So I stayed in Monterrey before and liked it despite the reviews so I booked to travel back with my boyfriend this year.

I arrived at 3am and was told that the hotel was over booked and that we were being sent to Hotel Maritim.

If I wanted to stay in club maritim I would have booked that but I didnt due to the bad reviews it got (worse then here) and therefore I was still shipped there whether I agreed or not.

I have figured out what they do as it happens to often to be a mix up.

Monterrey, Maritim and Costa Sur and all sister hotels run by the same company. Maritimi and Monterrey have bad reviews on all the review sites which enevitably stops a lot of people from booking them. They threfore they take unlimited bookings on Costa Sur and Monterrey and just ship the overflow to Maritimi as they have very low bookings. Nearly everyone I spoke to in Maritim had not booked into this hotel and were in fact shipped there from either of the other two...

It's a bad way to do business so be careful.....

Hotel was lovely and clean quite far out of san an and very far into the bay but if your looking for a cheap hotel in a more quiet area away from the madness so you can actully get some sleep after partying THEN THIS IS THE HOTEL YOU WANT!!! we had a teething problem when we first arrived though. We arrived at about 12 midnight only to be told by the night receptionist that there was NO ROOMS we were not the only ones either there were 2 other couples and a family. We were told we would have to go to other apartments which were part of the same group they were called the Sol bay appts we had to get a taxi to it and also were told we had to pay for this taxi but would be refunded the money at the sol bay when we got there . We were not happy to say the least but were to tired to argue the point so we agreed to go! We arrived at the sol bay and the night receptionist there told us he had no rooms available and was not awarewe were arriving he then contacted the Monterry via telephone and was having a very heated conversation with staff at the monterry i actually felt quite sorry for him as he had no clue about us coming. At this point i was close to tears the rectionist at the sol bay then said he would put us in a spare room he had and we would have to sort it out in the morning not happy but settled for that as was now knackered. He handed us keys to an appt and off we went the corridors walking towards the appt were scummy and run down it was dia we opend the apppt only to find there was peoples belongings in there HE HAD ONLY GIVEN US KEYS TO SOMEBODY ELSES ROOM!!!! good job we were honest we could of robbed them blind. we returned to reception and informed him . he appolgised then took us to nother appt block round the corner which was called the sol bay II . It was in complete darkness in the corridors looked very scary and unsafe glad i had my hubby and was not on my own or with my girly mates. we entered the appt to find it clean but no air con (and it was sweltering hot while we were there) and no lights the bathroom light was the only one that worked. apalling!!!! The next morning we went back to the reception and was refunded the taxi fare on production of the receipt. we then went back to the monterry via taxi ( which the monterry refunded the fare again on production of receipt) Once at the monterry the day receptionist sorted the whole mess out within minutes gave us a room and we got a free of charge safety deposit box and only charged a ten euro deposit for air con and tv remote. Once settled into the monterry after our terrible awful first night we were very happy with this hotel maids and staff nice and friendly. Whinchs restaraunt was right by the hotel and was fab food is gorgeous and it is owned by english who are so friendly. I do recommend if your on a tight budget like we were that insted of paying for taxis to san an and buses to walk straight down from hotel to were the old pint pot is to the beach and walk round the coastline on the beach as it only takes ten mins to get to the start of san antonio. we only realised this on our last day and had wasted about a 100 euros on taxi fares we were gutted we had wasted so much money. would definatly stay at the monterry again but would hope we would not have a first night mishap again.

Stayed here a couple of times in the past and it has improved over the years, its great for a basic, cheap base for your holidays, just dont expect 5 star luxury accommodation!! Spent a lot of time at Winches bar restaurant near by which we look foward to every time we revisit; this place makes our holiday, lovely atmosphere and great family place. Wouldnt reccommend this accommodation to anyone expecting to walk to the busy bars and club within san antonio.

Stayed for a week twice last year and pound for pound you pretty much get what you pay for. It's a bit of a walk into town but eased by that little English bar on the way up (and down) in our case. If you want a good pub meal and nice company whist drinking an English pint then that's the reccomendation of the day. Cheap digs and good grub within 50 meters. Keep well clear of the pools public toilets though, bot for the faint hearted.