Hotel AR Golf Almerimar

“Beautiful, serene, great food, spotlessly clean, no crazy loud rep activity. Will return.”

Beautiful location, facilities of a high standard, whole place is kept immaculate. If you’re booking a family holiday and expect to dump your kids in a kids club for most of the day - this isn’t the place for you. This is not like other TUI family destinations we’ve been to where there is a const… more

Beautiful location, facilities of a high standard, whole place is kept immaculate. If you’re booking a family holiday and expect to dump your kids in a kids club for most of the day - this isn’t the place for you. This is not like other TUI family destinations we’ve been to where there is a constant blaring of music and reps. It’s actually very calm and tranquil, the only noise really is from the pool, or the sound of people teeing off in the background. We didn’t come for the golf, but plenty did. They seemed like a pretty civilised crowd too. There are two pools, a small pool and the main pool which has a deep area of 1.8m. There is a small but fairly useable gym, it has a cross trainer, treadmill, static bike and dumbbells up to 20kg, and a selection of kettlebells. Make sure the AC is on in there or you’ll be soaking in sweat before you know it. Water is provided down there too, it’s not chilled and there’s no ice - but it will keep you hydrated. The gym is just off the spa, and has its own shower area and lockers too if you need them. Choosing anything other than all inclusive is probably false economy. It’s hot here and you’ll want the unrestricted access to the drinks. Food! Breakfast is a buffet in the main dining area, fried eggs, small Spanish link sausages, mushrooms, beans, Spanish omelette and more cheese and cold meat than you can shake a stick at! There is also a huge amount of pastries, donuts and sweet bites for when you have a sweet tooth! We had lunch at the golf clubhouse which is a small menu for the all inclusive but ample for a quick bite in the day, there are some great salad options, burgers, fish of the day and some other nice surprises there. I think during our stay we tried everything on the menu here and weren’t disappointed. The fried squid served with an egg is a very strange sight but super tasty. Dinner - Back to the full buffet again, meat is typically freshly grilled, and there is salad to last you a lifetime. There were a couple of international theme nights Turkish - with construct your own Gyros, and American with a construct your own burger. However the main grill still had chicken and fish of the day, other days have had roast beef and gravy, and every day there has been chips for those who are a bit fussy! There are shrimp, whitebait and huge cold meat and cheese selection and then a treasure trove of cakes and ice cream to tuck into afterwards. We’ve booked the in house sushi restaurant tonight, so can’t report on that just yet - but will update my review after! The staff are wonderful, Juan, Jose, Bianca, Tamara to name a few constantly on hand along side the other bar staff whose names I didn’t catch. They seem to work phenomenally long hours too. Polite and happy to speak English or help us with our broken Spanish! House keeping clean the room daily and the AC in the bedroom can be set to very cold which is nice after lounging in the sun. The staff really put in a shift, I’m writing this review after breakfast and sat by the small pool, the young woman who acts as life guard, and towel attendant has done her first pass with a sweep around the pool, emptied the bins and cleaned the poolside showers. The same thing I’ve seen her do every morning to make sure the place is spotless for us. There isn’t a lot in the near vicinity, other than a small marina down the road from the supermarket and a short walk around this takes you to the beach. There are plenty of bars and restaurants near there if you’re not all inclusive. However I’d strongly recommend the all inclusive for value for money. Unlimited bottled water, soda, house beer and wine alone make this worth the extra. If you’re a gym buff and missing your supplements - there is a good sports nutrition shop near the marina. Save carting your proteins over in hand luggage!! 99% likely to return.

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