We stayed here from the 17/12/11 to 07/01/12 and it was the best three weeks of our lives the hotel did more than live up to exspectations and the biggest bonus of all is if you catch the bus 120 right outside the hotel within 20 minutes or sooner you are in fueringola or the same bus the opposite side of the road within 15 minutes you are in toromolinos stay on the bus for another 5 minutes and then you are in malaga and just a 5 minute walk you are in benalmadena town centre you could'nt ask for a more well situated hotel anywhere in spain where you can have all four resorts for the price of one, and all these bus fares are a flat rate at 1.50 euro which for the distance you travel is for nothing compared to the uk, anyway there is'nt anything whatsoever to fault this hotel with and l seriously mean that absolutely nothing, in fact if anybody out there has booked this hotel please take me and my family with you because we loved it so much, sheets towels changed everyday staff very pleasant and bent over backwards for you oh it was a joy to have booked this place, it is a 4* but by rights it should be a 5* we are going back this christmas and we will continue to do so, this hotel caters for every need from fitness to food by the way that reminds me we are a family that never eat at the hotels we stay in but we tried it one night in the sunset and by heck we never looked back it was absolutely delish and a fair price too but do walk to the mariner to your right outside the hotel walk straight down for about 10 minutes and you will come across the beatifull mariner where we ate about 5 times in El Greco and it is delish there are an abundance of restaurants to choose from , but please stay away from the local chinese which is close to the hotel our first night was a disaster meaning raw chicken in the special curry stay clear, stick with the hotel or if your a normal family you have burgerking and mcdonalds right outside of hotel and a big supermarket which is cheap but we found the the hotel market more than adequate, bigest plus 2 big outdoor pools one was heated exellent because we were there in december to january but there is an indoor heated pool as well brill could,nt ask for more even the check in was a breeze, we paid 60 euros for the safe for 3 weeks and got 20 euros back when we checked out so that was cheap also, also if you do book please be advised to ask for a sea view room if you get a mountain view room you will be in the dark all day or worse still tucked up in a internal corner which resembles a concrete hideaway dismal indeed but the plus side these internal rooms are offered cheap to the public especially from alpha rooms .com because the sunset allocate them to people like alpha rooms in order to be able to sell cheap holidays so make sure when you book with alpha rooms to demand a seaview room they will probally say we will do that for you and believe you me they don't so get it in writing, when we got there we asked for seaview but at the desk they said we had no request but because l had it in writing they were more than happy to put us in a seaview which was spectacular so be warned, right l think thats about it for now would l reccomend this hotel and location its a massive yes yes yes... oh l nearly forgot make sure you don't get a room on floor 1 or floor 6 these are busy floors ie entertainments, restaurant. gym, indoor pool, games room etc etc