it was no dearer that some of the bars around and we had free nuts and olives, this is also open to non patrons and had a nice atmosphere.

The hotel is very large and it was hard to tell how many people were staying there, we saw no one at all apart from the receptionist on checking in. This is not a family holiday type of hotel in fact we saw no children nor would there be anything to interest them apart from the indoor pool. Certainly at this time of the year the leisure customers were elderly. It suited us fine as we had no children with us to entertain and we wanted a nice quiet restful time after a busy Christmas.

We caught the train (1.20 euro each ) from the airport to Torremolinos and walked through the town and used the lift (.50euro each) to get down to the sea front (only a few steps) the hotel is only a short walk. We did get a taxi back to the airport (18 euros) I wouldn't fancy doing the walk to the station in the opposite direction!

As close as you can be on the beach here in Torremolinos. Very tourist oriented town, this hotel caters well for large tourist groups (breakfast buffet is always crowded with large groups), if you don't mind the hustle and bustle of the lobby, it is at a great location. I would say the interior is equivalent to a nicer holiday inn, but if you can get an ocean view room with a balcony it is definitely the best!