Thought long an hard about how to review this hotel.

There was nothing particularly wrong with it, but it basically lacked any charm or character.

We chose it because it was at a convenient road junction and we were travelling all over the region. From this viewpoint it served the purpose, and the majority of the other guests seemed to have chosen it for the same reason.

Room was large enough but beware - the fountain on the roundabout right next door goes on all night - an the road seems to attract every HGV that is travelling from Malaga to Seville - all night!

If you do not speak Spanish you might struggle, but the staff were just about OK, need some encouragement to interact more with guests.

Food for evening meal was a bit erratic, and breakfast was taken in the bar with the local workforce on their way to work - smoking allowed! Very basic breakfast.

Overall good value for money, good road location for getting about, but lacking in any charm or character.

For the past four years, we've held Spring Break in Southern Europe with our two small children, now aged 5 and 6. Following France, Greece, and Italy, we now wanted to explore Andalusia. No doubt, the best way is to drive from Parador to Parador, but we considered this logistically challenging with the kids. Instead, we decided to base ourselves in Antequera, literally at the crossroads of Sevilla-Granada and Cordoba - Malaga/Ronda/Gibraltar. (The freeways in Spain, incidentally, are amazing, having benefitted of EU investment subsidies. Except for the road to the the airport and the coast, we drove on flawless roads through sometimes spectacular landscape, what we imagine California to be 50 years ago).

Just over a year old, Los Dolmenes is a brand new facility. Its location is super convenient, about one mile from the freeway and before you get into town, so it allows you to minimize your driving time. Convenience should be your main driver here; it is at the edge of an industry park (no manufacturing, just distribution, offices, etc.) Having said this, it is adjacent to an old olive grove and rolling hills, offering some pleasant views (i.e. unlike e.g. the Novotel in Malaga, which sits right on the highway) . It is very quiet. The photo's on the hotel's own website of outside views and interior finishings are accurate.

Our room - a triple -was large enough for a fourth bed, and had a sizeable bathroom and huge double bed (2x1.20m, i.e. 8 foot wide total, bigger than a US king size bed). Most (all?) rooms a have a nice balcony. As a bonus to parents, the rooms on the second floor (called the 1st floor in Spain) open to a large glass covered atrium with several tables, where you can have a glass of wine and read when the kids are asleep while not letting your hotel room door out of your sight. (Though we were lucky with the weather, February would generally be too cold to use the balcony for this purpose.)

The included breakast is simple (toast, jam, coffee/tea) but fine. We didn't try the daily set dinner menu, priced at an incredibly low EUR 9.- There's an Aldi supermarket close by, and there's nice things to see in Antequera itself also. Housekeeping was perfect. There's no pool or playground, but if your aims are similar to ours, we would highly recommend this hotel.

P.S.
Try the road trip from Antequera to La Garganta del Chorro, and then on to Ronda, which passes by some spectacular scenery (note: it does include one-lane mountain roads). You also pass by a privately run Wolf zoo in natural surroundings; wolves are not our favorite animals but I realize it's unique.

This is an ideal hotel for an en route overnight stay. It is modern and clean with quite large bedrooms nicely decorated.
We arrived late in the evening so did not use the restaurant. Breakfast is not the biggest we have had(continental)but was tasty, and was taken in the adjoining cafeteria,where the locals were having their morning coffee.(Downside here for us was that smoking is allowed.) It is definately not a hotel to spend a holiday,as there is some building going on close by and it has no pool.It is easy to find.I would recommend requesting a room to the front.